{"cve":"CVE-2024-36286","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-21T11:15:10.277","modified":"2026-10-15T01:18:22.310","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nfnetlink_queue: acquire rcu_read_lock() in instance_destroy_rcu()\n\nsyzbot reported that nf_reinject() could be called without rcu_read_lock() :\n\nWARNING: suspicious RCU usage\n6.9.0-rc7-syzkaller-02060-g5c1672705a1a #0 Not tainted\n\nnet/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:263 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!\n\nother info that might help us debug this:\n\nrcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1\n2 locks held by syz-executor.4/13427:\n  #0: ffffffff8e334f60 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:329 [inline]\n  #0: ffffffff8e334f60 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2190 [inline]\n  #0: ffffffff8e334f60 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_core+0xa86/0x1830 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2471\n  #1: ffff88801ca92958 (&inst->lock){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:356 [inline]\n  #1: ffff88801ca92958 (&inst->lock){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: nfqnl_flush net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:405 [inline]\n  #1: ffff88801ca92958 (&inst->lock){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: instance_destroy_rcu+0x30/0x220 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:172\n\nstack backtrace:\nCPU: 0 PID: 13427 Comm: syz-executor.4 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc7-syzkaller-02060-g5c1672705a1a #0\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/02/2024\nCall Trace:\n <IRQ>\n  __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]\n  dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:114\n  lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x221/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6712\n  nf_reinject net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:323 [inline]\n  nfqnl_reinject+0x6ec/0x1120 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:397\n  nfqnl_flush net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:410 [inline]\n  instance_destroy_rcu+0x1ae/0x220 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:172\n  rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2196 [inline]\n  rcu_core+0xafd/0x1830 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2471\n  handle_softirqs+0x2d6/0x990 kernel/softirq.c:554\n  __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:588 [inline]\n  invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:428 [inline]\n  __irq_exit_rcu+0xf4/0x1c0 kernel/softirq.c:637\n  irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:649\n  instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1043 [inline]\n  sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa6/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1043\n </IRQ>\n <TASK>","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/215df6490e208bfdd5b3012f5075e7f8736f3e7a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25ea5377e3d2921a0f96ae2551f5ab1b36825dd4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3989b817857f4890fab9379221a9d3f52bf5c256","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68f40354a3851df46c27be96b84f11ae193e36c5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8658bd777cbfcb0c13df23d0ea120e70517761b9"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-36286","score":0.00277,"percentile":0.19935,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}