{"cve":"CVE-2024-40961","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-12T13:15:18.110","modified":"2026-10-15T01:18:39.123","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: prevent possible NULL deref in fib6_nh_init()\n\nsyzbot reminds us that in6_dev_get() can return NULL.\n\nfib6_nh_init()\n    ip6_validate_gw(  &idev  )\n        ip6_route_check_nh(  idev  )\n            *idev = in6_dev_get(dev); // can be NULL\n\nOops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc00000000bc: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000005e0-0x00000000000005e7]\nCPU: 0 PID: 11237 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 6.10.0-rc2-syzkaller-00249-gbe27b8965297 #0\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 06/07/2024\n RIP: 0010:fib6_nh_init+0x640/0x2160 net/ipv6/route.c:3606\nCode: 00 00 fc ff df 4c 8b 64 24 58 48 8b 44 24 28 4c 8b 74 24 30 48 89 c1 48 89 44 24 28 48 8d 98 e0 05 00 00 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 0f b6 04 38 84 c0 0f 85 b3 17 00 00 8b 1b 31 ff 89 de e8 b8 8b\nRSP: 0018:ffffc900032775a0 EFLAGS: 00010202\nRAX: 00000000000000bc RBX: 00000000000005e0 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: ffffc90003277a54 RDI: ffff88802b3a08d8\nRBP: ffffc900032778b0 R08: 00000000000002fc R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: 00000000000002fc R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88802b3a08b8\nR13: 1ffff9200064eec8 R14: ffffc90003277a00 R15: dffffc0000000000\nFS:  00007f940feb06c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000000245e8000 CR4: 00000000003506f0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n  ip6_route_info_create+0x99e/0x12b0 net/ipv6/route.c:3809\n  ip6_route_add+0x28/0x160 net/ipv6/route.c:3853\n  ipv6_route_ioctl+0x588/0x870 net/ipv6/route.c:4483\n  inet6_ioctl+0x21a/0x280 net/ipv6/af_inet6.c:579\n  sock_do_ioctl+0x158/0x460 net/socket.c:1222\n  sock_ioctl+0x629/0x8e0 net/socket.c:1341\n  vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n  __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline]\n  __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893\n  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n  do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\nRIP: 0033:0x7f940f07cea9","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":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2eab4543a2204092c3a7af81d7d6c506e59a03a6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3200ffeec4d59aad5bc9ca75d2c1fae47c0aeade","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cdfe813015d5a24586bd0a84fa0fa6eb0a1f668","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88b9a55e2e35ea846d41f4efdc29d23345bd1aa4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae8d3d39efe366c2198f530e01e4bf07830bf403"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:42.518321223+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-40961","score":0.00268,"percentile":0.18724,"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."]}