{"cve":"CVE-2024-42269","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-17T09:15:08.177","modified":"2026-06-17T07:49:08.553","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: iptables: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in ip6table_nat_table_init().\n\nip6table_nat_table_init() accesses net->gen->ptr[ip6table_nat_net_ops.id],\nbut the function is exposed to user space before the entry is allocated\nvia register_pernet_subsys().\n\nLet's call register_pernet_subsys() before xt_register_template().","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/419ee6274c5153b89c4393c1946faa4c3cad4f9e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87dba44e9471b79b255d0736858a897332db9226","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91b6df6611b7edb28676c4f63f90c56c30d3e601","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c22921df777de5606f1047b1345b8d22ef1c0b34","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e85b9b6a87be4cb3710082038b677e97f2389003"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:16.205165117+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-42269","score":0.00226,"percentile":0.13362,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}