{"cve":"CVE-2024-56637","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-27T15:15:23.430","modified":"2026-10-15T22:18:01.827","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: ipset: Hold module reference while requesting a module\n\nUser space may unload ip_set.ko while it is itself requesting a set type\nbackend module, leading to a kernel crash. The race condition may be\nprovoked by inserting an mdelay() right after the nfnl_unlock() call.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e67805e805c1f3edd6f43adbe08ea14b552694b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/456f010bfaefde84d3390c755eedb1b0a5857c3c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bae60a933ba5d16eed55c6b279be51bcbbc79b0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6099b5d3e37145484fac4b8b4070c3f1abfb3519","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90bf312a6b6b3d6012137f6776a4052ee85e0340"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:56.913276502+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-56637","score":0.00178,"percentile":0.07285,"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."]}