In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: iptables: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in ip6table_nat_table_init().
ip6table_nat_table_init() accesses net->gen->ptr[ip6table_nat_net_ops.id],
but the function is exposed to user space before the entry is allocated
via register_pernet_subsys().
Let's call register_pernet_subsys() before xt_register_template().
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| Weaknesses | CWE-476 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: iptables: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in ip6table_nat_table_init(). ip6table_nat_table_init() accesses net->gen->ptr[ip6table_nat_net_ops.id], but the function is exposed to user space before the entry is allocated via register_pernet_subsys(). Let's call register_pernet_subsys() before xt_register_template(). | |
| Title | netfilter: iptables: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in ip6table_nat_table_init(). | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2024-08-17T08:54:24.267Z
Updated: 2025-11-03T22:03:04.176Z
Reserved: 2024-07-30T07:40:12.260Z
Link: CVE-2024-42269
Updated: 2025-11-03T22:03:04.176Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-08-17T09:15:08.177
Modified: 2025-11-03T22:17:52.457
Link: CVE-2024-42269