CVE-2024-36945

HIGH7.5

net/smc: fix neighbour and rtable leak in smc_ib_find_route()

Published May 30, 2024

Modified 1 weeks ago

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/smc: fix neighbour and rtable leak in smc_ib_find_route()

In smc_ib_find_route(), the neighbour found by neigh_lookup() and rtable resolved by ip_route_output_flow() are not released or put before return. It may cause the refcount leak, so fix it.

References

WEB

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ddc0dd7fec86ee53b8928a5cca5fbddd4fc7c06

WEB

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5df93c029a907b0ff5a4eeadd77ba06ff0a277d2

WEB

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5a466ab6e78d6f2e0f64435f1e17246c8e941ff

WEB

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da91e447d06dc649fcf46e59122e7bf8f0b2e0db

WEB

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250404-0006/

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36945

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

7.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMay 30, 2024

ModifiedAug 5, 2026