CVE-2024-56637
CVE-2024-56637CVE-2024-56637
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: ipset: Hold module reference while requesting a module
User space may unload ip_set.ko while it is itself requesting a set type
backend module, leading to a kernel crash. The race condition may be
provoked by inserting an mdelay() right after the nfnl_unlock() call.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.3 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Last modified | 2026-08-04 |