CVE-2024-40960

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.10.0-rc2-syzkaller-00383-gb8481381d4e2

Description The vulnerability is related to a possible NULL dereference in the rt6 probe() function in the net/ipv6/route.c file of the Linux kernel. This issue can be exploited to cause a denial of service. The rt6 probe() function is used to handle IPv6 routing, and a NULL dereference can occur when the in6 dev get() function returns NULL.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.