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ipv6: Fix potential uninit-value access in __ip6_make_skb()

Linux kernel · CVE-2024-36903
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What is it?

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix potential uninit-value access in __ip6_make_skb() As it was done in commit fc1092f51567 ("ipv4: Fix uninit-value access in __ip_make_skb()") for IPv4, check FLOWI_FLAG_KNOWN_NH on fl6->flowi6_flags instead of testing HDRINCL on the socket to avoid a race condition which causes uninit-value access.

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EPSS
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First seen
6 h ago
Status
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