{"id":"CVE-2024-50130","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-50130","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T08:10:42.999Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: bpf: must hold reference on net namespace BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __nf_unregister_net_hook+0x640/0x6b0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880106fe400 by task repro/72=…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: bpf: must hold reference on net namespace\n\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __nf_unregister_net_hook+0x640/0x6b0\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff8880106fe400 by task repro/72=\nbpf_nf_link_release+0xda/0x1e0\nbpf_link_free+0x139/0x2d0\nbpf_link_release+0x68/0x80\n__fput+0x414/0xb60\n\nEric says:\n It seems that bpf was able to defer the __nf_unregister_net_hook()\n after exit()/close() time.\n Perhaps a netns reference is missing, because the netns has been\n dismantled/freed already.\n bpf_nf_link_attach() does :\n link->net = net;\n But I do not see a reference being taken on net.\n\nAdd such a reference and release it after hook unreg.\nNote that I was unable to get syzbot reproducer to work, so I\ndo not know if this resolves this splat.","published":"2024-11-05T18:15:16.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T08:03:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00228,"percentile":0.13451,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1230fe7ad3974f7bf6c78901473e039b34d4fb1f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0d7939543a1b3bb93af9a18d258a774daf8f162","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f41bd93b3e0508edc7ba820357f949071dcc0acc","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50130","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}