{"id":"CVE-2024-38612","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: sr: fix invalid unregister error path\n\nThe error path of seg6_init() is wrong in case CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_LWTUNNEL\nis not defined","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: sr: fix invalid unregister error path\n\nThe error path of seg6_init() is wrong in case CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_LWTUNNEL\nis not defined. In that case if seg6_hmac_init() f…","severity":"high","cvss":7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-416","CWE-476"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 4.10, < 4.19.316","linux_kernel >= 4.20, < 5.4.278","linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.219","linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.161","linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.93","linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.33","linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.8.12","linux_kernel >= 6.9, < 6.9.3"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.9.3"],"published":"2024-06-19","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T01:18:31.360","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38612","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00e6335329f23ac6cf3105931691674e28bc598c","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10610575a3ac2a702bf5c57aa931beaf847949c7","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/160e9d2752181fcf18c662e74022d77d3164cd45","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a63730fb315bb1bab97edd69ff58ad45e04bb01","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3398a40dccb88d3a7eef378247a023a78472db66","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/646cd236c55e2cb5f146fc41bbe4034c4af5b2a4","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85a70ff1e572160f1eeb096ed48d09a1c9d4d89a","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c04d6a914e890ccea4a9d11233009a2ee7978bf4","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e77a3ec7ada84543e75722a1283785a6544de925","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00e6335329f23ac6cf3105931691674e28bc598c","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10610575a3ac2a702bf5c57aa931beaf847949c7","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/160e9d2752181fcf18c662e74022d77d3164cd45","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a63730fb315bb1bab97edd69ff58ad45e04bb01","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3398a40dccb88d3a7eef378247a023a78472db66","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/646cd236c55e2cb5f146fc41bbe4034c4af5b2a4","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85a70ff1e572160f1eeb096ed48d09a1c9d4d89a","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c04d6a914e890ccea4a9d11233009a2ee7978bf4","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e77a3ec7ada84543e75722a1283785a6544de925","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00661,"epssPercentile":0.51398,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T03:30:12.709Z","ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2024-06-25T14:07:52.263547Z"},"slug":"CVE-2024-38612","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: sr: fix invalid unregister error path\n\nThe error path of seg6_init() is wrong in case CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_LWTUNNEL\nis not defined. In that case if seg6_hmac_init() fails, the\ngenl_unregister_family() isn't called.\n\nThis issue exist since commit 46738b1317e1 (\"ipv6: sr: add option to control\nlwtunnel support\"), and commit 5559cea2d5aa (\"ipv6: sr: fix possible\nuse-after-free and null-ptr-deref\") replaced unregister_pernet_subsys()\nwith genl_unregister_family() in this error path.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 4.10, < 4.19.316`\n- `linux_kernel >= 4.20, < 5.4.278`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.219`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.161`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.93`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.33`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.8.12`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.9, < 6.9.3`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.9.3`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":39,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":38.5,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}