In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: sr: fix invalid unregister error path
The error path of seg6_init() is wrong in case CONFIG_IPV6_SEG6_LWTUNNEL
is not defined. In that case if seg6_hmac_init() fails, the
genl_unregister_family() isn't called.
This issue exist since commit 46738b1317e1 ("ipv6: sr: add option to control
lwtunnel support"), and commit 5559cea2d5aa ("ipv6: sr: fix possible
use-after-free and null-ptr-deref") replaced unregister_pernet_subsys()
with genl_unregister_family() in this error path.
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Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:30:00 +0000
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2024-06-19T13:56:13.415Z
Updated: 2025-11-04T17:21:46.235Z
Reserved: 2024-06-18T19:36:34.944Z
Link: CVE-2024-38612
Updated: 2025-11-04T17:21:46.235Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-06-19T14:15:21.060
Modified: 2025-11-04T18:16:28.680
Link: CVE-2024-38612
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