🛡️ CVE-2024-36286 — kernel

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: acquire rcu_read_lock() in instance_destroy_rcu()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: acquire rcu_read_lock() in instance_destroy_rcu()

syzbot reported that nf_reinject() could be called without rcu_read_lock() :

WARNING: suspicious RCU usage

6.9.0-rc7-syzkaller-02060-g5c1672705a1a #0 Not tainted

net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:263 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!

other info that might help us debug this:

rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1

2 locks held by syz-executor.4/13427:

#0: ffffffff8e334f60 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:329 [inline]

#0: ffffffff8e334f60 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2190 [inline]

#0: ffffffff8e334f60 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_core+0xa86/0x1830 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2471

#1: ffff88801ca92958 (&inst->lock){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:356 [inline]

#1: ffff88801ca92958 (&inst->lock){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: nfqnl_flush net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:405 [inline]

#1: ffff88801ca92958 (&inst->lock){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: instance_destroy_rcu+0x30/0x220 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:172

stack backtrace:

CPU: 0 PID: 13427 Comm: syz-executor.4 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc7-syzkaller-02060-g5c1672705a1a #0

Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/02/2024

Call Trace:

<IRQ>

__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]

dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:114

lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x221/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6712

nf_reinject net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:323 [inline]

nfqnl_reinject+0x6ec/0x1120 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:397

nfqnl_flush net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:410 [inline]

instance_destroy_rcu+0x1ae/0x220 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:172

rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2196 [inline]

rcu_core+0xafd/0x1830 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2471

handle_softirqs+0x2d6/0x990 kernel/softirq.c:554

__do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:588 [inline]

invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:428 [inline]

__irq_exit_rcu+0xf4/0x1c0 kernel/softirq.c:637

irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:649

instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1043 [inline]

sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa6/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1043

</IRQ>

<TASK>

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

CVE-2024-36286 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.7.0 up to 6.9.4)
  • linux-kernel

Timeline and source

Published on 21 June 2024 and last revised on 6 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

cert-portal.siemens.com (Web)
cert-portal.siemens.com (Web)
cert-portal.siemens.com (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

CVE-2024-36286 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity High
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-06-21
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-06

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.7.0 6.9.4
linux-kernel

References

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