{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2024-56646","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2024-12-27T15:00:39.840Z","datePublished":"2024-12-27T15:02:47.265Z","dateUpdated":"2026-01-11T16:29:07.104Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-01-11T16:29:07.104Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: avoid possible NULL deref in modify_prefix_route()\n\nsyzbot found a NULL deref [1] in modify_prefix_route(), caused by one\nfib6_info without a fib6_table pointer set.\n\nThis can happen for net->ipv6.fib6_null_entry\n\n[1]\nOops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000006: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000030-0x0000000000000037]\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5837 Comm: syz-executor888 Not tainted 6.12.0-syzkaller-09567-g7eef7e306d3c #0\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024\n RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0xe4/0x3c40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5089\nCode: 08 84 d2 0f 85 15 14 00 00 44 8b 0d ca 98 f5 0e 45 85 c9 0f 84 b4 0e 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 89 e2 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 96 2c 00 00 49 8b 04 24 48 3d a0 07 7f 93 0f 84\nRSP: 0018:ffffc900035d7268 EFLAGS: 00010006\nRAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000006 RSI: 1ffff920006bae5f RDI: 0000000000000030\nRBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001\nR10: ffffffff90608e17 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000030\nR13: ffff888036334880 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000\nFS:  0000555579e90380(0000) GS:ffff8880b8700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00007ffc59cc4278 CR3: 0000000072b54000 CR4: 00000000003526f0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n  lock_acquire.part.0+0x11b/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5849\n  __raw_spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:126 [inline]\n  _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x33/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:178\n  spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:356 [inline]\n  modify_prefix_route+0x30b/0x8b0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4831\n  inet6_addr_modify net/ipv6/addrconf.c:4923 [inline]\n  inet6_rtm_newaddr+0x12c7/0x1ab0 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:5055\n  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x3c7/0xea0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6920\n  netlink_rcv_skb+0x16b/0x440 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2541\n  netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1321 [inline]\n  netlink_unicast+0x53c/0x7f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1347\n  netlink_sendmsg+0x8b8/0xd70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1891\n  sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:711 [inline]\n  __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:726 [inline]\n  ____sys_sendmsg+0xaaf/0xc90 net/socket.c:2583\n  ___sys_sendmsg+0x135/0x1e0 net/socket.c:2637\n  __sys_sendmsg+0x16e/0x220 net/socket.c:2669\n  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n  do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\nRIP: 0033:0x7fd1dcef8b79\nCode: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 c1 17 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48\nRSP: 002b:00007ffc59cc4378 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e\nRAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007fd1dcef8b79\nRDX: 0000000000040040 RSI: 0000000020000140 RDI: 0000000000000004\nRBP: 00000000000113fd R08: 0000000000000006 R09: 0000000000000006\nR10: 0000000000000006 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffc59cc438c\nR13: 431bde82d7b634db R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000001\n 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avoid possible NULL deref in modify_prefix_route()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}},"adp":[{"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"scope":"UNCHANGED","version":"3.1","baseScore":5.5,"attackVector":"LOCAL","baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","integrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","attackComplexity":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"NONE"}},{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"id":"CVE-2024-56646","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2025-10-01T20:00:35.984541Z"}}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","type":"CWE","cweId":"CWE-476","description":"CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference"}]}],"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","providerMetadata":{"orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","shortName":"CISA-ADP","dateUpdated":"2025-10-01T20:07:11.893Z"}}]}}