NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-36270

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NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-36270

Published: June 21, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU93028
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36270
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap Micro
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Anolis OS
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Ubuntu
Development Tools Module
SUSE Real Time Module
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
IBM Integrated Analytics System
APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure
Technical Support Appliance
SmartFabric Storage Software
Traffix SDC
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
IBM Qradar SIEM
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-osp1 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws-hwe (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1129-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-lts-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1135-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp-lts-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1114-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws-lts-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-4.15.0-232-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-4.15.0-232-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-4.15.0-1176-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lts-xenial (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-4.15.0-1138-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-4.15.0-1159-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-4.15.0-1169-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-lts-18.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-4.15.0-1184-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1077-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial (Ubuntu package)
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linux-image-5.4.0-192-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-192-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-4.4.0-262-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-4.4.0-262-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-4.4.0-1139-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-4.4.0-1177-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-4.4.0-1140-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04 (Ubuntu package)
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_228-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_2-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_8-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_8-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_22-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_22-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_4-debugsource
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-base-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-base
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
kernel-rt-devel
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-source-azure
kernel-syms-azure
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-azure-base-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-base
kernel-azure
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
kernel-syms
kernel-default-man
dlm-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-source
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-docs
kernel-obs-build
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt (Red Hat package)
kernel-modules-extra
kernel-tools-libs-devel
kernel-tools-libs
perf
kernel-tools
python3-perf
kernel-abi-stablelists
kernel-doc
bpftool
kernel
kernel-cross-headers
kernel-debug-modules-extra
kernel-core
kernel-headers
kernel-debug-modules
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-core
kernel-modules
kernel-debug
linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-192-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1042-iot (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1049-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-bluefield (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1090-bluefield (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-5.4 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1097-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi2 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.4.0-1118-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-lts-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
python3-perf-debuginfo
perf-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
linux (Debian package)
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-vdso
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt-livepatch
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
cluster-md-kmp-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-optional
kernel-azure-extra
dlm-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
dtb-nvidia
dtb-amd
dtb-xilinx
dtb-rockchip
dtb-allwinner
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-aarch64
dtb-arm
dtb-amazon
dtb-altera
dtb-lg
dtb-exynos
dtb-amlogic
dtb-qcom
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-marvell
dtb-cavium
dtb-apple
dtb-apm
dtb-freescale
dtb-broadcom
dtb-mediatek
dtb-renesas
dtb-sprd
dtb-socionext
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb
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reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-debugsource
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dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
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kernel-64kb-extra
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kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
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kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-default-vdso
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kernel-debug-livepatch-devel
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kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-docs-html
kselftests-kmp-64kb
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-default-base-rebuild
linux-image-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-121-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-121-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-121-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-121-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-121-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1035-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gkeop-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1052-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi-nolpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1062-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1062-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1064-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1064-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1064-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1066-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1066-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1067-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1068-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1069-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1072-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-5.15.0-1072-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-cvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-azure-fde-lts-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-44-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-44-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-44-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-44-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-45-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-45-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-classic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1012-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1012-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1012-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1012-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1014-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1015-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-intel (Ubuntu package)
IBM Security Guardium

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the nf_tproxy_laddr4() function in net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_tproxy_ipv4.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-36270

Install update from vendor's website.

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