Description

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

phonet/pep: fix racy skb_queue_empty() use

The receive queues are protected by their respective spin-lock, not
the socket lock. This could lead to skb_peek() unexpectedly
returning NULL or a pointer to an already dequeued socket buffer.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-27402

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 17.83% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d5523e065b568e79dfaa2ea1085a5bcf74baf78
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a9f558c72c47472c38c05fcb72c70abb9104277
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ef4fcc7014b9f93619851d6b78d6cc2789a4c88
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d2a894d7f487dcb894df023e9d3014cf5b93fe5

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