UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26734

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26734

    Published: 3 Apr 2024Last Modified: 6 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2024-26734
    Aliases:
    USN-6895-1
    USN-6895-2
    USN-6895-3

    Summary:

    Details: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: devlink: fix possible use-after-free and memory leaks in devlink_init() The pernet operations structure for the subsystem must be registered before registering the generic netlink family. Make an unregister in case of unsuccessful registration.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26734, https://git.kernel.org/linus/def689fc26b9a9622d2e2cb0c4933dd3b1c8071c, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/919092bd5482b7070ae66d1daef73b600738f3a2, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e91d3561e28d7665f4f837880501dc8755f635a9, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/def689fc26b9a9622d2e2cb0c4933dd3b1c8071c, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26734, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6895-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6895-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6900-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6895-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6895-4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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