# CVE-2024-36008: ipv4: check for NULL idev in ip_route_use_hint()

> A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel IPv4 routing code allows attackers to cause a system crash via crafted network packets.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 20 May 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-42132, AZL-42159, AZL-42166, AZL-42243, BELL-CVE-2024-36008, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36008, GHSA-xqw7-36rc-3p43, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36008

## What is CVE-2024-36008?

CVE-2024-36008 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

ipv4: check for NULL idev in ip_route_use_hint()

syzbot was able to trigger a NULL deref in fib_validate_source()
in an old tree [1].

It appears the bug exists in latest trees.

All calls to __in_dev_get_rcu() must be checked for a NULL result.

[1]
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
CPU: 2 PID: 3257 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 5.10.0-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
 RIP: 0010:fib_validate_source+0xbf/0x15a0 net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c:425
Code: 18 f2 f2 f2 f2 42 c7 44 20 23 f3 f3 f3 f3 48 89 44 24 78 42 c6 44 20 27 f3 e8 5d 88 48 fc 4c 89 e8 48 c1 e8 03 48 89 44 24 18 <42> 80 3c 20 00 74 08 4c 89 ef e8 d2 15 98 fc 48 89 5c 24 10 41 bf
RSP: 0018:ffffc900015fee40 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88800f7a4000 RCX: ffff88800f4f90c0
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000004001eac RDI: ffff8880160c64c0
RBP: ffffc900015ff060 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff88800f7a4000
R10: 0000000000000002 R11: ffff88800f4f90c0 R12: dffffc0000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88800f7a4000
FS:  00007f938acfe6c0(0000) GS:ffff888058c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f938acddd58 CR3: 000000001248e000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
  ip_route_use_hint+0x410/0x9b0 net/ipv4/route.c:2231
  ip_rcv_finish_core+0x2c4/0x1a30 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:327
  ip_list_rcv_finish net/ipv4/ip_input.c:612 [inline]
  ip_sublist_rcv+0x3ed/0xe50 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:638
  ip_list_rcv+0x422/0x470 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:673
  __netif_receive_skb_list_ptype net/core/dev.c:5572 [inline]
  __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x6b1/0x890 net/core/dev.c:5620
  __netif_receive_skb_list net/core/dev.c:5672 [inline]
  netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x9f9/0xdc0 net/core/dev.c:5764
  netif_receive_skb_list+0x55/0x3e0 net/core/dev.c:5816
  xdp_recv_frames net/bpf/test_run.c:257 [inline]
  xdp_test_run_batch net/bpf/test_run.c:335 [inline]
  bpf_test_run_xdp_live+0x1818/0x1d00 net/bpf/test_run.c:363
  bpf_prog_test_run_xdp+0x81f/0x1170 net/bpf/test_run.c:1376
  bpf_prog_test_run+0x349/0x3c0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:3736
  __sys_bpf+0x45c/0x710 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5115
  __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5201 [inline]
  __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5199 [inline]
  __x64_sys_bpf+0x7c/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5199

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36008?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-36008?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-36008 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36008 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

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- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-36008 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-36008 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36008 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36008/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36008/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36008
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36008
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-36008

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36008/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.