# CVE-2024-36270: netfilter: tproxy: bail out if IP has been disabled on the device

> A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel netfilter tproxy module allows local attackers to cause a system crash.

- **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:** 21 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-36270, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36270, GHSA-gwmf-748f-8j3c, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36270

## What is CVE-2024-36270?

CVE-2024-36270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Jun 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:

netfilter: tproxy: bail out if IP has been disabled on the device

syzbot reports:
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000003: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000018-0x000000000000001f]
[..]
RIP: 0010:nf_tproxy_laddr4+0xb7/0x340 net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_tproxy_ipv4.c:62
Call Trace:
 nft_tproxy_eval_v4 net/netfilter/nft_tproxy.c:56 [inline]
 nft_tproxy_eval+0xa9a/0x1a00 net/netfilter/nft_tproxy.c:168

__in_dev_get_rcu() can return NULL, so check for this.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36270?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-36270?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-36270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2024-36270 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-36270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Jun 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-2024-36270 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-2024-36270/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36270/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36270
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36270
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-36270

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36270/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.