# CVE-2024-36883: net: fix out-of-bounds access in ops_init

> A race condition in the Linux kernel network subsystem allows out-of-bounds access, potentially leading to denial of service or code execution.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 30 May 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-36883, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36883, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36883

## What is CVE-2024-36883?

CVE-2024-36883 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 30 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:

net: fix out-of-bounds access in ops_init

net_alloc_generic is called by net_alloc, which is called without any
locking. It reads max_gen_ptrs, which is changed under pernet_ops_rwsem. It
is read twice, first to allocate an array, then to set s.len, which is
later used to limit the bounds of the array access.

It is possible that the array is allocated and another thread is
registering a new pernet ops, increments max_gen_ptrs, which is then used
to set s.len with a larger than allocated length for the variable array.

Fix it by reading max_gen_ptrs only once in net_alloc_generic. If
max_gen_ptrs is later incremented, it will be caught in net_assign_generic.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36883?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-36883?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-36883 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36883 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-36883 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-36883 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 30 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-2024-36883 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. 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-2024-36883/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36883/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36883
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36883
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-36883

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