# CVE-2024-36927: ipv4: Fix uninit-value access in __ip_make_skb()

> A race condition in the Linux kernel IPv4 stack allows attackers to access uninitialized memory, potentially leading to information disclosure or system crashes.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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:** 30 May 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-56207, BELL-CVE-2024-36927, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36927, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-36927, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2024-36927, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-36927, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36927

## What is CVE-2024-36927?

CVE-2024-36927 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, 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:

ipv4: Fix uninit-value access in __ip_make_skb()

KMSAN reported uninit-value access in __ip_make_skb() [1].  __ip_make_skb()
tests HDRINCL to know if the skb has icmphdr. However, HDRINCL can cause a
race condition. If calling setsockopt(2) with IP_HDRINCL changes HDRINCL
while __ip_make_skb() is running, the function will access icmphdr in the
skb even if it is not included. This causes the issue reported by KMSAN.

Check FLOWI_FLAG_KNOWN_NH on fl4->flowi4_flags instead of testing HDRINCL
on the socket.

Also, fl4->fl4_icmp_type and fl4->fl4_icmp_code are not initialized. These
are union in struct flowi4 and are implicitly initialized by
flowi4_init_output(), but we should not rely on specific union layout.

Initialize these explicitly in raw_sendmsg().

[1]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __ip_make_skb+0x2b74/0x2d20 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1481
 __ip_make_skb+0x2b74/0x2d20 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1481
 ip_finish_skb include/net/ip.h:243 [inline]
 ip_push_pending_frames+0x4c/0x5c0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1508
 raw_sendmsg+0x2381/0x2690 net/ipv4/raw.c:654
 inet_sendmsg+0x27b/0x2a0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:851
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0x274/0x3c0 net/socket.c:745
 __sys_sendto+0x62c/0x7b0 net/socket.c:2191
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2203 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2199 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0x130/0x200 net/socket.c:2199
 do_syscall_64+0xd8/0x1f0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75

Uninit was created at:
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:3804 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3845 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x5f6/0xc50 mm/slub.c:3888
 kmalloc_reserve+0x13c/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:577
 __alloc_skb+0x35a/0x7c0 net/core/skbuff.c:668
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1318 [inline]
 __ip_append_data+0x49ab/0x68c0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1128
 ip_append_data+0x1e7/0x260 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1365
 raw_sendmsg+0x22b1/0x2690 net/ipv4/raw.c:648
 inet_sendmsg+0x27b/0x2a0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:851
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0x274/0x3c0 net/socket.c:745
 __sys_sendto+0x62c/0x7b0 net/socket.c:2191
 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2203 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2199 [inline]
 __x64_sys_sendto+0x130/0x200 net/socket.c:2199
 do_syscall_64+0xd8/0x1f0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75

CPU: 1 PID: 15709 Comm: syz-executor.7 Not tainted 6.8.0-11567-gb3603fcb79b1 #25
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-1.fc39 04/01/2014

Weakness: CWE-908 (Use of Uninitialized Resource), CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36927?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-36927?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-36927 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36927 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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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-2024-36927 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-36927 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, 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-2024-36927 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-2024-36927/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36927/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36927
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36927
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-36927

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