CVE-2024-42322 ipvs: properly dereference pe in ip_vs_add_service

What is CVE-2024-42322?

CVE-2024-42322 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Aug 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:

ipvs: properly dereference pe in ip_vs_add_service

Use pe directly to resolve sparse warning:

net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c:1471:27: warning: dereference of noderef expression

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42322?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-42322?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-42322 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42322 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-42322, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42322, GHSA-4qjr-33fg-w8xw, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2024-42322, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42322.