# CVE-2024-47684: tcp: check skb is non-NULL in tcp_rto_delta_us()

> A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel TCP stack can cause a system crash, leading to denial of service.

- **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 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-50659, AZL-50694, BELL-CVE-2024-47684, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-47684, GHSA-9pmf-47vc-x2x8, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-47684

## What is CVE-2024-47684?

CVE-2024-47684 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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:

tcp: check skb is non-NULL in tcp_rto_delta_us()

We have some machines running stock Ubuntu 20.04.6 which is their 5.4.0-174-generic
kernel that are running ceph and recently hit a null ptr dereference in
tcp_rearm_rto(). Initially hitting it from the TLP path, but then later we also
saw it getting hit from the RACK case as well. Here are examples of the oops
messages we saw in each of those cases:

Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.780353] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.787572] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.792971] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.798362] PGD 0 P4D 0
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.801164] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.805091] CPU: 0 PID: 9180 Comm: msgr-worker-1 Tainted: G W 5.4.0-174-generic #193-Ubuntu
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.814996] Hardware name: Supermicro SMC 2x26 os-gen8 64C NVME-Y 256G/H12SSW-NTR, BIOS 2.5.V1.2U.NVMe.UEFI 05/09/2023
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.825952] RIP: 0010:tcp_rearm_rto+0xe4/0x160
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.830656] Code: 87 ca 04 00 00 00 5b 41 5c 41 5d 5d c3 c3 49 8b bc 24 40 06 00 00 eb 8d 48 bb cf f7 53 e3 a5 9b c4 20 4c 89 ef e8 0c fe 0e 00 <48> 8b 78 20 48 c1 ef 03 48 89 f8 41 8b bc 24 80 04 00 00 48 f7 e3
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.849665] RSP: 0018:ffffb75d40003e08 EFLAGS: 00010246
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.855149] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 20c49ba5e353f7cf RCX: 0000000000000000
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.862542] RDX: 0000000062177c30 RSI: 000000000000231c RDI: ffff9874ad283a60
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.869933] RBP: ffffb75d40003e20 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff987605e20aa8
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.877318] R10: ffffb75d40003f00 R11: ffffb75d4460f740 R12: ffff9874ad283900
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.884710] R13: ffff9874ad283a60 R14: ffff9874ad283980 R15: ffff9874ad283d30
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.892095] FS: 00007f1ef4a2e700(0000) GS:ffff987605e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.900438] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.906435] CR2: 0000000000000020 CR3: 0000003e450ba003 CR4: 0000000000760ef0
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.913822] PKRU: 55555554
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.916786] Call Trace:
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.919488]
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.921765] ? show_regs.cold+0x1a/0x1f
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.925859] ? __die+0x90/0xd9
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.929169] ? no_context+0x196/0x380
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.933088] ? ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x4e0/0x4e0
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.938216] ? ip6_sublist_rcv_finish+0x3d/0x50
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.943000] ? __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x50/0x1a0
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.947873] ? bad_area_nosemaphore+0x16/0x20
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.952486] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x267/0x450
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.957104] ? ipv6_list_rcv+0x112/0x140
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.961279] ? __do_page_fault+0x58/0x90
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.965458] ? do_page_fault+0x2c/0xe0
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.969465] ? page_fault+0x34/0x40
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.973217] ? tcp_rearm_rto+0xe4/0x160
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.977313] ? tcp_rearm_rto+0xe4/0x160
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.981408] tcp_send_loss_probe+0x10b/0x220
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.985937] tcp_write_timer_handler+0x1b4/0x240
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.990809] tcp_write_timer+0x9e/0xe0
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.994814] ? tcp_write_timer_handler+0x240/0x240
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061395.999866] call_timer_fn+0x32/0x130
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061396.003782] __run_timers.part.0+0x180/0x280
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061396.008309] ? recalibrate_cpu_khz+0x10/0x10
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061396.012841] ? native_x2apic_icr_write+0x30/0x30
Jul 26 15:05:02 rx [11061396.017718] ? lapic_next_even
---truncated---

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47684?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-47684?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-47684 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47684 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-47684 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-47684 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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-2024-47684 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-2024-47684/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47684/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47684
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47684
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-47684

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47684/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.