# CVE-2024-49952: netfilter: nf_tables: prevent nf_skb_duplicated corruption

> A race condition in Linux kernel netfilter allows local attackers to corrupt per-CPU variables, potentially causing system crashes.

- **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:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-52613, BELL-CVE-2024-49952, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49952, GHSA-qm4c-x73m-f8mf, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49952

## What is CVE-2024-49952?

CVE-2024-49952 is a high-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:

netfilter: nf_tables: prevent nf_skb_duplicated corruption

syzbot found that nf_dup_ipv4() or nf_dup_ipv6() could write
per-cpu variable nf_skb_duplicated in an unsafe way [1].

Disabling preemption as hinted by the splat is not enough,
we have to disable soft interrupts as well.

[1]
BUG: using __this_cpu_write() in preemptible [00000000] code: syz.4.282/6316
 caller is nf_dup_ipv4+0x651/0x8f0 net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_dup_ipv4.c:87
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6316 Comm: syz.4.282 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7-syzkaller-00104-g7052622fccb1 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
  __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:93 [inline]
  dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:119
  check_preemption_disabled+0x10e/0x120 lib/smp_processor_id.c:49
  nf_dup_ipv4+0x651/0x8f0 net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_dup_ipv4.c:87
  nft_dup_ipv4_eval+0x1db/0x300 net/ipv4/netfilter/nft_dup_ipv4.c:30
  expr_call_ops_eval net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:240 [inline]
  nft_do_chain+0x4ad/0x1da0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:288
  nft_do_chain_ipv4+0x202/0x320 net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c:23
  nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:154 [inline]
  nf_hook_slow+0xc3/0x220 net/netfilter/core.c:626
  nf_hook+0x2c4/0x450 include/linux/netfilter.h:269
  NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:302 [inline]
  ip_output+0x185/0x230 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:433
  ip_local_out net/ipv4/ip_output.c:129 [inline]
  ip_send_skb+0x74/0x100 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1495
  udp_send_skb+0xacf/0x1650 net/ipv4/udp.c:981
  udp_sendmsg+0x1c21/0x2a60 net/ipv4/udp.c:1269
  sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
  __sock_sendmsg+0x1a6/0x270 net/socket.c:745
  ____sys_sendmsg+0x525/0x7d0 net/socket.c:2597
  ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2651 [inline]
  __sys_sendmmsg+0x3b2/0x740 net/socket.c:2737
  __do_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2766 [inline]
  __se_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2763 [inline]
  __x64_sys_sendmmsg+0xa0/0xb0 net/socket.c:2763
  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
  do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f4ce4f7def9
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f4ce5d4a038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000133
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f4ce5135f80 RCX: 00007f4ce4f7def9
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000020005d40 RDI: 0000000000000006
RBP: 00007f4ce4ff0b76 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f4ce5135f80 R15: 00007ffd4cbc6d68
 </TASK>

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49952?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49952?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-49952 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49952 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [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-2024-49952 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49952 is a high-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-2024-49952 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-2024-49952/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49952/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49952
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49952
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49952

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49952/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.