CVE-2024-27402: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phonet/pep: fix racy skb_queue_empty() use The receive queues are protected by their respective spin-lock, not the socket lock. This could lead to skb_peek() unexpectedly returning NULL or a pointer to an already dequeued socket buffer.
CVE-2024-27402CVSS 5.8Linux

CVE-2024-27402: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phonet/pep: fix racy skb_queue_empty() use The receive queues are protected by their respective spin-lock, not the socket lock. This could lead to skb_peek() unexpectedly returning NULL or a pointer to an already dequeued socket buffer.

CVSS
5.8 MEDIUM
EPSS
12.89%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
linux kernel

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phonet/pep: fix racy skb_queue_empty() use The receive queues are protected by their respective spin-lock, not the socket lock. This could lead to skb_peek() unexpectedly returning NULL or a pointer to an already dequeued socket buffer.

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