What is CVE-2024-36270?

CVE-2024-36270 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference flaw (CWE-476), affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.37 onward and patched in 5.4.278, 5.10.219, 5.15.161 and others. CVE-2024-36270 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-36270?

CVE-2024-36270 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-36270?

Yes, CVE-2024-36270 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.278, 5.10.219, 5.15.161 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.37 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-36270 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-36270 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)?

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL, typically causing a crash. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

CVE-2024-36270

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: tproxy: bail out if IP has been disabled on the device syzbot reports: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000003: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000018-0x000000000000001f] [..] RIP: 0010:nf_tproxy_laddr4+0xb7/0x340 net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_tproxy_ipv4.c:62 Call Trace: nft_tproxy_eval_v4 net/netfilter/nft_tproxy.c:56 [inline] nft_tproxy_eval+0xa9a/0x1a00 net/netfilter/nft_tproxy.c:168 __in_dev_get_rcu() can return NULL, so check for this.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-06-21

Last modified 2026-05-12

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-476

CVE-2024-36270 is a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability

What is NULL Pointer Dereference?

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL, typically causing a crash. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 2.6.37 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.278, 5.10.219, 5.15.161, 6.1.93, 6.6.33, 6.9.4, 6.10 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.37

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.278 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.219 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.161 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.93 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.33 6.6.x ✓ 6.9.4 6.9.x ✓ 6.10

References

9 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07eeedafc59c45fe5de43958128542be3784764c

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10f0af5234dafd03d2b75233428ec3f11cf7e43d

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21a673bddc8fd4873c370caf9ae70ffc6d47e8d3

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/570b4c52096e62fda562448f5760fd0ff06110f0

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fe5af4ff06db3d4d80e07a19356640428159f03

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-36270

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-06-21

Modified 2026-05-12

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-36270?

CVE-2024-36270 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference flaw (CWE-476) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.37 onward and has been patched in 5.4.278, 5.10.219, 5.15.161 and others. CVE-2024-36270 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-36270?

CVE-2024-36270 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-36270?

Yes. CVE-2024-36270 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.278, 5.10.219, 5.15.161 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.37 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-36270 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-36270 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.