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  "record": {
    "id": "CVE-2024-40957",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40957",
    "idYear": 2024,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2024-07-12T12:31:59.747Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-08-05T11:34:16.301Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:57:16.009Z",
    "snapshot": {
      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "seg6: fix parameter passing when calling NF_HOOK() in End.DX4 and End.DX6 behaviors",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nseg6: fix parameter passing when calling NF_HOOK() in End.DX4 and End.DX6 behaviors\n\ninput_action_end_dx4() and input_action_end_dx6() are called NF_HOOK() for\nPREROUTING hook, in PREROUTING hook, we should passing a valid indev,\nand a NULL outdev to NF_HOOK(), otherwise may trigger a NULL pointer\ndereference, as below:\n\n    [74830.647293] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000090\n    [74830.655633] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n    [74830.657888] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n    [74830.659500] PGD 0 P4D 0\n    [74830.660450] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI\n    ...\n    [74830.664953] Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 0.5.1 01/01/2011\n    [74830.666569] RIP: 0010:rpfilter_mt+0x44/0x15e [ipt_rpfilter]\n    ...\n    [74830.689725] Call Trace:\n    [74830.690402]  <IRQ>\n    [74830.690953]  ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df\n    [74830.692020]  ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df\n    [74830.693095]  ? ipt_do_table+0x286/0x710 [ip_tables]\n    [74830.694275]  ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd\n    [74830.695205]  ? page_fault_oops+0xac/0x140\n    [74830.696244]  ? exc_page_fault+0x62/0x150\n    [74830.697225]  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n    [74830.698344]  ? rpfilter_mt+0x44/0x15e [ipt_rpfilter]\n    [74830.699540]  ipt_do_table+0x286/0x710 [ip_tables]\n    [74830.700758]  ? ip6_route_input+0x19d/0x240\n    [74830.701752]  nf_hook_slow+0x3f/0xb0\n    [74830.702678]  input_action_end_dx4+0x19b/0x1e0\n    [74830.703735]  ? input_action_end_t+0xe0/0xe0\n    [74830.704734]  seg6_local_input_core+0x2d/0x60\n    [74830.705782]  lwtunnel_input+0x5b/0xb0\n    [74830.706690]  __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x63/0xa0\n    [74830.707825]  process_backlog+0x99/0x140\n    [74830.709538]  __napi_poll+0x2c/0x160\n    [74830.710673]  net_rx_action+0x296/0x350\n    [74830.711860]  __do_softirq+0xcb/0x2ac\n    [74830.713049]  do_softirq+0x63/0x90\n\ninput_action_end_dx4() passing a NULL indev to NF_HOOK(), and finally\ntrigger a NULL dereference in rpfilter_mt()->rpfilter_is_loopback():\n\n    static bool\n    rpfilter_is_loopback(const struct sk_buff *skb,\n          \t       const struct net_device *in)\n    {\n            // in is NULL\n            return skb->pkt_type == PACKET_LOOPBACK ||\n          \t in->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK;\n    }",
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