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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2024-41040" idYear: 2024 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-07-29T14:31:53.853Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-05T11:34:54.957Z" 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"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-41040" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-41040.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41040" title: "net/sched: Fix UAF when resolving a clash" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: Fix UAF when resolving a clash\n\nKASAN reports the following UAF:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tcf_ct_flow_table_process_conn+0x12b/0x380 [act_ct]\n Read of size 1 at addr ffff888c07603600 by task handler130/6469\n\n Call Trace:\n \u003cIRQ\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x70\n print_address_description.constprop.0+0x33/0x3d0\n print_report+0xc0/0x2b0\n kasan_report+0xd0/0x120\n __asan_load1+0x6c/0x80\n tcf_ct_flow_table_process_conn+0x12b/0x380 [act_ct]\n tcf_ct_act+0x886/0x1350 [act_ct]\n tcf_action_exec+0xf8/0x1f0\n fl_classify+0x355/0x360 [cls_flower]\n __tcf_classify+0x1fd/0x330\n tcf_classify+0x21c/0x3c0\n sch_handle_ingress.constprop.0+0x2c5/0x500\n __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0xb25/0x1510\n __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x220/0x4c0\n netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x446/0x620\n napi_complete_done+0x157/0x3d0\n gro_cell_poll+0xcf/0x100\n __napi_poll+0x65/0x310\n net_rx_action+0x30c/0x5c0\n __do_softirq+0x14f/0x491\n __irq_exit_rcu+0x82/0xc0\n irq_exit_rcu+0xe/0x20\n common_interrupt+0xa1/0xb0\n \u003c/IRQ\u003e\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n asm_common_interrupt+0x27/0x40\n\n Allocated by task 6469:\n kasan_save_stack+0x38/0x70\n kasan_set_track+0x25/0x40\n kasan_save_alloc_info+0x1e/0x40\n __kasan_krealloc+0x133/0x190\n krealloc+0xaa/0x130\n nf_ct_ext_add+0xed/0x230 [nf_conntrack]\n tcf_ct_act+0x1095/0x1350 [act_ct]\n tcf_action_exec+0xf8/0x1f0\n fl_classify+0x355/0x360 [cls_flower]\n __tcf_classify+0x1fd/0x330\n tcf_classify+0x21c/0x3c0\n sch_handle_ingress.constprop.0+0x2c5/0x500\n __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0xb25/0x1510\n __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x220/0x4c0\n netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x446/0x620\n napi_complete_done+0x157/0x3d0\n gro_cell_poll+0xcf/0x100\n __napi_poll+0x65/0x310\n net_rx_action+0x30c/0x5c0\n __do_softirq+0x14f/0x491\n\n Freed by task 6469:\n kasan_save_stack+0x38/0x70\n kasan_set_track+0x25/0x40\n kasan_save_free_info+0x2b/0x60\n ____kasan_slab_free+0x180/0x1f0\n __kasan_slab_free+0x12/0x30\n slab_free_freelist_hook+0xd2/0x1a0\n __kmem_cache_free+0x1a2/0x2f0\n kfree+0x78/0x120\n nf_conntrack_free+0x74/0x130 [nf_conntrack]\n nf_ct_destroy+0xb2/0x140 [nf_conntrack]\n __nf_ct_resolve_clash+0x529/0x5d0 [nf_conntrack]\n nf_ct_resolve_clash+0xf6/0x490 [nf_conntrack]\n __nf_conntrack_confirm+0x2c6/0x770 [nf_conntrack]\n tcf_ct_act+0x12ad/0x1350 [act_ct]\n tcf_action_exec+0xf8/0x1f0\n fl_classify+0x355/0x360 [cls_flower]\n __tcf_classify+0x1fd/0x330\n tcf_classify+0x21c/0x3c0\n sch_handle_ingress.constprop.0+0x2c5/0x500\n __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0xb25/0x1510\n __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x220/0x4c0\n netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x446/0x620\n napi_complete_done+0x157/0x3d0\n gro_cell_poll+0xcf/0x100\n __napi_poll+0x65/0x310\n net_rx_action+0x30c/0x5c0\n __do_softirq+0x14f/0x491\n\nThe ct may be dropped if a clash has been resolved but is still passed to\nthe tcf_ct_flow_table_process_conn function for further usage. This issue\ncan be fixed by retrieving ct from skb again after confirming conntrack." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"f07c548314776231f0d47d73ec6caa5b17e876e8","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b81a523d54ea689414f67c9fb81a5b917a41ed55"},{"version":"0cc254e5aa37cf05f65bcdcdc0ac5c58010feb33","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2b4d68df3f57ea746c430941ba9c03d7d8b5a23f"},{"version":"0cc254e5aa37cf05f65bcdcdc0ac5c58010feb33","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4e71b10a100861fb27d9c5755dfd68f615629fae"},{"version":"0cc254e5aa37cf05f65bcdcdc0ac5c58010feb33","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"799a34901b634008db4a7ece3900e2b971d4c932"},{"version":"0cc254e5aa37cf05f65bcdcdc0ac5c58010feb33","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ef472cc6693b16b202a916482df72f35d94bd69e"},{"version":"0cc254e5aa37cf05f65bcdcdc0ac5c58010feb33","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"26488172b0292bed837b95a006a3f3431d1898c3"},{"version":"30822781c89943b6a3ed122324ceb37cea7042a3","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.10.43","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.10.222"},{"version":"5.12.10","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.13"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.13","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.13"},{"version":"5.10.222","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.163","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.100","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.41","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.9.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.9.*"},{"version":"6.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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