In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: ipset: Fix suspicious rcu_dereference_protected()
When destroying all sets, we are either in pernet exit phase or
are executing a "destroy all sets command" from userspace. The latter
was taken into account in ip_set_dereference() (nfnetlink mutex is held),
but the former was not. The patch adds the required check to
rcu_dereference_protected() in ip_set_dereference().
                
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                    Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
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| Weaknesses | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.6.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 
Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| Metrics | ssvc 
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2024-07-12T12:37:36.453Z
Updated: 2025-05-04T09:19:33.775Z
Reserved: 2024-07-12T12:17:45.606Z
Link: CVE-2024-40993
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    Updated: 2024-09-11T12:42:22.052Z
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-07-12T13:15:20.553
Modified: 2025-09-17T14:56:35.843
Link: CVE-2024-40993
 Redhat
                        Redhat