Kernel crash via stale AF_UNIX OOB socket buffer
Published Oct 21, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Use-after-free in Linux 6.9.8 through 6.11.1 allows local users to crash the kernel via crafted AF_UNIX out-of-band messages. manage_oob() can return a second OOB socket buffer without clearing unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb after the prior buffer is consumed, leaving unix_stream_recv_urg() to dereference freed memory. Any unprivileged local process can trigger the deterministic socket sequence; the demonstrated consequence is a kernel oops or panic.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in Linux 6.9.8 through 6.11.1 allows local users to crash the kernel via crafted AF_UNIX out-of-band messages. manage_oob() can return a second OOB socket buffer without clearing unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb after the prior buffer is consumed, leaving unix_stream_recv_urg() to dereference freed memory. Any unprivileged local process can trigger the deterministic socket sequence; the demonstrated consequence is a kernel oops or panic.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-47711
- Published
- Oct 21, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.10
- Affected versionversion=6.9.8 <6.10
- Affected versionversion=71f8d9a4f6e094bae951765d1d18b44827013001
- Affected versionversion=93c99f21db360957d49853e5666b5c147f593bda <4a7f9a2591a923bdde4bd7eac33490b6ae3b257c
- Affected versionversion=93c99f21db360957d49853e5666b5c147f593bda <5aa57d9f2d5311f19434d95b2a81610aa263e23b
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