CVE-2024-36484: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: relax socket state check at accept time.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: relax socket state check at accept time.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: relax socket state check at accept time. Christoph reported the following splat: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 772 at net/ipv4/af_inet.c:761 __inet_accept+0x1f4/0x4a0 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 PID: 772 Comm: syz-executor510 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc7-g7da7119fe22b #56 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.11.0-2.el7 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:__inet_accept+0x1f4/0x4a0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:759 Code: 04 38 84 c0 0f 85 87 00 00 00 41 c7 04 24 03 00 00 00 48 83 c4 10 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc e8 ec b7 da fd <0f> 0b e9 7f fe ff ff e8 e0 b7 da fd 0f 0b e9 fe fe ff ff 89 d9 80 RSP: 0018:ffffc90000c2fc58 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: ffffffff836bdd14 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffff888104668000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: ffffffff836bdb89 R09: fffff52000185f64 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000185f64 R12: dffffc0000000000 R13: 1ffff92000185f98 R14: ffff88810754d880 R15: ffff8881007b7800 FS: 000000001c772880(0000) GS:ffff88811b280000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fb9fcf2e178 CR3

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

What it means for a small business

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How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.30%, higher than 22% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored October 29, 2026, updated daily.

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Sources

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