CVE-2024-53124

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. This vulnerability may allow a local user to cause a denial of service (DoS) through a system crash. A race condition occurs when concurrent threads process incoming IPv6 network traffic on a listening socket without adequate locking, leading to corrupted socket memory accounting.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.