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NTAP-20250404-0006 — CVE-2024-36945 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2025-04-04 · Updated 2025-10-08 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 7.5 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20250404-0006 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP · SnapCenter | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 7.5

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2024-36945 — HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2024-36945 — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix neighbour and rtable leak in smc_ib_find_route() In smc_ib_find_route(), the neighbour found by neigh_lookup() and rtable resolved by ip_route_output_flow() are not released or put before return. It may cause the refcount leak, so fix it.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H300S/H500S/H700S/H410S
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H410C
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610C
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H615C
NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9
SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10

Official fixes

SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere — vendor fix ↗

References

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024053039-CVE-2024-36945-18ae@gregkh/T/#u ↗

What to do

Check the affected products listed above against the official advisory's affected-versions table — that is where the exact ONTAP 9 release, ONTAP tool, or management product versions are named.
If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
Harden in parallel: security hardening baseline and ransomware protection on ONTAP.