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CVE-2024-50261
published 2024-11-09

CVE-2024-50261: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macsec: Fix use-after-free while sending the offloading packet KASAN reports the following…

PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.22%
12.7th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macsec: Fix use-after-free while sending the offloading packet KASAN reports the following UAF. The metadata_dst, which is used to store the SCI value for macsec offload, is already freed by metadata_dst_free() in macsec_free_netdev(), while driver still use it for sending the packet. To fix this issue, dst_release() is used instead to release metadata_dst. So it is not freed instantly in macsec_free_netdev() if still referenced by skb. BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mlx5e_xmit+0x1e8f/0x4190 [mlx5_core] Read of size 2 at addr ffff88813e42e038 by task kworker/7:2/714 [...] Workqueue: mld mld_ifc_work Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x51/0x60 print_report+0xc1/0x600 kasan_report+0xab/0xe0 mlx5e_xmit+0x1e8f/0x4190 [mlx5_core] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x120/0x530 sch_direct_xmit+0x149/0x11e0 __qdisc_run+0x3ad/0x1730 __dev_queue_xmit+0x1196/0x2ed0 vlan_dev_hard_start_xmit+0x32e/0x510 [8021q] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x120/0x530 __dev_queue_xmit+0x14a7/0x2ed0 macsec_start_xmit+0x13e9/0x2340 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x120/0x530 __dev_queue_xmit+0x14a7/0x2ed0 ip6_finish_output2+0x923/0x1a70 ip6_finish_output+0x2d7/0x970 ip6_output+0x1ce/0x3a0 NF_HOOK.constprop.0+0x15f/0x190 mld_sendpack+0x59a/0xbd0 mld_ifc_work+0x48a/0xa80 process_one_work+0x5aa/0xe50 worker_thread+0x79c/0x1290 kthread+0x28f/0x350 ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x70 ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 Allocated by task 3922: kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40 kasan_save_track+0x10/0x30 __kasan_kmalloc+0x77/0x90 __kmalloc_noprof+0x188/0x400 metadata_dst_alloc+0x1f/0x4e0 macsec_newlink+0x914/0x1410 __rtnl_newlink+0xe08/0x15b0 rtnl_newlink+0x5f/0x90 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x667/0xa80 netlink_rcv_skb+0x12c/0x360 netlink_unicast+0x551/0x770 netlink_sendmsg+0x72d/0xbd0 __sock_sendmsg+0xc5/0x190 ____sys_sendmsg+0x52e/0x6a0 ___sys_sendmsg+0xeb/0x170 __sys_sendmsg+0xb5/0x140 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0x100 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 Freed by task 4011: kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40 kas

Affected

18 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.119-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.119-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.119-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.119-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 0a28bfd4971fd570d1f3e4653b21415becefc92c < 872932cf75cf859804370a265dd58118129386fa872932cf75cf859804370a265dd58118129386fa
linuxlinux>= 0a28bfd4971fd570d1f3e4653b21415becefc92c < 9f5ae743dbe9a2458540a7d35fff0f990df025cf9f5ae743dbe9a2458540a7d35fff0f990df025cf
linuxlinux>= 0a28bfd4971fd570d1f3e4653b21415becefc92c < 4614640f1d5c93c22272117dc256e9940ccac8e84614640f1d5c93c22272117dc256e9940ccac8e8
linuxlinux>= 0a28bfd4971fd570d1f3e4653b21415becefc92c < f1e54d11b210b53d418ff1476c6b58a2f434dfc0f1e54d11b210b53d418ff1476c6b58a2f434dfc0
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.119-16.1.119-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.11.7-16.11.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.11.7-16.11.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-58.606.8.0-58.60
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.11.0-18.186.11.0-18.18
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.1 < 6.1.1166.1.116
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.606.6.60
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.11.76.11.7
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.57.1-7_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.64.2-1_on_azure_linux_3.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_msrc7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
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