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CVE-2024-57982
published 2025-02-27

CVE-2024-57982: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: state: fix out-of-bounds read during lookup lookup and resize can run in parallel…

PriorityP429high7.1CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHINAH
EPSS
0.23%
14.3th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: state: fix out-of-bounds read during lookup lookup and resize can run in parallel. The xfrm_state_hash_generation seqlock ensures a retry, but the hash functions can observe a hmask value that is too large for the new hlist array. rehash does: rcu_assign_pointer(net->xfrm.state_bydst, ndst) [..] net->xfrm.state_hmask = nhashmask; While state lookup does: h = xfrm_dst_hash(net, daddr, saddr, tmpl->reqid, encap_family); hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(x, net->xfrm.state_bydst + h, bydst) { This is only safe in case the update to state_bydst is larger than net->xfrm.xfrm_state_hmask (or if the lookup function gets serialized via state spinlock again). Fix this by prefetching state_hmask and the associated pointers. The xfrm_state_hash_generation seqlock retry will ensure that the pointer and the hmask will be consistent. The existing helpers, like xfrm_dst_hash(), are now unsafe for RCU side, add lockdep assertions to document that they are only safe for insert side. xfrm_state_lookup_byaddr() uses the spinlock rather than RCU. AFAICS this is an oversight from back when state lookup was converted to RCU, this lock should be replaced with RCU in a future patch.

Affected

11 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.12.13-1 (forky)linux 6.12.13-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= c2f672fc94642bae96821a393f342edcfa9794a6 < b86dc510308d7a8955f3f47a4fea4bef887653e4b86dc510308d7a8955f3f47a4fea4bef887653e4
linuxlinux>= c2f672fc94642bae96821a393f342edcfa9794a6 < a16871c7832ea6435abb6e0b58289ae7dcb7e4fca16871c7832ea6435abb6e0b58289ae7dcb7e4fc
linuxlinux>= c2f672fc94642bae96821a393f342edcfa9794a6 < dd4c2a174994238d55ab54da2545543d36f4e0d0dd4c2a174994238d55ab54da2545543d36f4e0d0
linuxlinux>= c2f672fc94642bae96821a393f342edcfa9794a6 < e952837f3ddb0ff726d5b582aa1aad9aa38d024de952837f3ddb0ff726d5b582aa1aad9aa38d024d
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.13-16.12.13-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.13-16.12.13-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-64.676.8.0-64.67
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.9 < 6.12.136.12.13
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.13.26.13.2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.1HIGH
vendor_redhat7.1HIGH
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