CVE-2024-40954 (GCVE-0-2024-40954)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-07-12 12:31
Modified
2026-08-05 11:34
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket creation fails It is possible to trigger a use-after-free by: * attaching an fentry probe to __sock_release() and the probe calling the bpf_get_socket_cookie() helper * running traceroute -I 1.1.1.1 on a freshly booted VM A KASAN enabled kernel will log something like below (decoded and stripped): ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __sock_gen_cookie (./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h:15 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:2583 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:1611 net/core/sock_diag.c:29) Read of size 8 at addr ffff888007110dd8 by task traceroute/299 CPU: 2 PID: 299 Comm: traceroute Tainted: G E 6.10.0-rc2+ #2 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.16.2-1 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:117 (discriminator 1)) print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:378 mm/kasan/report.c:488) ? __sock_gen_cookie (./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h:15 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:2583 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:1611 net/core/sock_diag.c:29) kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:603) ? __sock_gen_cookie (./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h:15 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:2583 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:1611 net/core/sock_diag.c:29) kasan_check_range (mm/kasan/generic.c:183 mm/kasan/generic.c:189) __sock_gen_cookie (./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h:15 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:2583 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:1611 net/core/sock_diag.c:29) bpf_get_socket_ptr_cookie (./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:94 ./include/linux/sock_diag.h:42 net/core/filter.c:5094 net/core/filter.c:5092) bpf_prog_875642cf11f1d139___sock_release+0x6e/0x8e bpf_trampoline_6442506592+0x47/0xaf __sock_release (net/socket.c:652) __sock_create (net/socket.c:1601) ... Allocated by task 299 on cpu 2 at 78.328492s: kasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:48) kasan_save_track (mm/kasan/common.c:68) __kasan_slab_alloc (mm/kasan/common.c:312 mm/kasan/common.c:338) kmem_cache_alloc_noprof (mm/slub.c:3941 mm/slub.c:4000 mm/slub.c:4007) sk_prot_alloc (net/core/sock.c:2075) sk_alloc (net/core/sock.c:2134) inet_create (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:327 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:252) __sock_create (net/socket.c:1572) __sys_socket (net/socket.c:1660 net/socket.c:1644 net/socket.c:1706) __x64_sys_socket (net/socket.c:1718) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130) Freed by task 299 on cpu 2 at 78.328502s: kasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:48) kasan_save_track (mm/kasan/common.c:68) kasan_save_free_info (mm/kasan/generic.c:582) poison_slab_object (mm/kasan/common.c:242) __kasan_slab_free (mm/kasan/common.c:256) kmem_cache_free (mm/slub.c:4437 mm/slub.c:4511) __sk_destruct (net/core/sock.c:2117 net/core/sock.c:2208) inet_create (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:397 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:252) __sock_create (net/socket.c:1572) __sys_socket (net/socket.c:1660 net/socket.c:1644 net/socket.c:1706) __x64_sys_socket (net/socket.c:1718) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130) Fix this by clearing the struct socket reference in sk_common_release() to cover all protocol families create functions, which may already attached the reference to the sk object with sock_init_data().
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A use-after-free write into sprayed heap memory is a real corruption primitive with control-flow-hijack potential.\\nA:H - The use-after-free reliably produces KASAN slab-use-after-free reports and, on a production kernel, corrupts arbitrary reclaimed slab objects, causing oopses and panics; the trigger can be repeated in a tight loop by an unprivileged user.\"}]}], \"affected\": [{\"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\", \"vendor\": \"Linux\", \"product\": \"Linux\", \"versions\": [{\"status\": \"affected\", \"version\": \"c5dbb89fc2ac013afe67b9e4fcb3743c02b567cd\", \"lessThan\": \"78e4aa528a7b1204219d808310524344f627d069\", \"versionType\": \"git\"}, {\"status\": \"affected\", \"version\": \"c5dbb89fc2ac013afe67b9e4fcb3743c02b567cd\", \"lessThan\": \"893eeba94c40d513cd0fe6539330ebdaea208c0e\", \"versionType\": \"git\"}, {\"status\": \"affected\", \"version\": \"c5dbb89fc2ac013afe67b9e4fcb3743c02b567cd\", \"lessThan\": \"454c454ed645fed051216b79622f7cb69c1638f5\", \"versionType\": \"git\"}, {\"status\": \"affected\", \"version\": \"c5dbb89fc2ac013afe67b9e4fcb3743c02b567cd\", \"lessThan\": \"5dfe2408fd7dc4d2e7ac38a116ff0a37b1cfd3b9\", \"versionType\": \"git\"}, {\"status\": \"affected\", \"version\": \"c5dbb89fc2ac013afe67b9e4fcb3743c02b567cd\", \"lessThan\": \"6cd4a78d962bebbaf8beb7d2ead3f34120e3f7b2\", \"versionType\": \"git\"}], \"programFiles\": [\"net/core/sock.c\"], \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\"}, {\"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\", \"vendor\": \"Linux\", \"product\": \"Linux\", \"versions\": [{\"status\": \"affected\", \"version\": \"5.12\"}, {\"status\": \"unaffected\", \"version\": \"0\", \"lessThan\": \"5.12\", \"versionType\": \"semver\"}, {\"status\": \"unaffected\", \"version\": \"5.15.162\", \"versionType\": \"semver\", \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"5.15.*\"}, {\"status\": \"unaffected\", \"version\": \"6.1.96\", \"versionType\": \"semver\", \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.1.*\"}, {\"status\": \"unaffected\", \"version\": \"6.6.36\", \"versionType\": \"semver\", \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.6.*\"}, {\"status\": \"unaffected\", \"version\": \"6.9.7\", \"versionType\": \"semver\", \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.9.*\"}, {\"status\": \"unaffected\", \"version\": \"6.10\", \"versionType\": \"original_commit_for_fix\", \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"*\"}], \"programFiles\": [\"net/core/sock.c\"], \"defaultStatus\": \"affected\"}], \"references\": [{\"url\": \"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78e4aa528a7b1204219d808310524344f627d069\"}, {\"url\": \"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/893eeba94c40d513cd0fe6539330ebdaea208c0e\"}, {\"url\": \"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/454c454ed645fed051216b79622f7cb69c1638f5\"}, {\"url\": \"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dfe2408fd7dc4d2e7ac38a116ff0a37b1cfd3b9\"}, {\"url\": \"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cd4a78d962bebbaf8beb7d2ead3f34120e3f7b2\"}], \"x_generator\": {\"engine\": \"bippy-1.2.0\"}, \"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\\n\\nnet: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket creation fails\\n\\nIt is possible to trigger a use-after-free by:\\n  * attaching an fentry probe to __sock_release() and the probe calling the\\n    bpf_get_socket_cookie() helper\\n  * running traceroute -I 1.1.1.1 on a freshly booted VM\\n\\nA KASAN enabled kernel will log something like below (decoded and stripped):\\n==================================================================\\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __sock_gen_cookie (./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h:15 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:2583 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:1611 net/core/sock_diag.c:29)\\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff888007110dd8 by task traceroute/299\\n\\nCPU: 2 PID: 299 Comm: traceroute Tainted: G            E      6.10.0-rc2+ #2\\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.16.2-1 04/01/2014\\nCall Trace:\\n \u003cTASK\u003e\\ndump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:117 (discriminator 1))\\nprint_report (mm/kasan/report.c:378 mm/kasan/report.c:488)\\n? __sock_gen_cookie (./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h:15 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:2583 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:1611 net/core/sock_diag.c:29)\\nkasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:603)\\n? __sock_gen_cookie (./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h:15 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:2583 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:1611 net/core/sock_diag.c:29)\\nkasan_check_range (mm/kasan/generic.c:183 mm/kasan/generic.c:189)\\n__sock_gen_cookie (./arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h:15 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h:2583 ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:1611 net/core/sock_diag.c:29)\\nbpf_get_socket_ptr_cookie (./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:94 ./include/linux/sock_diag.h:42 net/core/filter.c:5094 net/core/filter.c:5092)\\nbpf_prog_875642cf11f1d139___sock_release+0x6e/0x8e\\nbpf_trampoline_6442506592+0x47/0xaf\\n__sock_release (net/socket.c:652)\\n__sock_create (net/socket.c:1601)\\n...\\nAllocated by task 299 on cpu 2 at 78.328492s:\\nkasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:48)\\nkasan_save_track (mm/kasan/common.c:68)\\n__kasan_slab_alloc (mm/kasan/common.c:312 mm/kasan/common.c:338)\\nkmem_cache_alloc_noprof (mm/slub.c:3941 mm/slub.c:4000 mm/slub.c:4007)\\nsk_prot_alloc (net/core/sock.c:2075)\\nsk_alloc (net/core/sock.c:2134)\\ninet_create (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:327 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:252)\\n__sock_create (net/socket.c:1572)\\n__sys_socket (net/socket.c:1660 net/socket.c:1644 net/socket.c:1706)\\n__x64_sys_socket (net/socket.c:1718)\\ndo_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83)\\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\\n\\nFreed by task 299 on cpu 2 at 78.328502s:\\nkasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:48)\\nkasan_save_track (mm/kasan/common.c:68)\\nkasan_save_free_info (mm/kasan/generic.c:582)\\npoison_slab_object (mm/kasan/common.c:242)\\n__kasan_slab_free (mm/kasan/common.c:256)\\nkmem_cache_free (mm/slub.c:4437 mm/slub.c:4511)\\n__sk_destruct (net/core/sock.c:2117 net/core/sock.c:2208)\\ninet_create (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:397 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:252)\\n__sock_create (net/socket.c:1572)\\n__sys_socket (net/socket.c:1660 net/socket.c:1644 net/socket.c:1706)\\n__x64_sys_socket (net/socket.c:1718)\\ndo_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83)\\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\\n\\nFix this by clearing the struct socket reference in sk_common_release() to cover\\nall protocol families create functions, which may already attached the\\nreference to the sk object with sock_init_data().\"}], \"cpeApplicability\": [{\"nodes\": [{\"negate\": false, \"cpeMatch\": [{\"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"vulnerable\": true, \"versionEndExcluding\": \"5.15.162\", \"versionStartIncluding\": \"5.12\"}, {\"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"vulnerable\": true, \"versionEndExcluding\": \"6.1.96\", \"versionStartIncluding\": \"5.12\"}, {\"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"vulnerable\": true, \"versionEndExcluding\": \"6.6.36\", \"versionStartIncluding\": \"5.12\"}, {\"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"vulnerable\": true, \"versionEndExcluding\": \"6.9.7\", \"versionStartIncluding\": \"5.12\"}, {\"criteria\": \"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\", \"vulnerable\": true, \"versionEndExcluding\": \"6.10\", \"versionStartIncluding\": \"5.12\"}], \"operator\": \"OR\"}]}], \"providerMetadata\": {\"orgId\": \"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\", \"shortName\": \"Linux\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2026-08-05T11:34:13.912Z\"}}}",
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