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CVE-2024-26815

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-04-10
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.1.83 / 6.6.23 or later.
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57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: taprio: proper TCA_TAPRIO_TC_ENTRY_INDEX check taprio_parse_tc_entry() is not correctly checking TCA_TAPRIO_TC_ENTRY_INDEX attribute: int tc; // Signed value tc = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_TAPRIO_TC_ENTRY_INDEX]); if (tc >= TC_QOPT_MAX_QUEUE) { NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "TC entry index out of range"); return -ERANGE; } syzbot reported that it could fed arbitary negative values: UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in net/sched/sch_taprio.c:1722:18 shift exponent -2147418108 is negative CPU: 0 PID: 5066 Comm: syz-executor367 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc7-syzkaller-00136-gc8a5c731fd12 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/29/2024 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1e7/0x2e0 lib/dump_stack.c:106 ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:217 [inline] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x3c7/0x420 lib/ubsan.c:386 taprio_parse_tc_entry net/sched/sch_taprio.c:1722 [inline] taprio_parse_tc_entries net/sched/sch_taprio.c:1768 [inline] taprio_change+0xb87/0x57d0 net/sched/sch_taprio.c:1877 taprio_init+0x9da/0xc80 net/sched/sch_taprio.c:2134 qdisc_create+0x9d4/0x1190 net/sched/sch_api.c:1355 tc_modify_qdisc+0xa26/0x1e40 net/sched/sch_api.c:1776 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x885/0x1040 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6617 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e3/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2543 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1341 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x7ea/0x980 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1367 netlink_sendmsg+0xa3b/0xd70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1908 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745 ____sys_sendmsg+0x525/0x7d0 net/socket.c:2584 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2638 [inline] __sys_sendmsg+0x2b0/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2667 do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x240 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77 RIP: 0033:0x7f1b2dea3759 Code: 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 d7 19 00 00 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007ffd4de452f8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f1b2def0390 RCX: 00007f1b2dea3759 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000200007c0 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 0000555500000000 R09: 0000555500000000 R10: 0000555500000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffd4de45340 R13: 00007ffd4de45310 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 00007ffd4de45340

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-787

The program writes past the bounds of a buffer, overwriting adjacent memory an attacker can turn to their advantage. Crafted input can overwrite control data and redirect execution. Remediation is validating every index and length before a write, plus modern memory-safety mitigations.

General guidance for the out-of-bounds write class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 6.1, < 6.1.83>= 6.2, < 6.6.23>= 6.7, < 6.7.11>= 6.8, < 6.8.2>= 6.8.3, <= 6.8.12

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 6.1.83 / 6.6.23 / 6.7.11 or later
Fixed in 6.1.836.6.236.7.11
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to kernel 6.1.83, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, or 6.8.2 (or later stable releases in each respective branch)

  1. Identify the current kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. Determine which upgrade path applies based on the current version (6.1.x -> 6.1.83+, 6.2-6.6.x -> 6.6.23+, 6.7.x -> 6.7.11+, 6.8.x -> 6.8.2+)
  3. For distribution-based systems: update package lists and install the new kernel (e.g., `apt update && apt install linux-image-<version>` for Debian/Ubuntu, or `yum update kernel` for RHEL/CentOS)
  4. For custom-built kernels: download kernel sources from kernel.org, apply the patch commit 343041b59b7810f9cdca371f445dd43b35c740b1, and rebuild
  5. Reboot the system to load the new kernel
  6. Verify the fix is applied by checking `taprio_parse_tc_entry` in net/sched/sch_taprio.c for proper bounds checking (both >= TC_QOPT_MAX_QUEUE and < 0 checks)
  7. Confirm the running kernel version with `uname -r`
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require system downtime and could have compatibility implications with custom drivers or modules; test in non-production environment first

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