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CVE-2024-26864

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-04-17
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.1.83 / 6.6.23 or later.
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80/100
Remediation priority · High
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: tcp: Fix refcnt handling in __inet_hash_connect(). syzbot reported a warning in sk_nulls_del_node_init_rcu(). The commit 66b60b0c8c4a ("dccp/tcp: Unhash sk from ehash for tb2 alloc failure after check_estalblished().") tried to fix an issue that an unconnected socket occupies an ehash entry when bhash2 allocation fails. In such a case, we need to revert changes done by check_established(), which does not hold refcnt when inserting socket into ehash. So, to revert the change, we need to __sk_nulls_add_node_rcu() instead of sk_nulls_add_node_rcu(). Otherwise, sock_put() will cause refcnt underflow and leak the socket. [0]: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 23948 at include/net/sock.h:799 sk_nulls_del_node_init_rcu+0x166/0x1a0 include/net/sock.h:799 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 23948 Comm: syz-executor.2 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc6-syzkaller-00159-gc055fc00c07b #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/25/2024 RIP: 0010:sk_nulls_del_node_init_rcu+0x166/0x1a0 include/net/sock.h:799 Code: e8 7f 71 c6 f7 83 fb 02 7c 25 e8 35 6d c6 f7 4d 85 f6 0f 95 c0 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc e8 1b 6d c6 f7 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb b2 e8 10 6d c6 f7 4c 89 e7 be 04 00 00 00 e8 63 e7 d2 RSP: 0018:ffffc900032d7848 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: ffffffff89cd0035 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 0000000000040000 RDX: ffffc90004de1000 RSI: 000000000003ffff RDI: 0000000000040000 RBP: 1ffff1100439ac26 R08: ffffffff89ccffe3 R09: 1ffff1100439ac28 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100439ac29 R12: ffff888021cd6140 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88802a9bf5c0 R15: ffff888021cd6130 FS: 00007f3b823f16c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f3b823f0ff8 CR3: 000000004674a000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> __inet_hash_connect+0x140f/0x20b0 net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c:1139 dccp_v6_connect+0xcb9/0x1480 net/dccp/ipv6.c:956 __inet_stream_connect+0x262/0xf30 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:678 inet_stream_connect+0x65/0xa0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:749 __sys_connect_file net/socket.c:2048 [inline] __sys_connect+0x2df/0x310 net/socket.c:2065 __do_sys_connect net/socket.c:2075 [inline] __se_sys_connect net/socket.c:2072 [inline] __x64_sys_connect+0x7a/0x90 net/socket.c:2072 do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x240 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77 RIP: 0033:0x7f3b8167dda9 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 e1 20 00 00 90 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 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f3b823f10c8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002a RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f3b817abf80 RCX: 00007f3b8167dda9 RDX: 000000000000001c RSI: 0000000020000040 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00007f3b823f1120 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001 R13: 000000000000000b R14: 00007f3b817abf80 R15: 00007ffd3beb57b8 </TASK>

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-200

The application discloses data — error detail, internal paths, tokens, or other users' records — to someone who shouldn't see it. On its own it can look minor, but it hands attackers the map they need for a larger attack. Remediation is about minimising what's returned and enforcing authorization on every piece of data.

General guidance for the information exposure 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:>= 6.1.80, < 6.1.83>= 6.6.19, < 6.6.23>= 6.7.7, < 6.7.11>= 6.8, < 6.8.2

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
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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 (depending on your current branch)

  1. Identify the currently running Linux kernel version using `uname -r` or `cat /proc/version`
  2. Determine which version range your current kernel falls into (6.1.80-6.1.82, 6.6.19-6.6.22, 6.7.7-6.7.10, or 6.8.0-6.8.1)
  3. Upgrade the Linux kernel to the appropriate fixed version: 6.1.83, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, or 6.8.2 respectively
  4. Reboot the system to load the updated kernel
  5. Verify the kernel version after reboot using `uname -r` to confirm the patch is applied
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require rebuilding third-party kernel modules; ensure compatibility with the new kernel version before rebooting

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