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CVE-2024-49952

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-10-21
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 4.19.323 / 5.4.285 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: netfilter: nf_tables: prevent nf_skb_duplicated corruption syzbot found that nf_dup_ipv4() or nf_dup_ipv6() could write per-cpu variable nf_skb_duplicated in an unsafe way [1]. Disabling preemption as hinted by the splat is not enough, we have to disable soft interrupts as well. [1] BUG: using __this_cpu_write() in preemptible [00000000] code: syz.4.282/6316 caller is nf_dup_ipv4+0x651/0x8f0 net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_dup_ipv4.c:87 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6316 Comm: syz.4.282 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7-syzkaller-00104-g7052622fccb1 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:93 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:119 check_preemption_disabled+0x10e/0x120 lib/smp_processor_id.c:49 nf_dup_ipv4+0x651/0x8f0 net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_dup_ipv4.c:87 nft_dup_ipv4_eval+0x1db/0x300 net/ipv4/netfilter/nft_dup_ipv4.c:30 expr_call_ops_eval net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:240 [inline] nft_do_chain+0x4ad/0x1da0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:288 nft_do_chain_ipv4+0x202/0x320 net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c:23 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:154 [inline] nf_hook_slow+0xc3/0x220 net/netfilter/core.c:626 nf_hook+0x2c4/0x450 include/linux/netfilter.h:269 NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:302 [inline] ip_output+0x185/0x230 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:433 ip_local_out net/ipv4/ip_output.c:129 [inline] ip_send_skb+0x74/0x100 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1495 udp_send_skb+0xacf/0x1650 net/ipv4/udp.c:981 udp_sendmsg+0x1c21/0x2a60 net/ipv4/udp.c:1269 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x1a6/0x270 net/socket.c:745 ____sys_sendmsg+0x525/0x7d0 net/socket.c:2597 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2651 [inline] __sys_sendmmsg+0x3b2/0x740 net/socket.c:2737 __do_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2766 [inline] __se_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2763 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmmsg+0xa0/0xb0 net/socket.c:2763 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f4ce4f7def9 Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 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 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f4ce5d4a038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000133 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f4ce5135f80 RCX: 00007f4ce4f7def9 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000020005d40 RDI: 0000000000000006 RBP: 00007f4ce4ff0b76 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f4ce5135f80 R15: 00007ffd4cbc6d68 </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.

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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:>= 4.3, < 4.19.323>= 4.20, < 5.4.285>= 5.5, < 5.10.227>= 5.11, < 5.15.168>= 5.16, < 6.1.113>= 6.2, < 6.6.55>= 6.7, < 6.10.14>= 6.11, < 6.11.3= 6.12

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

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 4.19.323 / 5.4.285 / 5.10.227 or later
Fixed in 4.19.3235.4.2855.10.227
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to kernel >= 4.19.323 (for 4.19.x), >= 5.4.285 (for 5.4.x), >= 5.10.227 (for 5.10.x), or >= 5.15.168 (for 5.15.x)

  1. Identify the current running kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. Determine which kernel branch your current version belongs to (4.19.x, 5.4.x, 5.10.x, or 5.15.x)
  3. Update the system package manager to fetch the latest available kernel packages
  4. Upgrade the kernel to a version that includes the fix: for 4.19.x branch use >=4.19.323, for 5.4.x branch use >=5.4.285, for 5.10.x branch use >=5.10.227, for 5.15.x branch use >=5.15.168
  5. Reboot the system to load the new kernel
  6. Verify the running kernel is now a fixed version using `uname -r`
Caveat Kernel upgrade requires system reboot and may require driver/rebuild of out-of-tree modules

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