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CVE-2024-50034

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-10-21
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.11.4 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/smc: fix lacks of icsk_syn_mss with IPPROTO_SMC Eric report a panic on IPPROTO_SMC, and give the facts that when INET_PROTOSW_ICSK was set, icsk->icsk_sync_mss must be set too. Bug: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x0000000086000005 EC = 0x21: IABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits SET = 0, FnV = 0 EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000001195d1000 [0000000000000000] pgd=0800000109c46003, p4d=0800000109c46003, pud=0000000000000000 Internal error: Oops: 0000000086000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 8037 Comm: syz.3.265 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7-syzkaller-g5f5673607153 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024 pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : 0x0 lr : cipso_v4_sock_setattr+0x2a8/0x3c0 net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c:1910 sp : ffff80009b887a90 x29: ffff80009b887aa0 x28: ffff80008db94050 x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 1fffe0001aa6f5b3 x25: dfff800000000000 x24: ffff0000db75da00 x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffff0000d8b78518 x21: 0000000000000000 x20: ffff0000d537ad80 x19: ffff0000d8b78000 x18: 1fffe000366d79ee x17: ffff8000800614a8 x16: ffff800080569b84 x15: 0000000000000001 x14: 000000008b336894 x13: 00000000cd96feaa x12: 0000000000000003 x11: 0000000000040000 x10: 00000000000020a3 x9 : 1fffe0001b16f0f1 x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000000000003f x5 : 0000000000000040 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000002 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff0000d8b78000 Call trace: 0x0 netlbl_sock_setattr+0x2e4/0x338 net/netlabel/netlabel_kapi.c:1000 smack_netlbl_add+0xa4/0x154 security/smack/smack_lsm.c:2593 smack_socket_post_create+0xa8/0x14c security/smack/smack_lsm.c:2973 security_socket_post_create+0x94/0xd4 security/security.c:4425 __sock_create+0x4c8/0x884 net/socket.c:1587 sock_create net/socket.c:1622 [inline] __sys_socket_create net/socket.c:1659 [inline] __sys_socket+0x134/0x340 net/socket.c:1706 __do_sys_socket net/socket.c:1720 [inline] __se_sys_socket net/socket.c:1718 [inline] __arm64_sys_socket+0x7c/0x94 net/socket.c:1718 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline] invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2b8 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49 el0_svc_common+0x130/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132 do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151 el0_svc+0x54/0x168 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:712 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xfc arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:730 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:598 Code: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? (????????) ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- This patch add a toy implementation that performs a simple return to prevent such panic. This is because MSS can be set in sock_create_kern or smc_setsockopt, similar to how it's done in AF_SMC. However, for AF_SMC, there is currently no way to synchronize MSS within __sys_connect_file. This toy implementation lays the groundwork for us to support such feature for IPPROTO_SMC in the future.

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-476

The code follows a pointer that is null, crashing the process. An attacker who can reliably trigger it turns the crash into a denial of service. The fix is checking for null before use and handling the failure path gracefully.

General guidance for the null pointer dereference 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:>= 6.11, < 6.11.4= 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 6.11.4 or later
Fixed in 6.11.4
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Linux Kernel 6.11.4 or later (for 6.12.x, the first stable release containing the fix)

  1. Upgrade Linux kernel to version 6.11.4 or later
  2. If running kernel 6.12.x, upgrade to a version that includes the fix commit 44dc50df15f5bd4221d8f708885a9d49cda7f57e
Caveat Standard kernel upgrade risks apply - ensure compatibility with local modules and drivers

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