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CVE-2024-53123

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-12-02
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.1.119 / 6.6 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: mptcp: error out earlier on disconnect Eric reported a division by zero splat in the MPTCP protocol: Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6094 Comm: syz-executor317 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc5-syzkaller-00291-g05b92660cdfe #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024 RIP: 0010:__tcp_select_window+0x5b4/0x1310 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3163 Code: f6 44 01 e3 89 df e8 9b 75 09 f8 44 39 f3 0f 8d 11 ff ff ff e8 0d 74 09 f8 45 89 f4 e9 04 ff ff ff e8 00 74 09 f8 44 89 f0 99 <f7> 7c 24 14 41 29 d6 45 89 f4 e9 ec fe ff ff e8 e8 73 09 f8 48 89 RSP: 0018:ffffc900041f7930 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000017e67 RBX: 0000000000017e67 RCX: ffffffff8983314b RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff898331b0 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00000000005d6000 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 0000000000017e67 R10: 0000000000003e80 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000003e80 R13: ffff888031d9b440 R14: 0000000000017e67 R15: 00000000002eb000 FS: 00007feb5d7f16c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007feb5d8adbb8 CR3: 0000000074e4c000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> __tcp_cleanup_rbuf+0x3e7/0x4b0 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1493 mptcp_rcv_space_adjust net/mptcp/protocol.c:2085 [inline] mptcp_recvmsg+0x2156/0x2600 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2289 inet_recvmsg+0x469/0x6a0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:885 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1051 [inline] sock_recvmsg+0x1b2/0x250 net/socket.c:1073 __sys_recvfrom+0x1a5/0x2e0 net/socket.c:2265 __do_sys_recvfrom net/socket.c:2283 [inline] __se_sys_recvfrom net/socket.c:2279 [inline] __x64_sys_recvfrom+0xe0/0x1c0 net/socket.c:2279 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7feb5d857559 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 51 18 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:00007feb5d7f1208 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002d RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007feb5d8e1318 RCX: 00007feb5d857559 RDX: 000000800000000e RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00007feb5d8e1310 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffff81000000 R10: 0000000000000100 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007feb5d8e131c R13: 00007feb5d8ae074 R14: 000000800000000e R15: 00000000fffffdef and provided a nice reproducer. The root cause is the current bad handling of racing disconnect. After the blamed commit below, sk_wait_data() can return (with error) with the underlying socket disconnected and a zero rcv_mss. Catch the error and return without performing any additional operations on the current socket.

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-362

Two operations that should be atomic can interleave, so an attacker who wins a narrow timing window reaches an inconsistent, exploitable state. These bugs are subtle and easy to miss in review. Fixing them properly means correct locking or atomic operations around the shared resource.

General guidance for the race condition 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:>= 6.1.60, < 6.1.119>= 6.5.9, < 6.6>= 6.6, < 6.6.63>= 6.7, < 6.11.10= 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

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 6.1.119 / 6.6 / 6.6.63 or later
Fixed in 6.1.1196.66.6.63
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Linux kernel 6.1.119, 6.6.63, or 6.11.10 (or later stable release) depending on which branch you are on

  1. Identify current kernel version with `uname -r` and confirm it falls within affected range: 6.1.60-6.1.118, 6.5.9-6.5.x, 6.6.0-6.6.62, or 6.7.0-6.11.9
  2. Schedule a maintenance window for kernel upgrade (requires system reboot)
  3. Upgrade to kernel version 6.1.119 or later for 6.1.x branch, OR 6.6.63 or later for 6.6.x branch, OR 6.11.10 or later for 6.7+/6.11+ branch
  4. Apply the kernel upgrade using your distribution's package manager (e.g., `apt-get dist-upgrade`, `yum update`, or equivalent)
  5. Reboot the system to load the patched kernel
  6. Verify the new kernel version with `uname -r` and confirm it is >= the fixed version for your branch
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require rebooting services; ensure compatibility with other kernel-dependent software in your environment

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