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CVE-2024-56372

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-01-11
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.6.68 / 6.12.7 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: tun: fix tun_napi_alloc_frags() syzbot reported the following crash [1] Issue came with the blamed commit. Instead of going through all the iov components, we keep using the first one and end up with a malformed skb. [1] kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:2849 ! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6230 Comm: syz-executor132 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc1-syzkaller-00407-g96b6fcc0ee41 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/25/2024 RIP: 0010:__pskb_pull_tail+0x1568/0x1570 net/core/skbuff.c:2848 Code: 38 c1 0f 8c 32 f1 ff ff 4c 89 f7 e8 92 96 74 f8 e9 25 f1 ff ff e8 e8 ae 09 f8 48 8b 5c 24 08 e9 eb fb ff ff e8 d9 ae 09 f8 90 <0f> 0b 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 RSP: 0018:ffffc90004cbef30 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: ffffffff8995c347 RBX: 00000000fffffff2 RCX: ffff88802cf45a00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000fffffff2 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff88807df0c06a R08: ffffffff8995b084 R09: 1ffff1100fbe185c R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100fbe185d R12: ffff888076e85d50 R13: ffff888076e85c80 R14: ffff888076e85cf4 R15: ffff888076e85c80 FS: 00007f0dca6ea6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f0dca6ead58 CR3: 00000000119da000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> skb_cow_data+0x2da/0xcb0 net/core/skbuff.c:5284 tipc_aead_decrypt net/tipc/crypto.c:894 [inline] tipc_crypto_rcv+0x402/0x24e0 net/tipc/crypto.c:1844 tipc_rcv+0x57e/0x12a0 net/tipc/node.c:2109 tipc_l2_rcv_msg+0x2bd/0x450 net/tipc/bearer.c:668 __netif_receive_skb_list_ptype net/core/dev.c:5720 [inline] __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x8b7/0x980 net/core/dev.c:5762 __netif_receive_skb_list net/core/dev.c:5814 [inline] netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0xa51/0xe30 net/core/dev.c:5905 gro_normal_list include/net/gro.h:515 [inline] napi_complete_done+0x2b5/0x870 net/core/dev.c:6256 napi_complete include/linux/netdevice.h:567 [inline] tun_get_user+0x2ea0/0x4890 drivers/net/tun.c:1982 tun_chr_write_iter+0x10d/0x1f0 drivers/net/tun.c:2057 do_iter_readv_writev+0x600/0x880 vfs_writev+0x376/0xba0 fs/read_write.c:1050 do_writev+0x1b6/0x360 fs/read_write.c:1096 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

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:>= 6.4, < 6.6.68>= 6.7, < 6.12.7= 6.13

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 6.6.68 / 6.12.7 or later
Fixed in 6.6.686.12.7
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Linux kernel 6.6.68+ or 6.12.7+ (depending on which branch you are using)

  1. Check the current running kernel version using 'uname -r' or 'cat /proc/version'
  2. Identify which kernel branch is in use (e.g., 6.6.y, 6.12.y, or 6.13)
  3. Upgrade the Linux kernel to version 6.6.68 or later for the 6.6 branch, OR to version 6.12.7 or later for the 6.12 branch
  4. Update bootloader configuration if necessary (e.g., update-grub)
  5. Reboot the system to load the fixed kernel
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require rebuilding third-party kernel modules; ensure compatibility with the new kernel version before upgrading in production environments

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