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CVE-2024-56659

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-12-27
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.4.288 / 5.10.232 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: lapb: increase LAPB_HEADER_LEN It is unclear if net/lapb code is supposed to be ready for 8021q. We can at least avoid crashes like the following : skbuff: skb_under_panic: text:ffffffff8aabe1f6 len:24 put:20 head:ffff88802824a400 data:ffff88802824a3fe tail:0x16 end:0x140 dev:nr0.2 ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:206 ! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5508 Comm: dhcpcd Not tainted 6.12.0-rc7-syzkaller-00144-g66418447d27b #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/30/2024 RIP: 0010:skb_panic net/core/skbuff.c:206 [inline] RIP: 0010:skb_under_panic+0x14b/0x150 net/core/skbuff.c:216 Code: 0d 8d 48 c7 c6 2e 9e 29 8e 48 8b 54 24 08 8b 0c 24 44 8b 44 24 04 4d 89 e9 50 41 54 41 57 41 56 e8 1a 6f 37 02 48 83 c4 20 90 <0f> 0b 0f 1f 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 RSP: 0018:ffffc90002ddf638 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000086 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: 7a24750e538ff600 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000201 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff888034a86650 R08: ffffffff8174b13c R09: 1ffff920005bbe60 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520005bbe61 R12: 0000000000000140 R13: ffff88802824a400 R14: ffff88802824a3fe R15: 0000000000000016 FS: 00007f2a5990d740(0000) GS:ffff8880b8700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000000110c2631fd CR3: 0000000029504000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> skb_push+0xe5/0x100 net/core/skbuff.c:2636 nr_header+0x36/0x320 net/netrom/nr_dev.c:69 dev_hard_header include/linux/netdevice.h:3148 [inline] vlan_dev_hard_header+0x359/0x480 net/8021q/vlan_dev.c:83 dev_hard_header include/linux/netdevice.h:3148 [inline] lapbeth_data_transmit+0x1f6/0x2a0 drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c:257 lapb_data_transmit+0x91/0xb0 net/lapb/lapb_iface.c:447 lapb_transmit_buffer+0x168/0x1f0 net/lapb/lapb_out.c:149 lapb_establish_data_link+0x84/0xd0 lapb_device_event+0x4e0/0x670 notifier_call_chain+0x19f/0x3e0 kernel/notifier.c:93 __dev_notify_flags+0x207/0x400 dev_change_flags+0xf0/0x1a0 net/core/dev.c:8922 devinet_ioctl+0xa4e/0x1aa0 net/ipv4/devinet.c:1188 inet_ioctl+0x3d7/0x4f0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:1003 sock_do_ioctl+0x158/0x460 net/socket.c:1227 sock_ioctl+0x626/0x8e0 net/socket.c:1346 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xf9/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83

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

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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:>= 2.6.12, < 5.4.288>= 5.5, < 5.10.232>= 5.11, < 5.15.175>= 5.16, < 6.1.121>= 6.2, < 6.6.67>= 6.7, < 6.12.6= 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

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 5.4.288 / 5.10.232 / 5.15.175 or later
Fixed in 5.4.2885.10.2325.15.175
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

5.4.288, 5.10.232, 5.15.175, or 6.1.121 (depending on your current branch)

  1. 1. Identify the currently running kernel version using 'uname -r'
  2. 2. Determine which version branch your kernel falls into from the affected versions: 5.4.x, 5.10.x, 5.11-5.14.x, 5.16-6.1.x
  3. 3. Upgrade the Linux kernel to the first fixed version in your branch: 5.4.288, 5.10.232, 5.15.175, or 6.1.121 respectively
  4. 4. Reboot the system to load the fixed kernel
  5. 5. Verify the fix by running 'uname -r' and confirming the version is at or above the fixed version for your branch
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require matching system utilities and drivers; ensure compatibility with your distribution's user-space tools

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