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CVE-2024-57882

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-01-15
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.1.124 / 6.6.70 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: fix TCP options overflow. Syzbot reported the following splat: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000001: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5836 Comm: sshd Not tainted 6.13.0-rc3-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/25/2024 RIP: 0010:_compound_head include/linux/page-flags.h:242 [inline] RIP: 0010:put_page+0x23/0x260 include/linux/mm.h:1552 Code: 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 55 41 57 41 56 53 49 89 fe 48 bd 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df e8 f8 5e 12 f8 49 8d 5e 08 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 <80> 3c 28 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 8f c7 78 f8 48 8b 1b 48 89 de 48 83 RSP: 0000:ffffc90003916c90 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000008 RCX: ffff888030458000 RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: ffffffff898ca81d R09: 1ffff110054414ac R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10054414ad R12: 0000000000000007 R13: ffff88802a20a542 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f34f496e800(0000) GS:ffff8880b8700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f9d6ec9ec28 CR3: 000000004d260000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> skb_page_unref include/linux/skbuff_ref.h:43 [inline] __skb_frag_unref include/linux/skbuff_ref.h:56 [inline] skb_release_data+0x483/0x8a0 net/core/skbuff.c:1119 skb_release_all net/core/skbuff.c:1190 [inline] __kfree_skb+0x55/0x70 net/core/skbuff.c:1204 tcp_clean_rtx_queue net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:3436 [inline] tcp_ack+0x2442/0x6bc0 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:4032 tcp_rcv_state_process+0x8eb/0x44e0 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6805 tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x77d/0xc70 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1939 tcp_v4_rcv+0x2dc0/0x37f0 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2351 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x22e/0x440 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:205 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x341/0x5f0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:233 NF_HOOK+0x3a4/0x450 include/linux/netfilter.h:314 NF_HOOK+0x3a4/0x450 include/linux/netfilter.h:314 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5672 [inline] __netif_receive_skb+0x2bf/0x650 net/core/dev.c:5785 process_backlog+0x662/0x15b0 net/core/dev.c:6117 __napi_poll+0xcb/0x490 net/core/dev.c:6883 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6952 [inline] net_rx_action+0x89b/0x1240 net/core/dev.c:7074 handle_softirqs+0x2d4/0x9b0 kernel/softirq.c:561 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:595 [inline] invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:435 [inline] __irq_exit_rcu+0xf7/0x220 kernel/softirq.c:662 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:678 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1049 [inline] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x57/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1049 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:702 RIP: 0033:0x7f34f4519ad5 Code: 85 d2 74 0d 0f 10 02 48 8d 54 24 20 0f 11 44 24 20 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 27 41 b8 08 00 00 00 b8 0f 01 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 76 75 48 8b 15 24 73 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 83 RSP: 002b:00007ffec5b32ce0 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 00000000000668a0 RCX: 00007f34f4519ad5 RDX: 00007ffec5b32d00 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: 0000564f4bc6cae0 RBP: 0000564f4bc6b5a0 R08: 0000000000000008 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 00007ffec5b32de8 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000564f48ea8aa4 R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000564f48ea93e8 R15: 00007ffec5b32d68 </TASK> Eric noted a probable shinfo->nr_frags corruption, which indeed occurs. The root cause is a buggy MPTCP option len computation in some circumstances: the ADD_ADDR option should be mutually exclusive with DSS since the blamed commit. Still, mptcp_established_options_add_addr() tries to set the relevant info in mptcp_out_options, if ---truncated---

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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:>= 5.15, < 6.1.124>= 6.2, < 6.6.70>= 6.7, < 6.12.9= 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 6.1.124 / 6.6.70 / 6.12.9 or later
Fixed in 6.1.1246.6.706.12.9
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Linux kernel >= 6.1.124, >= 6.6.70, >= 6.12.9, or > 6.13 (e.g., 6.14 or later)

  1. Identify the currently running Linux kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. Check which version range your current kernel falls into: >= 5.15 and < 6.1.124, >= 6.2 and < 6.6.70, >= 6.7 and < 6.12.9, or exactly 6.13
  3. If affected, schedule a maintenance window for kernel upgrade
  4. Upgrade the Linux kernel to a fixed version: 6.1.124 or later, 6.6.70 or later, 6.12.9 or later, or a version beyond 6.13 (such as 6.14 or later)
  5. Reboot the system to load the fixed kernel
  6. Verify the new kernel version is running using `uname -r` and confirm the vulnerability is resolved
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require system downtime and could have compatibility implications with custom modules or specific hardware drivers; ensure compatibility testing in non-production environments first

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