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CVE-2024-57902

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-01-15
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 4.20 / 5.4.289 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: af_packet: fix vlan_get_tci() vs MSG_PEEK Blamed commit forgot MSG_PEEK case, allowing a crash [1] as found by syzbot. Rework vlan_get_tci() to not touch skb at all, so that it can be used from many cpus on the same skb. Add a const qualifier to skb argument. [1] skbuff: skb_under_panic: text:ffffffff8a8da482 len:32 put:14 head:ffff88807a1d5800 data:ffff88807a1d5810 tail:0x14 end:0x140 dev:<NULL> ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:206 ! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5880 Comm: syz-executor172 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc3-syzkaller-00762-g9268abe611b0 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024 RIP: 0010:skb_panic net/core/skbuff.c:206 [inline] RIP: 0010:skb_under_panic+0x14b/0x150 net/core/skbuff.c:216 Code: 0b 8d 48 c7 c6 9e 6c 26 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 3a 5a 79 f7 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:ffffc90003baf5b8 EFLAGS: 00010286 RAX: 0000000000000087 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: 8565c1eec37aa000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000080000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff88802616fb50 R08: ffffffff817f0a4c R09: 1ffff92000775e50 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000775e51 R12: 0000000000000140 R13: ffff88807a1d5800 R14: ffff88807a1d5810 R15: 0000000000000014 FS: 00007fa03261f6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007ffd65753000 CR3: 0000000031720000 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 vlan_get_tci+0x272/0x550 net/packet/af_packet.c:565 packet_recvmsg+0x13c9/0x1ef0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3616 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1044 [inline] sock_recvmsg+0x22f/0x280 net/socket.c:1066 ____sys_recvmsg+0x1c6/0x480 net/socket.c:2814 ___sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2856 [inline] do_recvmmsg+0x426/0xab0 net/socket.c:2951 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3025 [inline] __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3048 [inline] __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3041 [inline] __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x199/0x250 net/socket.c:3041 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.

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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:>= 4.19.320, < 4.20>= 5.4.282, < 5.4.289>= 5.10.224, < 5.10.233>= 5.15.165, < 5.15.176>= 6.1.103, < 6.1.124>= 6.6.44, < 6.6.70>= 6.10.3, < 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

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 4.20 / 5.4.289 / 5.10.233 or later
Fixed in 4.205.4.2895.10.233
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to kernel version 4.20+ (for 4.19 branch), 5.4.289+ (for 5.4 branch), 5.10.233+ (for 5.10 branch), or 5.15.176+ (for 5.15 branch) - or the latest stable release in your respective branch

  1. Identify the currently running Linux kernel version using 'uname -r'
  2. Determine which version branch your kernel is based on (e.g., 4.19, 5.4, 5.10, or 5.15)
  3. Upgrade the kernel to a fixed version: for 4.19 branch use >= 4.20, for 5.4 branch use >= 5.4.289, for 5.10 branch use >= 5.10.233, for 5.15 branch use >= 5.15.176
  4. Reboot the system to load the fixed kernel
  5. Verify the fix is applied by checking the kernel version and confirming the vlan_get_tci function no longer modifies skb (optional: check kernel source for the commit 65c67049e9ed481f6b52264b39618b8c6dfb1d3e)
Caveat Standard kernel upgrade risks apply: may require driver rebuilds for out-of-tree modules, potential minor config changes; recommend testing in non-production first

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