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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-modules-core package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4

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high

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0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-KERNELMODULESCORE-8336884
  • published4 Nov 2024
  • disclosed28 Aug 2024
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Introduced: 28 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-40957  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel-modules-core to version 0:5.14.0-427.33.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:5928.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules-core package and not the kernel-modules-core package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

seg6: fix parameter passing when calling NF_HOOK() in End.DX4 and End.DX6 behaviors

input_action_end_dx4() and input_action_end_dx6() are called NF_HOOK() for PREROUTING hook, in PREROUTING hook, we should passing a valid indev, and a NULL outdev to NF_HOOK(), otherwise may trigger a NULL pointer dereference, as below:

[74830.647293] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000090
[74830.655633] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[74830.657888] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[74830.659500] PGD 0 P4D 0
[74830.660450] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
...
[74830.664953] Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 0.5.1 01/01/2011
[74830.666569] RIP: 0010:rpfilter_mt+0x44/0x15e [ipt_rpfilter]
...
[74830.689725] Call Trace:
[74830.690402]  &lt;IRQ&gt;
[74830.690953]  ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df
[74830.692020]  ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df
[74830.693095]  ? ipt_do_table+0x286/0x710 [ip_tables]
[74830.694275]  ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd
[74830.695205]  ? page_fault_oops+0xac/0x140
[74830.696244]  ? exc_page_fault+0x62/0x150
[74830.697225]  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
[74830.698344]  ? rpfilter_mt+0x44/0x15e [ipt_rpfilter]
[74830.699540]  ipt_do_table+0x286/0x710 [ip_tables]
[74830.700758]  ? ip6_route_input+0x19d/0x240
[74830.701752]  nf_hook_slow+0x3f/0xb0
[74830.702678]  input_action_end_dx4+0x19b/0x1e0
[74830.703735]  ? input_action_end_t+0xe0/0xe0
[74830.704734]  seg6_local_input_core+0x2d/0x60
[74830.705782]  lwtunnel_input+0x5b/0xb0
[74830.706690]  __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x63/0xa0
[74830.707825]  process_backlog+0x99/0x140
[74830.709538]  __napi_poll+0x2c/0x160
[74830.710673]  net_rx_action+0x296/0x350
[74830.711860]  __do_softirq+0xcb/0x2ac
[74830.713049]  do_softirq+0x63/0x90

input_action_end_dx4() passing a NULL indev to NF_HOOK(), and finally trigger a NULL dereference in rpfilter_mt()->rpfilter_is_loopback():

static bool
rpfilter_is_loopback(const struct sk_buff *skb,
                 const struct net_device *in)
{
        // in is NULL
        return skb-&gt;pkt_type == PACKET_LOOPBACK ||
           in-&gt;flags &amp; IFF_LOOPBACK;
}

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