Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting linux-5.10 package, versions <5.10.216-1~deb10u1
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- published26 Jun 2024
- disclosed20 May 2024
Introduced: 20 May 2024
CVE-2024-35982 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10 linux-5.10 to version 5.10.216-1~deb10u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-5.10 package and not the linux-5.10 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
batman-adv: Avoid infinite loop trying to resize local TT
If the MTU of one of an attached interface becomes too small to transmit the local translation table then it must be resized to fit inside all fragments (when enabled) or a single packet.
But if the MTU becomes too low to transmit even the header + the VLAN specific part then the resizing of the local TT will never succeed. This can for example happen when the usable space is 110 bytes and 11 VLANs are on top of batman-adv. In this case, at least 116 byte would be needed. There will just be an endless spam of
batman_adv: batadv0: Forced to purge local tt entries to fit new maximum fragment MTU (110)
in the log but the function will never finish. Problem here is that the timeout will be halved all the time and will then stagnate at 0 and therefore never be able to reduce the table even more.
There are other scenarios possible with a similar result. The number of BATADV_TT_CLIENT_NOPURGE entries in the local TT can for example be too high to fit inside a packet. Such a scenario can therefore happen also with only a single VLAN + 7 non-purgable addresses - requiring at least 120 bytes.
While this should be handled proactively when:
- interface with too low MTU is added
- VLAN is added
- non-purgeable local mac is added
- MTU of an attached interface is reduced
- fragmentation setting gets disabled (which most likely requires dropping attached interfaces)
not all of these scenarios can be prevented because batman-adv is only consuming events without the the possibility to prevent these actions (non-purgable MAC address added, MTU of an attached interface is reduced). It is therefore necessary to also make sure that the code is able to handle also the situations when there were already incompatible system configuration are present.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-35982
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04720ea2e6c64459a90ca28570ea78335eccd924
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fe79b2c83461edbbf86ed8a6f3924820ff89259
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ca2a5fb54ea2cc43edea614207fcede562d91c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70a8be9dc2fb65d67f8c1e0c88c587e08e2e575d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87b6af1a7683e021710c08fc0551fc078346032f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1f532a3b1e6d2e5559c7ace49322922637a28aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3ddf6904073990492454b1dd1c10a24be8c74c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca54e2671548616ad34885f90d4f26f7adb088f0