Use After Free Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-305.138.1.el8_4
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-7682538
- published 14 Aug 2024
- disclosed 10 Jun 2024
Introduced: 10 Jun 2024
CVE-2024-36971 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-305.138.1.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:5266.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools package and not the kernel-tools package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: fix __dst_negative_advice() race
__dst_negative_advice() does not enforce proper RCU rules when sk->dst_cache must be cleared, leading to possible UAF.
RCU rules are that we must first clear sk->sk_dst_cache, then call dst_release(old_dst).
Note that sk_dst_reset(sk) is implementing this protocol correctly, while __dst_negative_advice() uses the wrong order.
Given that ip6_negative_advice() has special logic against RTF_CACHE, this means each of the three ->negative_advice() existing methods must perform the sk_dst_reset() themselves.
Note the check against NULL dst is centralized in __dst_negative_advice(), there is no need to duplicate it in various callbacks.
Many thanks to Clement Lecigne for tracking this issue.
This old bug became visible after the blamed commit, using UDP sockets.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36971
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/051c0bde9f0450a2ec3d62a86d2a0d2fad117f13
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2295a7ef5c8c49241bff769e7826ef2582e532a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5af198c387128a9d2ddd620b0f0803564a4d4508
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81dd3c82a456b0015461754be7cb2693991421b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92f1655aa2b2294d0b49925f3b875a634bd3b59e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8af8e6118a6605f0e495a58d591ca94a85a50fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db0082825037794c5dba9959c9de13ca34cc5e72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eacb8b195579c174a6d3e12a9690b206eb7f28cf
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog