7.8
HIGH
CVE-2024-26852
Google Compute Engine Linux kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/ipv6: avoid possible UAF in ip6_route_mpath_notify() syzbot found another use-after-free in ip6_route_mpath_notify() [1] Commit f7225172f25a ("net/ipv6: prevent use after free in ip6_route_mpath_notify") was not able to fix the root cause. We need to defer the fib6_info_release() calls after ip6_route_mpath_notify(), in the cleanup phase. [1] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rt6_fill_node+0x1460/0x1ac0 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88809a07fc64 by task syz-executor.2/23037 CPU: 0 PID: 23037 Comm: syz-executor.2 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc4-syzkaller-01035-gea7f3cfaa588 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/25/2024 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1e7/0x2e0 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline] print_report+0x167/0x540 mm/kasan/report.c:488 kasan_report+0x142/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:601 rt6_fill_node+0x1460/0x1ac0 inet6_rt_notify+0x13b/0x290 net/ipv6/route.c:6184 ip6_route_mpath_notify net/ipv6/route.c:5198 [inline] ip6_route_multipath_add net/ipv6/route.c:5404 [inline] inet6_rtm_newroute+0x1d0f/0x2300 net/ipv6/route.c:5517 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x885/0x1040 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6597 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e3/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2543 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1341 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x7ea/0x980 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1367 netlink_sendmsg+0xa3b/0xd70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1908 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745 ____sys_sendmsg+0x525/0x7d0 net/socket.c:2584 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2638 [inline] __sys_sendmsg+0x2b0/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2667 do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x240 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77 RIP: 0033:0x7f73dd87dda9 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 e1 20 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f73de6550c8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f73dd9ac050 RCX: 00007f73dd87dda9 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000020000140 RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 00007f73dd8ca47a R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 000000000000006e R14: 00007f73dd9ac050 R15: 00007ffdbdeb7858 </TASK> Allocated by task 23037: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:372 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x98/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:389 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:211 [inline] __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:3981 [inline] __kmalloc+0x22e/0x490 mm/slub.c:3994 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:594 [inline] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:711 [inline] fib6_info_alloc+0x2e/0xf0 net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:155 ip6_route_info_create+0x445/0x12b0 net/ipv6/route.c:3758 ip6_route_multipath_add net/ipv6/route.c:5298 [inline] inet6_rtm_newroute+0x744/0x2300 net/ipv6/route.c:5517 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x885/0x1040 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6597 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e3/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2543 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1341 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x7ea/0x980 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1367 netlink_sendmsg+0xa3b/0xd70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1908 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745 ____sys_sendmsg+0x525/0x7d0 net/socket.c:2584 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2638 [inline] __sys_sendmsg+0x2b0/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2667 do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x240 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77 Freed by task 16: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x4e/0x60 mm/kasan/generic.c:640 poison_slab_object+0xa6/0xe0 m ---truncated---

INFO

Published Date :

April 17, 2024, 11:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

March 21, 2025, 3:03 p.m.

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-26852 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
1 Debian debian_linux
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-26852.

URL Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31ea5bcc7d4cd1423de6be327a2c034725704136 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/394334fe2ae3b9f1e2332b873857e84cb28aac18 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61b34f73cdbdb8eaf9ea12e9e2eb3b29716c4dda Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/664f9c647260cc9d68b4e31d9899530d89dd045e Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/685f7d531264599b3f167f1e94bbd22f120e5fab Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79ce2e54cc0ae366f45516c00bf1b19aa43e9abe Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cae3303257950d03ffec2df4a45e836f10d26c24 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed883060c38721ed828061f6c0c30e5147326c9a Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31ea5bcc7d4cd1423de6be327a2c034725704136 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/394334fe2ae3b9f1e2332b873857e84cb28aac18 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61b34f73cdbdb8eaf9ea12e9e2eb3b29716c4dda Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/664f9c647260cc9d68b4e31d9899530d89dd045e Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/685f7d531264599b3f167f1e94bbd22f120e5fab Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79ce2e54cc0ae366f45516c00bf1b19aa43e9abe Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cae3303257950d03ffec2df4a45e836f10d26c24 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed883060c38721ed828061f6c0c30e5147326c9a Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.7 up to (excluding) 6.7.10 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.11 up to (excluding) 4.19.310 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.20 up to (excluding) 5.4.272 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5 up to (excluding) 5.10.213 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.11 up to (excluding) 5.15.152 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.16 up to (excluding) 6.1.82 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.2 up to (excluding) 6.6.22 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31ea5bcc7d4cd1423de6be327a2c034725704136 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31ea5bcc7d4cd1423de6be327a2c034725704136 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/394334fe2ae3b9f1e2332b873857e84cb28aac18 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/394334fe2ae3b9f1e2332b873857e84cb28aac18 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61b34f73cdbdb8eaf9ea12e9e2eb3b29716c4dda Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61b34f73cdbdb8eaf9ea12e9e2eb3b29716c4dda Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/664f9c647260cc9d68b4e31d9899530d89dd045e Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/664f9c647260cc9d68b4e31d9899530d89dd045e Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/685f7d531264599b3f167f1e94bbd22f120e5fab Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/685f7d531264599b3f167f1e94bbd22f120e5fab Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79ce2e54cc0ae366f45516c00bf1b19aa43e9abe Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79ce2e54cc0ae366f45516c00bf1b19aa43e9abe Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cae3303257950d03ffec2df4a45e836f10d26c24 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cae3303257950d03ffec2df4a45e836f10d26c24 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed883060c38721ed828061f6c0c30e5147326c9a Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed883060c38721ed828061f6c0c30e5147326c9a Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html Types: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added Reference Type CVE: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html Types: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31ea5bcc7d4cd1423de6be327a2c034725704136
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/394334fe2ae3b9f1e2332b873857e84cb28aac18
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61b34f73cdbdb8eaf9ea12e9e2eb3b29716c4dda
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/664f9c647260cc9d68b4e31d9899530d89dd045e
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/685f7d531264599b3f167f1e94bbd22f120e5fab
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79ce2e54cc0ae366f45516c00bf1b19aa43e9abe
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cae3303257950d03ffec2df4a45e836f10d26c24
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed883060c38721ed828061f6c0c30e5147326c9a
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Nov. 05, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference kernel.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
    Removed Reference kernel.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Aug. 08, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-416
    Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Jun. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference kernel.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Jun. 25, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference kernel.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    May. 29, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Apr. 17, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/ipv6: avoid possible UAF in ip6_route_mpath_notify() syzbot found another use-after-free in ip6_route_mpath_notify() [1] Commit f7225172f25a ("net/ipv6: prevent use after free in ip6_route_mpath_notify") was not able to fix the root cause. We need to defer the fib6_info_release() calls after ip6_route_mpath_notify(), in the cleanup phase. [1] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rt6_fill_node+0x1460/0x1ac0 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88809a07fc64 by task syz-executor.2/23037 CPU: 0 PID: 23037 Comm: syz-executor.2 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc4-syzkaller-01035-gea7f3cfaa588 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/25/2024 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1e7/0x2e0 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline] print_report+0x167/0x540 mm/kasan/report.c:488 kasan_report+0x142/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:601 rt6_fill_node+0x1460/0x1ac0 inet6_rt_notify+0x13b/0x290 net/ipv6/route.c:6184 ip6_route_mpath_notify net/ipv6/route.c:5198 [inline] ip6_route_multipath_add net/ipv6/route.c:5404 [inline] inet6_rtm_newroute+0x1d0f/0x2300 net/ipv6/route.c:5517 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x885/0x1040 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6597 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e3/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2543 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1341 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x7ea/0x980 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1367 netlink_sendmsg+0xa3b/0xd70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1908 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745 ____sys_sendmsg+0x525/0x7d0 net/socket.c:2584 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2638 [inline] __sys_sendmsg+0x2b0/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2667 do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x240 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77 RIP: 0033:0x7f73dd87dda9 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 e1 20 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f73de6550c8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f73dd9ac050 RCX: 00007f73dd87dda9 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000020000140 RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 00007f73dd8ca47a R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 000000000000006e R14: 00007f73dd9ac050 R15: 00007ffdbdeb7858 </TASK> Allocated by task 23037: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:372 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x98/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:389 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:211 [inline] __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:3981 [inline] __kmalloc+0x22e/0x490 mm/slub.c:3994 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:594 [inline] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:711 [inline] fib6_info_alloc+0x2e/0xf0 net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:155 ip6_route_info_create+0x445/0x12b0 net/ipv6/route.c:3758 ip6_route_multipath_add net/ipv6/route.c:5298 [inline] inet6_rtm_newroute+0x744/0x2300 net/ipv6/route.c:5517 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x885/0x1040 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6597 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e3/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2543 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1341 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x7ea/0x980 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1367 netlink_sendmsg+0xa3b/0xd70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1908 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745 ____sys_sendmsg+0x525/0x7d0 net/socket.c:2584 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2638 [inline] __sys_sendmsg+0x2b0/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2667 do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x240 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77 Freed by task 16: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x4e/0x60 mm/kasan/generic.c:640 poison_slab_object+0xa6/0xe0 m ---truncated---
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31ea5bcc7d4cd1423de6be327a2c034725704136 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/664f9c647260cc9d68b4e31d9899530d89dd045e [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79ce2e54cc0ae366f45516c00bf1b19aa43e9abe [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cae3303257950d03ffec2df4a45e836f10d26c24 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/394334fe2ae3b9f1e2332b873857e84cb28aac18 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed883060c38721ed828061f6c0c30e5147326c9a [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61b34f73cdbdb8eaf9ea12e9e2eb3b29716c4dda [No types assigned]
    Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/685f7d531264599b3f167f1e94bbd22f120e5fab [No types assigned]
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