CVE-2024-36972
Linux Kernel af_unix NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Update unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb under sk_receive_queue lock. Billy Jheng Bing-Jhong reported a race between __unix_gc() and queue_oob(). __unix_gc() tries to garbage-collect close()d inflight sockets, and then if the socket has MSG_OOB in unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb, GC will drop the reference and set NULL to it locklessly. However, the peer socket still can send MSG_OOB message and queue_oob() can update unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb concurrently, leading NULL pointer dereference. [0] To fix the issue, let's update unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb under the sk_receive_queue's lock and take it everywhere we touch oob_skb. Note that we defer kfree_skb() in manage_oob() to silence lockdep false-positive (See [1]). [0]: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008 PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page PGD 8000000009f5e067 P4D 8000000009f5e067 PUD 9f5d067 PMD 0 Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 3 PID: 50 Comm: kworker/3:1 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc5-00191-gd091e579b864 #110 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Workqueue: events delayed_fput RIP: 0010:skb_dequeue (./include/linux/skbuff.h:2386 ./include/linux/skbuff.h:2402 net/core/skbuff.c:3847) Code: 39 e3 74 3e 8b 43 10 48 89 ef 83 e8 01 89 43 10 49 8b 44 24 08 49 c7 44 24 08 00 00 00 00 49 8b 14 24 49 c7 04 24 00 00 00 00 <48> 89 42 08 48 89 10 e8 e7 c5 42 00 4c 89 e0 5b 5d 41 5c c3 cc cc RSP: 0018:ffffc900001bfd48 EFLAGS: 00000002 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8880088f5ae8 RCX: 00000000361289f9 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000206 RDI: ffff8880088f5b00 RBP: ffff8880088f5b00 R08: 0000000000080000 R09: 0000000000000001 R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8880056b6a00 R13: ffff8880088f5280 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff8880088f5a80 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88807dd80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 0000000006314000 CR4: 00000000007506f0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> unix_release_sock (net/unix/af_unix.c:654) unix_release (net/unix/af_unix.c:1050) __sock_release (net/socket.c:660) sock_close (net/socket.c:1423) __fput (fs/file_table.c:423) delayed_fput (fs/file_table.c:444 (discriminator 3)) process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3259) worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3329 kernel/workqueue.c:3416) kthread (kernel/kthread.c:388) ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:153) ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:257) </TASK> Modules linked in: CR2: 0000000000000008
INFO
Published Date :
June 10, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 1, 2025, 6:36 p.m.
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.6
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 01, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.15.149 up to (excluding) 5.15.161 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.1.78 up to (excluding) 6.1.93 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.6.17 up to (excluding) 6.6.33 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.7.5 up to (excluding) 6.9.4 Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4708f49add84a57ce0ccc7bf9a6269845c631cc3 Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4708f49add84a57ce0ccc7bf9a6269845c631cc3 Types: Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bf6964451c3cb411fbaa1ae8b214b3d97a59bf1 Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bf6964451c3cb411fbaa1ae8b214b3d97a59bf1 Types: Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/518a994aa0b87d96f1bc6678a7035df5d1fcd7a1 Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/518a994aa0b87d96f1bc6678a7035df5d1fcd7a1 Types: Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9841991a446c87f90f66f4b9fee6fe934c1336a2 Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9841991a446c87f90f66f4b9fee6fe934c1336a2 Types: Patch Added Reference Type CVE: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d59ae9314b97e01c76a4171472441e55721ba636 Types: Patch Added Reference Type kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d59ae9314b97e01c76a4171472441e55721ba636 Types: Patch -
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/4708f49add84a57ce0ccc7bf9a6269845c631cc3 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bf6964451c3cb411fbaa1ae8b214b3d97a59bf1 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/518a994aa0b87d96f1bc6678a7035df5d1fcd7a1 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9841991a446c87f90f66f4b9fee6fe934c1336a2 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d59ae9314b97e01c76a4171472441e55721ba636 -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Sep. 05, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Jul. 03, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-476 -
CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Jun. 16, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/518a994aa0b87d96f1bc6678a7035df5d1fcd7a1 [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Jun. 12, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bf6964451c3cb411fbaa1ae8b214b3d97a59bf1 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d59ae9314b97e01c76a4171472441e55721ba636 [No types assigned] Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4708f49add84a57ce0ccc7bf9a6269845c631cc3 [No types assigned] -
CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Jun. 10, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Update unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb under sk_receive_queue lock. Billy Jheng Bing-Jhong reported a race between __unix_gc() and queue_oob(). __unix_gc() tries to garbage-collect close()d inflight sockets, and then if the socket has MSG_OOB in unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb, GC will drop the reference and set NULL to it locklessly. However, the peer socket still can send MSG_OOB message and queue_oob() can update unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb concurrently, leading NULL pointer dereference. [0] To fix the issue, let's update unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb under the sk_receive_queue's lock and take it everywhere we touch oob_skb. Note that we defer kfree_skb() in manage_oob() to silence lockdep false-positive (See [1]). [0]: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008 PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page PGD 8000000009f5e067 P4D 8000000009f5e067 PUD 9f5d067 PMD 0 Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 3 PID: 50 Comm: kworker/3:1 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc5-00191-gd091e579b864 #110 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Workqueue: events delayed_fput RIP: 0010:skb_dequeue (./include/linux/skbuff.h:2386 ./include/linux/skbuff.h:2402 net/core/skbuff.c:3847) Code: 39 e3 74 3e 8b 43 10 48 89 ef 83 e8 01 89 43 10 49 8b 44 24 08 49 c7 44 24 08 00 00 00 00 49 8b 14 24 49 c7 04 24 00 00 00 00 <48> 89 42 08 48 89 10 e8 e7 c5 42 00 4c 89 e0 5b 5d 41 5c c3 cc cc RSP: 0018:ffffc900001bfd48 EFLAGS: 00000002 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8880088f5ae8 RCX: 00000000361289f9 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000206 RDI: ffff8880088f5b00 RBP: ffff8880088f5b00 R08: 0000000000080000 R09: 0000000000000001 R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8880056b6a00 R13: ffff8880088f5280 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff8880088f5a80 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88807dd80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 0000000006314000 CR4: 00000000007506f0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> unix_release_sock (net/unix/af_unix.c:654) unix_release (net/unix/af_unix.c:1050) __sock_release (net/socket.c:660) sock_close (net/socket.c:1423) __fput (fs/file_table.c:423) delayed_fput (fs/file_table.c:444 (discriminator 3)) process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3259) worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3329 kernel/workqueue.c:3416) kthread (kernel/kthread.c:388) ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:153) ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:257) </TASK> Modules linked in: CR2: 0000000000000008 Added Reference kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9841991a446c87f90f66f4b9fee6fe934c1336a2 [No types assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-36972 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-36972
weaknesses.