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CVE-2024-43878

HIGH
7.1
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: Fix input error path memory access When there is a misconfiguration of input state slow path KASAN report error. Fix this error. west login: [ 52.987278] eth1: renamed from veth11 [ 53.078814] eth1: renamed from veth21 [ 53.181355] eth1: renamed from veth31 [ 54.921702] ================================================================== [ 54.922602] BUG: KASAN: wild-memory-access in xfrmi_rcv_cb+0x2d/0x295 [ 54.923393] Read of size 8 at addr 6b6b6b6b00000000 by task ping/512 [ 54.924169] [ 54.924386] CPU: 0 PID: 512 Comm: ping Not tainted 6.9.0-08574-gcd29a4313a1b #25 [ 54.925290] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 [ 54.926401] Call Trace: [ 54.926731] <IRQ> [ 54.927009] dump_stack_lvl+0x2a/0x3b [ 54.927478] kasan_report+0x84/0xa6 [ 54.927930] ? xfrmi_rcv_cb+0x2d/0x295 [ 54.928410] xfrmi_rcv_cb+0x2d/0x295 [ 54.928872] ? xfrm4_rcv_cb+0x3d/0x5e [ 54.929354] xfrm4_rcv_cb+0x46/0x5e [ 54.929804] xfrm_rcv_cb+0x7e/0xa1 [ 54.930240] xfrm_input+0x1b3a/0x1b96 [ 54.930715] ? xfrm_offload+0x41/0x41 [ 54.931182] ? raw_rcv+0x292/0x292 [ 54.931617] ? nf_conntrack_confirm+0xa2/0xa2 [ 54.932158] ? skb_sec_path+0xd/0x3f [ 54.932610] ? xfrmi_input+0x90/0xce [ 54.933066] xfrm4_esp_rcv+0x33/0x54 [ 54.933521] ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xd7/0x1b2 [ 54.934089] ip_local_deliver_finish+0x110/0x120 [ 54.934659] ? ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x1b2/0x1b2 [ 54.935248] NF_HOOK.constprop.0+0xf8/0x138 [ 54.935767] ? ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x68/0x68 [ 54.936317] ? secure_tcpv6_ts_off+0x23/0x168 [ 54.936859] ? ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x1b2/0x1b2 [ 54.937454] ? __xfrm_policy_check2.constprop.0+0x18d/0x18d [ 54.938135] NF_HOOK.constprop.0+0xf8/0x138 [ 54.938663] ? ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x68/0x68 [ 54.939220] ? __xfrm_policy_check2.constprop.0+0x18d/0x18d [ 54.939904] ? ip_local_deliver_finish+0x120/0x120 [ 54.940497] __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0xc9/0x107 [ 54.941121] ? __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x1c2/0x1c2 [ 54.941771] ? blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues+0xc7/0xf9 [ 54.942413] ? blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queue+0x38/0x38 [ 54.943044] ? virtqueue_get_buf_ctx+0x295/0x46b [ 54.943618] process_backlog+0xb3/0x187 [ 54.944102] __napi_poll.constprop.0+0x57/0x1a7 [ 54.944669] net_rx_action+0x1cb/0x380 [ 54.945150] ? __napi_poll.constprop.0+0x1a7/0x1a7 [ 54.945744] ? vring_new_virtqueue+0x17a/0x17a [ 54.946300] ? note_interrupt+0x2cd/0x367 [ 54.946805] handle_softirqs+0x13c/0x2c9 [ 54.947300] do_softirq+0x5f/0x7d [ 54.947727] </IRQ> [ 54.948014] <TASK> [ 54.948300] __local_bh_enable_ip+0x48/0x62 [ 54.948832] __neigh_event_send+0x3fd/0x4ca [ 54.949361] neigh_resolve_output+0x1e/0x210 [ 54.949896] ip_finish_output2+0x4bf/0x4f0 [ 54.950410] ? __ip_finish_output+0x171/0x1b8 [ 54.950956] ip_send_skb+0x25/0x57 [ 54.951390] raw_sendmsg+0xf95/0x10c0 [ 54.951850] ? check_new_pages+0x45/0x71 [ 54.952343] ? raw_hash_sk+0x21b/0x21b [ 54.952815] ? kernel_init_pages+0x42/0x51 [ 54.953337] ? prep_new_page+0x44/0x51 [ 54.953811] ? get_page_from_freelist+0x72b/0x915 [ 54.954390] ? signal_pending_state+0x77/0x77 [ 54.954936] ? preempt_count_sub+0x14/0xb3 [ 54.955450] ? __might_resched+0x8a/0x240 [ 54.955951] ? __might_sleep+0x25/0xa0 [ 54.956424] ? first_zones_zonelist+0x2c/0x43 [ 54.956977] ? __rcu_read_lock+0x2d/0x3a [ 54.957476] ? __pte_offset_map+0x32/0xa4 [ 54.957980] ? __might_resched+0x8a/0x240 [ 54.958483] ? __might_sleep+0x25/0xa0 [ 54.958963] ? inet_send_prepare+0x54/0x54 [ 54.959478] ? sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x42/0x6c [ 54.960000] sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x42/0x6c [ 54.960502] __sys_sendto+0x15d/0x1cc [ 54.960966] ? __x64_sys_getpeername+0x44/0x44 [ 54.961522] ? __handle_mm_fault+0x679/0xae4 [ 54.962068] ? find_vma+0x6b/0x ---truncated---

How to fix

Remediation Available
linux kernelNVD
Affected:>= 6.10, < 6.10.3Fixed in:6.10.3CVE-2024-43878derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days
11thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 11% of all known CVEs.

References

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