CVE-2024-40957: seg6: fix parameter passing when calling NF_HOOK() in End.DX4 and End.DX6 behaviors
First published: Fri Jul 12 2024(Updated: )
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: seg6: fix parameter passing when calling NF_HOOK() in End.DX4 and End.DX6 behaviors input_action_end_dx4() and input_action_end_dx6() are called NF_HOOK() for PREROUTING hook, in PREROUTING hook, we should passing a valid indev, and a NULL outdev to NF_HOOK(), otherwise may trigger a NULL pointer dereference, as below: [74830.647293] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000090 [74830.655633] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [74830.657888] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [74830.659500] PGD 0 P4D 0 [74830.660450] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI ... [74830.664953] Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 0.5.1 01/01/2011 [74830.666569] RIP: 0010:rpfilter_mt+0x44/0x15e [ipt_rpfilter] ... [74830.689725] Call Trace: [74830.690402] <IRQ> [74830.690953] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [74830.692020] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1c4/0x2df [74830.693095] ? ipt_do_table+0x286/0x710 [ip_tables] [74830.694275] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0xd [74830.695205] ? page_fault_oops+0xac/0x140 [74830.696244] ? exc_page_fault+0x62/0x150 [74830.697225] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 [74830.698344] ? rpfilter_mt+0x44/0x15e [ipt_rpfilter] [74830.699540] ipt_do_table+0x286/0x710 [ip_tables] [74830.700758] ? ip6_route_input+0x19d/0x240 [74830.701752] nf_hook_slow+0x3f/0xb0 [74830.702678] input_action_end_dx4+0x19b/0x1e0 [74830.703735] ? input_action_end_t+0xe0/0xe0 [74830.704734] seg6_local_input_core+0x2d/0x60 [74830.705782] lwtunnel_input+0x5b/0xb0 [74830.706690] __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x63/0xa0 [74830.707825] process_backlog+0x99/0x140 [74830.709538] __napi_poll+0x2c/0x160 [74830.710673] net_rx_action+0x296/0x350 [74830.711860] __do_softirq+0xcb/0x2ac [74830.713049] do_softirq+0x63/0x90 input_action_end_dx4() passing a NULL indev to NF_HOOK(), and finally trigger a NULL dereference in rpfilter_mt()->rpfilter_is_loopback(): static bool rpfilter_is_loopback(const struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *in) { // in is NULL return skb->pkt_type == PACKET_LOOPBACK || in->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK; }
Credit: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.15<5.15.162 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.16<6.1.96 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=6.2<6.6.36 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=6.7<6.9.7 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.10-rc1 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.10-rc2 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.10-rc3 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | =6.10-rc4 | |
| redhat/kernel | <5.15.162 | 5.15.162 |
| redhat/kernel | <6.1.96 | 6.1.96 |
| redhat/kernel | <6.6.36 | 6.6.36 |
| redhat/kernel | <6.9.7 | 6.9.7 |
| redhat/kernel | <6.10 | 6.10 |
| debian/linux | 5.10.223-1 5.10.226-1 6.1.115-1 6.1.119-1 6.11.10-1 6.12.5-1 |
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Reference Links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/561475d53aa7e4511ee7cdba8728ded81cf1db1c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a3bc8d16e0aacd65c31aaf23a2bced3288a7779
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af90e3d73dc45778767b2fb6e7edd57ebe34380d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d62df86c172033679d744f07d89e93e367dd11f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec4d970b597ee5e17b0d8d73b7875197ce9a04d4
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5928
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297541
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/9a3bc8d16e0aacd65c31aaf23a2bced3288a7779
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-40957
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-40957
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40957
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-40957
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-40957
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