UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49997: Medium severity ubuntu/linux vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: lantiqetop: fix memory disclosure When applying padding, the buffer is not zeroed, which results in memory disclosure. The mentioned data is observed on the wire. This patch uses skbputpadto() to pad Ethernet frames properly. The mentioned function zeroes the expanded buffer. In case the packet cannot be padded it is silently dropped. Statistics are also not incremented. This driver does not support statistics in the old 32-bit format or the new 64-bit format. These will be added in the future. In its current form, the patch should be easily backported to stable versions. Ethernet MACs on Amazon-SE and Danube cannot do padding of the packets in hardware, so software padding must be applied.
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ubuntu/linux-gkeopto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6.8.0-1006.8 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linux-ibmto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6.8.0-1022.22 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linux-xilinxto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6.8.0-1017.18 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linux-fipsto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 6.8.0-78.78+fips1
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which systems are realistically exposed to this issue?
Systems using the lantiq_etop Ethernet driver on hardware with Amazon-SE or Danube Ethernet MACs are exposed, because those MACs cannot pad packets in hardware and rely on software padding. The affected Ubuntu kernel package list includes linux, linux-fips, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-aws-fips, linux-azure-fips, linux-gcp, and linux-gcp-fips.
What does an attacker need to exploit the issue?
The issue is network-adjacent and requires no privileges or user interaction. Sensitive uninitialized memory may be disclosed in Ethernet frame padding observed on the wire.
What happens if padding fails after the fix?
The packet is silently dropped when it cannot be padded. The driver does not increment statistics for these drops, so packet-loss monitoring based on this driver's statistics may not reveal them.