Vulnerability · Published Apr 4, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-26800tls: fix use-after-free on failed backlog decryption

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: fix use-after-free on failed backlog decryption When the decrypt request goes to the backlog and crypto_aead_decrypt returns -EBUSY, tls_do_decryption will wait until all async decryptions have completed. If one of them fails, tls_do_decryption will return -EBADMSG and tls_decrypt_sg jumps to the error path, releasing all the pages. But the pages have been passed to the async callback, and have already been released by tls_decrypt_done. The only true async case is when crypto_aead_decrypt returns -EINPROGRESS. With -EBUSY, we already waited so we can tell tls_sw_recvmsg that the data is available for immediate copy, but we need to notify tls_decrypt_sg (via the new ->async_done flag) that the memory has already been released.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.85-1DSA-5658-1
Debian:12linux6.1.85-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26800
Debian:13linux6.7.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26800
Debian:14linux6.7.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-125.135UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-125.135USN-7100-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1072.78USN-7100-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1072.78UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1075.84USN-7123-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1075.84UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1076.85.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1071.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1071.79USN-7100-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1069.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1069.75USN-7100-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1055.62USN-7100-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1055.62UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1065.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1065.68USN-7100-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1067.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1067.73USN-7144-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1069.74UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1069.74USN-7100-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-125.135UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-125.135USN-7100-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1067.68USN-7100-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1067.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1032.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1020.20UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1070.76UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1070.76USN-7100-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1065.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1065.68USN-7100-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1038.42UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26800
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1038.42USN-7100-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux cd1bbca03f3c1d845ce274c0d0a66de8e5929f72 – before f2b85a4cc763841843de693bbd7308fe9a2c4c8913eca403876bbea3716e82cdfe6f1e6febb38754 – before 81be85353b0f5a7b660635634b655329b429eefeab6397f072e5097f267abf5cb08a8004e6b17694 – before 1ac9fb84bc7ecd4bc6428118301d9d864d2a58d18590541473188741055d27b955db0777569438e3 – before 13114dc5543069f7b97991e3b79937b6da05f5b03ade391adc584f17b5570fd205de3ad0290903685.15.160 – before 5.16
Linux Linux 6.6.18 – before 6.6.216.7.6 – before 6.7.9

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