Vulnerability · Published May 30, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-36886tipc: fix UAF in error path

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity use-after-free 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 1.3% (higher than 71% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: fix UAF in error path Sam Page (sam4k) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative reported a UAF in the tipc_buf_append() error path: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in kfree_skb_list_reason+0x47e/0x4c0 linux/net/core/skbuff.c:1183 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88804d2a7c80 by task poc/8034 CPU: 1 PID: 8034 Comm: poc Not tainted 6.8.2 #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.0-debian-1.16.0-5 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <IRQ> __dump_stack linux/lib/dump_stack.c:88 dump_stack_lvl+0xd9/0x1b0 linux/lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description linux/mm/kasan/report.c:377 print_report+0xc4/0x620 linux/mm/kasan/report.c:488 kasan_report+0xda/0x110 linux/mm/kasan/report.c:601 kfree_skb_list_reason+0x47e/0x4c0 linux/net/core/skbuff.c:1183 skb_release_data+0x5af/0x880 linux/net/core/skbuff.c:1026 skb_release_all linux/net/core/skbuff.c:1094 __kfree_skb linux/net/core/skbuff.c:1108 kfree_skb_reason+0x12d/0x210 linux/net/core/skbuff.c:1144 kfree_skb linux/./include/linux/skbuff.h:1244 tipc_buf_append+0x425/0xb50 linux/net/tipc/msg.c:186 tipc_link_input+0x224/0x7c0 linux/net/tipc/link.c:1324 tipc_link_rcv+0x76e/0x2d70 linux/net/tipc/link.c:1824 tipc_rcv+0x45f/0x10f0 linux/net/tipc/node.c:2159 tipc_udp_recv+0x73b/0x8f0 linux/net/tipc/udp_media.c:390 udp_queue_rcv_one_skb+0xad2/0x1850 linux/net/ipv4/udp.c:2108 udp_queue_rcv_skb+0x131/0xb00 linux/net/ipv4/udp.c:2186 udp_unicast_rcv_skb+0x165/0x3b0 linux/net/ipv4/udp.c:2346 __udp4_lib_rcv+0x2594/0x3400 linux/net/ipv4/udp.c:2422 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x30c/0x4e0 linux/net/ipv4/ip_input.c:205 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x2e4/0x520 linux/net/ipv4/ip_input.c:233 NF_HOOK linux/./include/linux/netfilter.h:314 NF_HOOK linux/./include/linux/netfilter.h:308 ip_local_deliver+0x18e/0x1f0 linux/net/ipv4/ip_input.c:254 dst_input linux/./include/net/dst.h:461 ip_rcv_finish linux/net/ipv4/ip_input.c:449 NF_HOOK linux/./include/linux/netfilter.h:314 NF_HOOK linux/./include/linux/netfilter.h:308 ip_rcv+0x2c5/0x5d0 linux/net/ipv4/ip_input.c:569 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x199/0x1e0 linux/net/core/dev.c:5534 __netif_receive_skb+0x1f/0x1c0 linux/net/core/dev.c:5648 process_backlog+0x101/0x6b0 linux/net/core/dev.c:5976 __napi_poll.constprop.0+0xba/0x550 linux/net/core/dev.c:6576 napi_poll linux/net/core/dev.c:6645 net_rx_action+0x95a/0xe90 linux/net/core/dev.c:6781 __do_softirq+0x21f/0x8e7 linux/kernel/softirq.c:553 do_softirq linux/kernel/softirq.c:454 do_softirq+0xb2/0xf0 linux/kernel/softirq.c:441 </IRQ> <TASK> __local_bh_enable_ip+0x100/0x120 linux/kernel/softirq.c:381 local_bh_enable linux/./include/linux/bottom_half.h:33 rcu_read_unlock_bh linux/./include/linux/rcupdate.h:851 __dev_queue_xmit+0x871/0x3ee0 linux/net/core/dev.c:4378 dev_queue_xmit linux/./include/linux/netdevice.h:3169 neigh_hh_output linux/./include/net/neighbour.h:526 neigh_output linux/./include/net/neighbour.h:540 ip_finish_output2+0x169f/0x2550 linux/net/ipv4/ip_output.c:235 __ip_finish_output linux/net/ipv4/ip_output.c:313 __ip_finish_output+0x49e/0x950 linux/net/ipv4/ip_output.c:295 ip_finish_output+0x31/0x310 linux/net/ipv4/ip_output.c:323 NF_HOOK_COND linux/./include/linux/netfilter.h:303 ip_output+0x13b/0x2a0 linux/net/ipv4/ip_output.c:433 dst_output linux/./include/net/dst.h:451 ip_local_out linux/net/ipv4/ip_output.c:129 ip_send_skb+0x3e5/0x560 linux/net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1492 udp_send_skb+0x73f/0x1530 linux/net/ipv4/udp.c:963 udp_sendmsg+0x1a36/0x2b40 linux/net/ipv4/udp.c:1250 inet_sendmsg+0x105/0x140 linux/net/ipv4/af_inet.c:850 sock_sendmsg_nosec linux/net/socket.c:730 __sock_sendmsg linux/net/socket.c:745 __sys_sendto+0x42c/0x4e0 linux/net/socket.c:2191 __do_sys_sendto linux/net/socket.c:2203 __se_sys_sendto linux/net/socket.c:2199 __x64_sys_sendto+0xe0/0x1c0 linux/net/socket.c:2199 do_syscall_x64 linux/arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 do_syscall_ ---truncated---

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9bpftool7.3.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-core5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel-matched5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-doc5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4ALSA-2024:4583
Debian:12linux6.1.94-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36886
Debian:13linux6.8.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36886
Debian:14linux6.8.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36886
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-427.26.1.el9_4RLSA-2024:4583
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-118.128USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-118.128UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-40.40UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1067.73USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1067.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1013.14UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1013.14~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1070.79USN-6956-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1070.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1012.14UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1012.14~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1070.79.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1070.79.1USN-6956-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1066.74UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1066.74USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1012.13UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1012.13~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1064.70UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1064.70USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1008.11UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1050.57UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1050.57USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-40.40~22.04.3UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1060.63USN-6950-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1060.63UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1062.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1062.68USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1064.69USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1064.69UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-118.128USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-118.128UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-40.40.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-40.40.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1062.63USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1062.63UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1011.11UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1011.11.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1027.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1065.71UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1065.71USN-6950-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1060.63USN-6950-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1060.63UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1009.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-40.40.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-40.40.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1035.39UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36886

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 1149557d64c97dc9adf3103347a1c0e8c06d3b89 – before e19ec8ab0e25bc4803d7cc91c84e84532e2781bd1149557d64c97dc9adf3103347a1c0e8c06d3b89 – before 93bc2d6d16f2c3178736ba6b845b30475856dc401149557d64c97dc9adf3103347a1c0e8c06d3b89 – before 367766ff9e407f8a68409b7ce4dc4d5a72afeab11149557d64c97dc9adf3103347a1c0e8c06d3b89 – before 66116556076f0b96bc1aa9844008c743c8c676841149557d64c97dc9adf3103347a1c0e8c06d3b89 – before 21ea04aad8a0839b4ec27ef1691ca480620e8e141149557d64c97dc9adf3103347a1c0e8c06d3b89 – before ffd4917c1edb3c3ff334fce3704fbe9c39f356821149557d64c97dc9adf3103347a1c0e8c06d3b89 – before a0fbb26f8247e326a320e2cb4395bfb234332c901149557d64c97dc9adf3103347a1c0e8c06d3b89 – before 080cbb890286cd794f1ee788bbc5463e2deb7c2b
Linux Linux 4.1

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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