Vulnerability · Published Jul 29, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-42076net: can: j1939: Initialize unused data in j1939_send_one()

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-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 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.7% 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: net: can: j1939: Initialize unused data in j1939_send_one() syzbot reported kernel-infoleak in raw_recvmsg() [1]. j1939_send_one() creates full frame including unused data, but it doesn't initialize it. This causes the kernel-infoleak issue. Fix this by initializing unused data. [1] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in copy_to_user_iter lib/iov_iter.c:24 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in iterate_ubuf include/linux/iov_iter.h:29 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in iterate_and_advance2 include/linux/iov_iter.h:245 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in iterate_and_advance include/linux/iov_iter.h:271 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_iter+0x366/0x2520 lib/iov_iter.c:185 instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline] copy_to_user_iter lib/iov_iter.c:24 [inline] iterate_ubuf include/linux/iov_iter.h:29 [inline] iterate_and_advance2 include/linux/iov_iter.h:245 [inline] iterate_and_advance include/linux/iov_iter.h:271 [inline] _copy_to_iter+0x366/0x2520 lib/iov_iter.c:185 copy_to_iter include/linux/uio.h:196 [inline] memcpy_to_msg include/linux/skbuff.h:4113 [inline] raw_recvmsg+0x2b8/0x9e0 net/can/raw.c:1008 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1046 [inline] sock_recvmsg+0x2c4/0x340 net/socket.c:1068 ____sys_recvmsg+0x18a/0x620 net/socket.c:2803 ___sys_recvmsg+0x223/0x840 net/socket.c:2845 do_recvmmsg+0x4fc/0xfd0 net/socket.c:2939 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3018 [inline] __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3041 [inline] __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3034 [inline] __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x397/0x490 net/socket.c:3034 x64_sys_call+0xf6c/0x3b50 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:300 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcf/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:3804 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3845 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x613/0xc50 mm/slub.c:3888 kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:577 __alloc_skb+0x35b/0x7a0 net/core/skbuff.c:668 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1313 [inline] alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc8/0xbf0 net/core/skbuff.c:6504 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xa81/0xbf0 net/core/sock.c:2795 sock_alloc_send_skb include/net/sock.h:1842 [inline] j1939_sk_alloc_skb net/can/j1939/socket.c:878 [inline] j1939_sk_send_loop net/can/j1939/socket.c:1142 [inline] j1939_sk_sendmsg+0xc0a/0x2730 net/can/j1939/socket.c:1277 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:745 ____sys_sendmsg+0x877/0xb60 net/socket.c:2584 ___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2638 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2667 [inline] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2676 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2674 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x4a0 net/socket.c:2674 x64_sys_call+0xc4b/0x3b50 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:47 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcf/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Bytes 12-15 of 16 are uninitialized Memory access of size 16 starts at ffff888120969690 Data copied to user address 00000000200017c0 CPU: 1 PID: 5050 Comm: syz-executor198 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc5-syzkaller-00031-g71b1543c83d6 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/27/2024

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.98-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42076
Debian:13linux6.9.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42076
Debian:14linux6.9.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-121.131UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-48.48UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1069.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1018.20UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1018.19~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1072.81UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1017.20UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1017.20~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1072.81.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1068.76UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1017.19UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1017.19~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1066.72UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1013.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1052.59UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1002.4UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-48.48~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1062.65UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1015.15~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1064.70UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1066.71UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-121.131UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-48.48.3UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-48.48.3~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1064.65UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1017.19UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1017.19~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1017.19.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1028.28UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1067.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1015.16UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1015.15~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1062.65UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1014.16UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-48.48.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-48.48.1~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1009.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1035.39UBUNTU-CVE-2024-42076

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 9d71dd0c70099914fcd063135da3c580865e924c – before 5e4ed38eb17eaca42de57d500cc0f9668d2b6abf9d71dd0c70099914fcd063135da3c580865e924c – before a2a0ebff7fdeb2f66e29335adf64b9e457300dd49d71dd0c70099914fcd063135da3c580865e924c – before 4c5dc3927e17489c1cae6f48c0d5e4acb4cae01f9d71dd0c70099914fcd063135da3c580865e924c – before f97cbce633923588307049c4aef9feb2987e371b9d71dd0c70099914fcd063135da3c580865e924c – before ab2a683938ba4416d389c2f5651cbbb2c41b779f9d71dd0c70099914fcd063135da3c580865e924c – before ba7e5ae8208ac07d8e1eace0951a34c169a2d2989d71dd0c70099914fcd063135da3c580865e924c – before b7cdf1dd5d2a2d8200efd98d1893684db48fe134
Linux Linux 5.4

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