Vulnerability · Published Dec 27, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-53211net/l2tp: fix warning in l2tp_exit_net found by syzbot

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 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/l2tp: fix warning in l2tp_exit_net found by syzbot In l2tp's net exit handler, we check that an IDR is empty before destroying it: WARN_ON_ONCE(!idr_is_empty(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_idr)); idr_destroy(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_idr); By forcing memory allocation failures in idr_alloc_32, syzbot is able to provoke a condition where idr_is_empty returns false despite there being no items in the IDR. This turns out to be because the radix tree of the IDR contains only internal radix-tree nodes and it is this that causes idr_is_empty to return false. The internal nodes are cleaned by idr_destroy. Use idr_for_each to check that the IDR is empty instead of idr_is_empty to avoid the problem.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53211
Debian:14linux6.12.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 73d33bd063c4cfef3db17f9bec3d202928ed8631 – before a487cc8986d6dd75b60b59004f3bd2ea9b4dd54173d33bd063c4cfef3db17f9bec3d202928ed8631 – before 5d066766c5f1252f98ff859265bcd1a5b52ac46c
Linux Linux 6.12

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