CVE-2024-26597

net: qualcomm: rmnet: fix global oob in rmnet_policy

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: February 23, 2024 at 02:46 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: qualcomm: rmnet: fix global oob in rmnet_policy The variable rmnet_link_ops assign a *bigger* maxtype which leads to a global out-of-bounds read when parsing the netlink attributes. See bug trace below: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in validate_nla lib/nlattr.c:386 [inline] BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in __nla_validate_parse+0x24af/0x2750 lib/nlattr.c:600 Read of size 1 at addr ffffffff92c438d0 by task syz-executor.6/84207 CPU: 0 PID: 84207 Comm: syz-executor.6 Tainted: G N 6.1.0 #3 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x8b/0xb3 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:284 [inline] print_report+0x172/0x475 mm/kasan/report.c:395 kasan_report+0xbb/0x1c0 mm/kasan/report.c:495 validate_nla lib/nlattr.c:386 [inline] __nla_validate_parse+0x24af/0x2750 lib/nlattr.c:600 __nla_parse+0x3e/0x50 lib/nlattr.c:697 nla_parse_nested_deprecated include/net/netlink.h:1248 [inline] __rtnl_newlink+0x50a/0x1880 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3485 rtnl_newlink+0x64/0xa0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3594 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x43c/0xd70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6091 netlink_rcv_skb+0x14f/0x410 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2540 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x54e/0x800 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345 netlink_sendmsg+0x930/0xe50 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0x154/0x190 net/socket.c:734 ____sys_sendmsg+0x6df/0x840 net/socket.c:2482 ___sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x1b0 net/socket.c:2536 __sys_sendmsg+0xf3/0x1c0 net/socket.c:2565 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd RIP: 0033:0x7fdcf2072359 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 f1 19 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007fdcf13e3168 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fdcf219ff80 RCX: 00007fdcf2072359 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000020000200 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00007fdcf20bd493 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007fffbb8d7bdf R14: 00007fdcf13e3300 R15: 0000000000022000 </TASK> The buggy address belongs to the variable: rmnet_policy+0x30/0xe0 The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page:0000000065bdeb3c refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x155243 flags: 0x200000000001000(reserved|node=0|zone=2) raw: 0200000000001000 ffffea00055490c8 ffffea00055490c8 0000000000000000 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected Memory state around the buggy address: ffffffff92c43780: f9 f9 f9 f9 00 00 00 02 f9 f9 f9 f9 00 00 00 07 ffffffff92c43800: f9 f9 f9 f9 00 00 00 05 f9 f9 f9 f9 06 f9 f9 f9 >ffffffff92c43880: f9 f9 f9 f9 00 00 00 00 00 00 f9 f9 f9 f9 f9 f9 ^ ffffffff92c43900: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 f9 f9 f9 f9 f9 f9 f9 ffffffff92c43980: 00 00 00 07 f9 f9 f9 f9 00 00 00 05 f9 f9 f9 f9 According to the comment of `nla_parse_nested_deprecated`, the maxtype should be len(destination array) - 1. Hence use `IFLA_RMNET_MAX` here.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.17 ≤ v < 4.19.3064.17 ≤ v < 5.10.2094.17 ≤ v < 5.15.1484.17 ≤ v < 5.4.2684.17 ≤ v < 6.1.754.17 ≤ v < 6.6.144.17 ≤ v < 6.7.24.17 ≤ v < 6.84.17.0 ≤ v < 4.19.3064.20.0 ≤ v < 5.4.2685.11.0 ≤ v < 5.15.1485.16.0 ≤ v < 6.1.755.5.0 ≤ v < 5.10.2096.2.0 ≤ v < 6.6.146.7.0 ≤ v < 6.7.214452ca3b5ce304fb2fea96dbc9ca1e4e79785514.17
Vendor states this is fixed in 02467ab8b404d80429107588e0f3425cf5fcd2e5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 093dab655808207f7a9f54cf156240aeafc70590 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 17d06a5c44d8fd2e8e61bac295b09153496f87e1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2295c22348faf795e1ccdf618f6eb7afdb2f7447 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3b5254862258b595662a0ccca6e9eeb88d6e7468 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b33fb5b801c6db408b774a68e7c8722796b59ecc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c4734535034672f59f2652e1e0058c490da62a5c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ee1dc3bf86f2df777038506b139371a9add02534 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.306 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.209 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.148 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.268 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.75 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

References (10)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02467ab8b404d80429107588e0f3425cf5fcd2e5
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/093dab655808207f7a9f54cf156240aeafc70590
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17d06a5c44d8fd2e8e61bac295b09153496f87e1
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2295c22348faf795e1ccdf618f6eb7afdb2f7447
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b5254862258b595662a0ccca6e9eeb88d6e7468
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b33fb5b801c6db408b774a68e7c8722796b59ecc
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4734535034672f59f2652e1e0058c490da62a5c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee1dc3bf86f2df777038506b139371a9add02534

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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