CVE-2024-26950
wireguard: netlink: access device through ctx instead of peer
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wireguard: netlink: access device through ctx instead of peer The previous commit fixed a bug that led to a NULL peer->device being dereferenced. It's actually easier and faster performance-wise to instead get the device from ctx->wg. This semantically makes more sense too, since ctx->wg->peer_allowedips.seq is compared with ctx->allowedips_seq, basing them both in ctx. This also acts as a defence in depth provision against freed peers.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09c3fa70f65175861ca948cb2f0f791e666c90e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/493aa6bdcffd90a4f82aa614fe4f4db0641b4068
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4be453271a882c8ebc28df3dbf9e4d95e6ac42f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71cbd32e3db82ea4a74e3ef9aeeaa6971969c86f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93bcc1752c69bb309f4d8cfaf960ef1faeb34996
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