CVE-2024-36886

tipc: fix UAF in error path

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 30, 2024 at 03:28 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelDebian Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

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

4.1 ≤ v < 4.19.3144.1 ≤ v < 5.10.2174.1 ≤ v < 5.15.1594.1 ≤ v < 5.4.2764.1 ≤ v < 6.1.914.1 ≤ v < 6.6.314.1 ≤ v < 6.8.104.1 ≤ v < 6.94.20 ≤ v < 5.4.2765.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1595.16 ≤ v < 6.1.915.5 ≤ v < 5.10.2176.2 ≤ v < 6.6.316.7 ≤ v < 6.8.101149557d64c91149557d64c97dc9adf3103347a1c0e8c06d3b896.9 rc16.9 rc26.9 rc36.9 rc46.9 rc56.9 rc6
Vendor states this is fixed in 080cbb890286 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 080cbb890286cd794f1ee788bbc5463e2deb7c2b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 21ea04aad8a0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 21ea04aad8a0839b4ec27ef1691ca480620e8e14 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 367766ff9e40 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 367766ff9e407f8a68409b7ce4dc4d5a72afeab1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 66116556076f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 66116556076f0b96bc1aa9844008c743c8c67684 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 93bc2d6d16f2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 93bc2d6d16f2c3178736ba6b845b30475856dc40 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a0fbb26f8247 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a0fbb26f8247e326a320e2cb4395bfb234332c90 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e19ec8ab0e25 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e19ec8ab0e25bc4803d7cc91c84e84532e2781bd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ffd4917c1edb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ffd4917c1edb3c3ff334fce3704fbe9c39f35682 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.314 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.217 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.159 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.276 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.91 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.31 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9 (unaffected)

References (11)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/080cbb890286cd794f1ee788bbc5463e2deb7c2b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21ea04aad8a0839b4ec27ef1691ca480620e8e14
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/367766ff9e407f8a68409b7ce4dc4d5a72afeab1
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66116556076f0b96bc1aa9844008c743c8c67684
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93bc2d6d16f2c3178736ba6b845b30475856dc40
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0fbb26f8247e326a320e2cb4395bfb234332c90
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e19ec8ab0e25bc4803d7cc91c84e84532e2781bd
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffd4917c1edb3c3ff334fce3704fbe9c39f35682

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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