CVE-2024-36972

af_unix: Update unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb under sk_receive_queue lock.

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 10, 2024 at 02:57 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Update unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb under sk_receive_queue lock. Billy Jheng Bing-Jhong reported a race between __unix_gc() and queue_oob(). __unix_gc() tries to garbage-collect close()d inflight sockets, and then if the socket has MSG_OOB in unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb, GC will drop the reference and set NULL to it locklessly. However, the peer socket still can send MSG_OOB message and queue_oob() can update unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb concurrently, leading NULL pointer dereference. [0] To fix the issue, let's update unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb under the sk_receive_queue's lock and take it everywhere we touch oob_skb. Note that we defer kfree_skb() in manage_oob() to silence lockdep false-positive (See [1]). [0]: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008 PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page PGD 8000000009f5e067 P4D 8000000009f5e067 PUD 9f5d067 PMD 0 Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 3 PID: 50 Comm: kworker/3:1 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc5-00191-gd091e579b864 #110 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Workqueue: events delayed_fput RIP: 0010:skb_dequeue (./include/linux/skbuff.h:2386 ./include/linux/skbuff.h:2402 net/core/skbuff.c:3847) Code: 39 e3 74 3e 8b 43 10 48 89 ef 83 e8 01 89 43 10 49 8b 44 24 08 49 c7 44 24 08 00 00 00 00 49 8b 14 24 49 c7 04 24 00 00 00 00 <48> 89 42 08 48 89 10 e8 e7 c5 42 00 4c 89 e0 5b 5d 41 5c c3 cc cc RSP: 0018:ffffc900001bfd48 EFLAGS: 00000002 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8880088f5ae8 RCX: 00000000361289f9 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000206 RDI: ffff8880088f5b00 RBP: ffff8880088f5b00 R08: 0000000000080000 R09: 0000000000000001 R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8880056b6a00 R13: ffff8880088f5280 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff8880088f5a80 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88807dd80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 0000000006314000 CR4: 00000000007506f0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> unix_release_sock (net/unix/af_unix.c:654) unix_release (net/unix/af_unix.c:1050) __sock_release (net/socket.c:660) sock_close (net/socket.c:1423) __fput (fs/file_table.c:423) delayed_fput (fs/file_table.c:444 (discriminator 3)) process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3259) worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3329 kernel/workqueue.c:3416) kthread (kernel/kthread.c:388) ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:153) ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:257) </TASK> Modules linked in: CR2: 0000000000000008

Affected

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

v ≥ 6.7.55.15.149 ≤ v < 5.15.1616.1.78 ≤ v < 6.1.936.6.17 ≤ v < 6.6.336.7.5 ≤ v < 6.86.7.5 ≤ v < 6.9.46.8 ≤ v < 6.106.8 ≤ v < 6.9.41279f9d9dec21279f9d9dec2d7462823a18c29ad61359e0a007d4fe505c63aa34fe505c63aa3273135a57597fda761e9aecc76685.15.1496.1.786.6.176.7.56.882ae47c5c3a6b27fdc0f9e83c1499cb439c56140b74aa9ce13d0b74aa9ce13d02b7fd37c5325b99854f91b9b4276e0e09186d882e0e09186d8821ad59806115d347ea32efa43ca4b
Vendor states this is fixed in 4708f49add84 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4708f49add84a57ce0ccc7bf9a6269845c631cc3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4bf6964451c3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4bf6964451c3cb411fbaa1ae8b214b3d97a59bf1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 518a994aa0b8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 518a994aa0b87d96f1bc6678a7035df5d1fcd7a1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9841991a446c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9841991a446c87f90f66f4b9fee6fe934c1336a2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d59ae9314b97 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d59ae9314b97e01c76a4171472441e55721ba636 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.161 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.93 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.33 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9.4 (unaffected)

References (5)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4708f49add84a57ce0ccc7bf9a6269845c631cc3
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bf6964451c3cb411fbaa1ae8b214b3d97a59bf1
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/518a994aa0b87d96f1bc6678a7035df5d1fcd7a1
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9841991a446c87f90f66f4b9fee6fe934c1336a2
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d59ae9314b97e01c76a4171472441e55721ba636

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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