CVE-2024-44934

net: bridge: mcast: wait for previous gc cycles when removing port

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 26, 2024 at 10:11 AM 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 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bridge: mcast: wait for previous gc cycles when removing port syzbot hit a use-after-free[1] which is caused because the bridge doesn't make sure that all previous garbage has been collected when removing a port. What happens is: CPU 1 CPU 2 start gc cycle remove port acquire gc lock first wait for lock call br_multicasg_gc() directly acquire lock now but free port the port can be freed while grp timers still running Make sure all previous gc cycles have finished by using flush_work before freeing the port. [1] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in br_multicast_port_group_expired+0x4c0/0x550 net/bridge/br_multicast.c:861 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888071d6d000 by task syz.5.1232/9699 CPU: 1 PID: 9699 Comm: syz.5.1232 Not tainted 6.10.0-rc5-syzkaller-00021-g24ca36a562d6 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 06/07/2024 Call Trace: <IRQ> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:114 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline] print_report+0xc3/0x620 mm/kasan/report.c:488 kasan_report+0xd9/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:601 br_multicast_port_group_expired+0x4c0/0x550 net/bridge/br_multicast.c:861 call_timer_fn+0x1a3/0x610 kernel/time/timer.c:1792 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1843 [inline] __run_timers+0x74b/0xaf0 kernel/time/timer.c:2417 __run_timer_base kernel/time/timer.c:2428 [inline] __run_timer_base kernel/time/timer.c:2421 [inline] run_timer_base+0x111/0x190 kernel/time/timer.c:2437

Affected

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

5.10 ≤ v < 5.15.1655.10 ≤ v < 6.1.1055.10 ≤ v < 6.10.55.10 ≤ v < 6.115.10 ≤ v < 6.6.465.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1056.2 ≤ v < 6.6.466.7 ≤ v < 6.10.56.11 rc16.11 rc2e12cec65b5546f19217e26aafb8add6e2fadca18
Vendor states this is fixed in 0d8b26e10e680c01522d7cc14abe04c3265a928f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1e16828020c674b3be85f52685e8b80f9008f50f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 92c4ee25208d0f35dafc3213cdf355fbe449e078 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b2f794b168cf560682ff976b255aa6d29d14a658 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e3145ca904fa8dbfd1a5bf0187905bc117b0efce (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.165 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.105 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.10.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.46 (unaffected)

References (6)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d8b26e10e680c01522d7cc14abe04c3265a928f
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e16828020c674b3be85f52685e8b80f9008f50f
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92c4ee25208d0f35dafc3213cdf355fbe449e078
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2f794b168cf560682ff976b255aa6d29d14a658
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3145ca904fa8dbfd1a5bf0187905bc117b0efce
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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