CVE-2024-54031

netfilter: nft_set_hash: unaligned atomic read on struct nft_set_ext

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 15, 2025 at 01:10 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:09 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_hash: unaligned atomic read on struct nft_set_ext Access to genmask field in struct nft_set_ext results in unaligned atomic read: [ 72.130109] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff0000c2bb708c [ 72.131036] Mem abort info: [ 72.131213] ESR = 0x0000000096000021 [ 72.131446] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 72.132209] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 72.133216] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 72.134080] FSC = 0x21: alignment fault [ 72.135593] Data abort info: [ 72.137194] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000021, ISS2 = 0x00000000 [ 72.142351] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 [ 72.145989] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 [ 72.150115] swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000237d27000 [ 72.154893] [ffff0000c2bb708c] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=180000023ffff403, pud=180000023f84b403, pmd=180000023f835403, +pte=0068000102bb7707 [ 72.163021] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000021 [#1] SMP [...] [ 72.170041] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 54 Comm: kworker/7:0 Tainted: G E 6.13.0-rc3+ #2 [ 72.170509] Tainted: [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE [ 72.170720] Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS edk2-stable202302-for-qemu 03/01/2023 [ 72.171192] Workqueue: events_power_efficient nft_rhash_gc [nf_tables] [ 72.171552] pstate: 21400005 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 72.171915] pc : nft_rhash_gc+0x200/0x2d8 [nf_tables] [ 72.172166] lr : nft_rhash_gc+0x128/0x2d8 [nf_tables] [ 72.172546] sp : ffff800081f2bce0 [ 72.172724] x29: ffff800081f2bd40 x28: ffff0000c2bb708c x27: 0000000000000038 [ 72.173078] x26: ffff0000c6780ef0 x25: ffff0000c643df00 x24: ffff0000c6778f78 [ 72.173431] x23: 000000000000001a x22: ffff0000c4b1f000 x21: ffff0000c6780f78 [ 72.173782] x20: ffff0000c2bb70dc x19: ffff0000c2bb7080 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 72.174135] x17: ffff0000c0a4e1c0 x16: 0000000000003000 x15: 0000ac26d173b978 [ 72.174485] x14: ffffffffffffffff x13: 0000000000000030 x12: ffff0000c6780ef0 [ 72.174841] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: ffff800081f2bcf8 x9 : ffff0000c3000000 [ 72.175193] x8 : 00000000000004be x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000 [ 72.175544] x5 : 0000000000000040 x4 : ffff0000c3000010 x3 : 0000000000000000 [ 72.175871] x2 : 0000000000003a98 x1 : ffff0000c2bb708c x0 : 0000000000000004 [ 72.176207] Call trace: [ 72.176316] nft_rhash_gc+0x200/0x2d8 [nf_tables] (P) [ 72.176653] process_one_work+0x178/0x3d0 [ 72.176831] worker_thread+0x200/0x3f0 [ 72.176995] kthread+0xe8/0xf8 [ 72.177130] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [ 72.177289] Code: 54fff984 d503201f d2800080 91003261 (f820303f) [ 72.177557] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Align struct nft_set_ext to word size to address this and documentation it. pahole reports that this increases the size of elements for rhash and pipapo in 8 bytes on x86_64.

Affected

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

5.10.231 ≤ v < 5.10.2335.15.174 ≤ v < 5.15.1765.4.287 ≤ v < 5.4.2896.1.120 ≤ v < 6.1.1246.12.5 ≤ v < 6.12.96.6.66 ≤ v < 6.6.7023a6919bb3ecf6787f060476ee6810ad55ebf9c85.10.2315.15.1745.4.28759a59da8de47848575eedc141a74aae57696706d6.1.1206.12.56.13 rc26.13 rc36.13 rc46.13 rc56.6.667ffc7481153bbabf3332c6a19b289730c7e1edf586c27603514cb8ead29857365cdd145404ee970698d62cf0e26305dd6a1932a4054004290f4194bbbe4d0ac67d92e6a285cd3eeb672188d249c121b2e21855091f11df80d41239dbc5f8545b772c657d
Vendor states this is fixed in 277f00b0c2dca8794cf4837722960bdc4174911f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 352f8eaaabd008f09d1e176194edc261a7304084 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4f49349c1963e507aa37c1ec05178faeb0103959 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 542ed8145e6f9392e3d0a86a0e9027d2ffd183e4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 607774a13764676d4b8be9c8b9c66b8cf3469043 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6a14b46052eeb83175a95baf399283860b9d94c4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d24cbc43cc7b41a0824b0bc6ec4d8436d8d7a9c0 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 5.10.233, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.15.176, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.4.289, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.1.124, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.12.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.6.70, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (9)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/277f00b0c2dca8794cf4837722960bdc4174911f
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/352f8eaaabd008f09d1e176194edc261a7304084
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f49349c1963e507aa37c1ec05178faeb0103959
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/542ed8145e6f9392e3d0a86a0e9027d2ffd183e4
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/607774a13764676d4b8be9c8b9c66b8cf3469043
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a14b46052eeb83175a95baf399283860b9d94c4
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d24cbc43cc7b41a0824b0bc6ec4d8436d8d7a9c0
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html

CVSS

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

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