Linux Kernel up to 6.1.82/6.6.22/6.7.10/6.8.1 wifi wfx_set_mfp_ap memory leak

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.82/6.6.22/6.7.10/6.8.1. This affects the function wfx_set_mfp_ap of the component wifi. Such manipulation leads to memory leak. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-26896. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.82/6.6.22/6.7.10/6.8.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function wfx_set_mfp_ap of the component wifi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wfx: fix memory leak when starting AP Kmemleak reported this error: unreferenced object 0xd73d1180 (size 184): comm "wpa_supplicant", pid 1559, jiffies 13006305 (age 964.245s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1e 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [] kmem_cache_alloc+0x20c/0x5ac [] __alloc_skb+0x144/0x170 [] __netdev_alloc_skb+0x50/0x180 [] __ieee80211_beacon_get+0x290/0x4d4 [mac80211] [] ieee80211_beacon_get_tim+0x54/0x18c [mac80211] [] wfx_start_ap+0xc8/0x234 [wfx] [] ieee80211_start_ap+0x404/0x6b4 [mac80211] [] nl80211_start_ap+0x76c/0x9e0 [cfg80211] [] genl_rcv_msg+0x198/0x378 [] netlink_rcv_skb+0xd0/0x130 [] genl_rcv+0x34/0x44 [] netlink_unicast+0x1b4/0x258 [] netlink_sendmsg+0x1e8/0x428 [] ____sys_sendmsg+0x1e0/0x274 [] ___sys_sendmsg+0x80/0xb4 [] __sys_sendmsg+0x64/0xa8 unreferenced object 0xce087000 (size 1024): comm "wpa_supplicant", pid 1559, jiffies 13006305 (age 964.246s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 10 00 07 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...@............ backtrace: [] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x230/0x600 [] kmalloc_reserve.constprop.0+0x30/0x74 [] __alloc_skb+0xa0/0x170 [] __netdev_alloc_skb+0x50/0x180 [] __ieee80211_beacon_get+0x290/0x4d4 [mac80211] [] ieee80211_beacon_get_tim+0x54/0x18c [mac80211] [] wfx_start_ap+0xc8/0x234 [wfx] [] ieee80211_start_ap+0x404/0x6b4 [mac80211] [] nl80211_start_ap+0x76c/0x9e0 [cfg80211] [] genl_rcv_msg+0x198/0x378 [] netlink_rcv_skb+0xd0/0x130 [] genl_rcv+0x34/0x44 [] netlink_unicast+0x1b4/0x258 [] netlink_sendmsg+0x1e8/0x428 [] ____sys_sendmsg+0x1e0/0x274 [] ___sys_sendmsg+0x80/0xb4 However, since the kernel is build optimized, it seems the stack is not accurate. It appears the issue is related to wfx_set_mfp_ap(). The issue is obvious in this function: memory allocated by ieee80211_beacon_get() is never released. Fixing this leak makes kmemleak happy.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-26896 since 02/19/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 270869 (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7829-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.83, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2 or 6.9-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch a1f57a0127b8/3a71ec74e5e3/12f00a367b2b/dadbb5d29d6c/b8cfb7c819dd is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (270869). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
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• 6.7.1
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• 6.7.5
• 6.7.6
• 6.7.7
• 6.7.8
• 6.7.9
• 6.7.10
• 6.8.0
• 6.8.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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