Linux Kernel up to 6.6.22/6.7.10/6.8.1 vmxnet3 net/core/xdp.c privilege escalation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.22/6.7.10/6.8.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file net/core/xdp.c of the component vmxnet3. Executing a manipulation can lead to an unknown weakness. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-27026. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.22/6.7.10/6.8.1 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file net/core/xdp.c of the component vmxnet3. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vmxnet3: Fix missing reserved tailroom Use rbi->len instead of rcd->len for non-dataring packet. Found issue: XDP_WARN: xdp_update_frame_from_buff(line:278): Driver BUG: missing reserved tailroom WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at net/core/xdp.c:586 xdp_warn+0xf/0x20 CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W O 6.5.1 #1 RIP: 0010:xdp_warn+0xf/0x20 ... ? xdp_warn+0xf/0x20 xdp_do_redirect+0x15f/0x1c0 vmxnet3_run_xdp+0x17a/0x400 [vmxnet3] vmxnet3_process_xdp+0xe4/0x760 [vmxnet3] ? vmxnet3_tq_tx_complete.isra.0+0x21e/0x2c0 [vmxnet3] vmxnet3_rq_rx_complete+0x7ad/0x1120 [vmxnet3] vmxnet3_poll_rx_only+0x2d/0xa0 [vmxnet3] __napi_poll+0x20/0x180 net_rx_action+0x177/0x390

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-27026 since 02/19/2024. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2 or 6.9-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch aba8659caf88/7c8505ecc2d1/91d017d19d5a/e127ce7699c1 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 CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1008). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Oracle VM
• EMC Avamar
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell NetWorker
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM Business Automation Workflow
• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
• Dell Avamar
• Juniper Junos Space
• IBM DataPower Gateway
• IBM Storage Scale System
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Dell PowerScale OneFS

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.7.0
• 6.7.1
• 6.7.2
• 6.7.3
• 6.7.4
• 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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