Linux Kernel up to 6.8.9 include/linux/sockptr.h nfc_llcp_setsockopt out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Linux Kernel up to 6.8.9. This affects the function nfc_llcp_setsockopt in the library lib/dump_stack.c of the file include/linux/sockptr.h. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-36915. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.8.9. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function nfc_llcp_setsockopt in the library lib/dump_stack.c of the file include/linux/sockptr.h. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: llcp: fix nfc_llcp_setsockopt() unsafe copies syzbot reported unsafe calls to copy_from_sockptr() [1] Use copy_safe_from_sockptr() instead. [1] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in copy_from_sockptr_offset include/linux/sockptr.h:49 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in copy_from_sockptr include/linux/sockptr.h:55 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in nfc_llcp_setsockopt+0x6c2/0x850 net/nfc/llcp_sock.c:255 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88801caa1ec3 by task syz-executor459/5078 CPU: 0 PID: 5078 Comm: syz-executor459 Not tainted 6.8.0-syzkaller-08951-gfe46a7dd189e #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/27/2024 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:114 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline] print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:488 kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:601 copy_from_sockptr_offset include/linux/sockptr.h:49 [inline] copy_from_sockptr include/linux/sockptr.h:55 [inline] nfc_llcp_setsockopt+0x6c2/0x850 net/nfc/llcp_sock.c:255 do_sock_setsockopt+0x3b1/0x720 net/socket.c:2311 __sys_setsockopt+0x1ae/0x250 net/socket.c:2334 __do_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2343 [inline] __se_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2340 [inline] __x64_sys_setsockopt+0xb5/0xd0 net/socket.c:2340 do_syscall_64+0xfd/0x240 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75 RIP: 0033:0x7f7fac07fd89 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 91 18 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007fff660eb788 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000036 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00007f7fac07fd89 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000118 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000020000a80 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-36915. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211777 (Debian dsa-5818 : affs-modules-6.1.0-21-4kc-malta-di - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.8.10 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 29dc0ea979d4/7a87441c9651 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 (211777). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.8.0
• 6.8.1
• 6.8.2
• 6.8.3
• 6.8.4
• 6.8.5
• 6.8.6
• 6.8.7
• 6.8.8
• 6.8.9

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• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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