Linux Kernel up to 6.9.3 tproxy __in_dev_get_rcu null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.9.3. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function __in_dev_get_rcu of the component tproxy. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-36270. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.9.3. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function __in_dev_get_rcu of the component tproxy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: tproxy: bail out if IP has been disabled on the device syzbot reports: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000003: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000018-0x000000000000001f] [..] RIP: 0010:nf_tproxy_laddr4+0xb7/0x340 net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_tproxy_ipv4.c:62 Call Trace: nft_tproxy_eval_v4 net/netfilter/nft_tproxy.c:56 [inline] nft_tproxy_eval+0xa9a/0x1a00 net/netfilter/nft_tproxy.c:168 __in_dev_get_rcu() can return NULL, so check for this.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-36270. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207884 (openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.4.278, 5.10.219, 5.15.161, 6.1.93, 6.6.33 or 6.9.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 10f0af5234da/07eeedafc59c/6fe5af4ff06d/caf3a8afb5ea/570b4c52096e/819bfeca16eb/21a673bddc8f 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 (207884). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

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• Kernel

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• 5.4.277
• 5.10.218
• 5.15.160
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
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• 6.6.31
• 6.6.32
• 6.9.0
• 6.9.1
• 6.9.2
• 6.9.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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