Linux Kernel up to 6.1.108/6.6.48/6.10.7 local_addr_used/add_addr_accepted privilege escalation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.108/6.6.48/6.10.7. Affected is the function local_addr_used/add_addr_accepted. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-46711. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.108/6.6.48/6.10.7. It has been rated as problematic. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: pm: fix ID 0 endp usage after multiple re-creations 'local_addr_used' and 'add_addr_accepted' are decremented for addresses not related to the initial subflow (ID0), because the source and destination addresses of the initial subflows are known from the beginning: they don't count as "additional local address being used" or "ADD_ADDR being accepted". It is then required not to increment them when the entrypoint used by the initial subflow is removed and re-added during a connection. Without this modification, this entrypoint cannot be removed and re-added more than once.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-46711 since 09/11/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208099 (Debian dsa-5782 : 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 6.1.109, 6.6.49 or 6.10.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch c9c744666f73/53e2173172d2/119806ae4e46/9366922adc6a 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 (208099). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.1.108
• 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
• 6.6.23
• 6.6.24
• 6.6.25
• 6.6.26
• 6.6.27
• 6.6.28
• 6.6.29
• 6.6.30
• 6.6.31
• 6.6.32
• 6.6.33
• 6.6.34
• 6.6.35
• 6.6.36
• 6.6.37
• 6.6.38
• 6.6.39
• 6.6.40
• 6.6.41
• 6.6.42
• 6.6.43
• 6.6.44
• 6.6.45
• 6.6.46
• 6.6.47
• 6.6.48
• 6.10.0
• 6.10.1
• 6.10.2
• 6.10.3
• 6.10.4
• 6.10.5
• 6.10.6
• 6.10.7

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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