Linux Kernel up to 6.11.4 request_sock_subflow_v4 net/mptcp/protocol.c denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.227/5.15.168/6.1.113/6.6.57/6.11.4 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file net/mptcp/protocol.c of the component request_sock_subflow_v4. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-50083. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.227/5.15.168/6.1.113/6.6.57/6.11.4 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file net/mptcp/protocol.c of the component request_sock_subflow_v4. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: fix mptcp DSS corruption due to large pmtu xmit Syzkaller was able to trigger a DSS corruption: TCP: request_sock_subflow_v4: Possible SYN flooding on port [::]:20002. Sending cookies. ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5227 at net/mptcp/protocol.c:695 __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow+0x20a9/0x21f0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:695 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5227 Comm: syz-executor350 Not tainted 6.11.0-syzkaller-08829-gaf9c191ac2a0 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024 RIP: 0010:__mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow+0x20a9/0x21f0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:695 Code: 0f b6 dc 31 ff 89 de e8 b5 dd ea f5 89 d8 48 81 c4 50 01 00 00 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 cc cc cc cc e8 98 da ea f5 90 0b 90 e9 47 ff ff ff e8 8a da ea f5 90 0f 0b 90 e9 99 e0 ff ff RSP: 0018:ffffc90000006db8 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: ffffffff8ba9df18 RBX: 00000000000055f0 RCX: ffff888030023c00 RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 00000000000081e5 RDI: 00000000000055f0 RBP: 1ffff110062bf1ae R08: ffffffff8ba9cf12 R09: 1ffff110062bf1b8 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10062bf1b9 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 00000000700cec61 R15: 00000000000081e5 FS: 000055556679c380(0000) GS:ffff8880b8600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000020287000 CR3: 0000000077892000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: move_skbs_to_msk net/mptcp/protocol.c:811 [inline] mptcp_data_ready+0x29c/0xa90 net/mptcp/protocol.c:854 subflow_data_ready+0x34a/0x920 net/mptcp/subflow.c:1490 tcp_data_queue+0x20fd/0x76c0 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5283 tcp_rcv_established+0xfba/0x2020 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6237 tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x96d/0xc70 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1915 tcp_v4_rcv+0x2dc0/0x37f0 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2350 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x22e/0x440 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:205 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x341/0x5f0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:233 NF_HOOK+0x3a4/0x450 include/linux/netfilter.h:314 NF_HOOK+0x3a4/0x450 include/linux/netfilter.h:314 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5662 [inline] __netif_receive_skb+0x2bf/0x650 net/core/dev.c:5775 process_backlog+0x662/0x15b0 net/core/dev.c:6107 __napi_poll+0xcb/0x490 net/core/dev.c:6771 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6840 [inline] net_rx_action+0x89b/0x1240 net/core/dev.c:6962 handle_softirqs+0x2c5/0x980 kernel/softirq.c:554 do_softirq+0x11b/0x1e0 kernel/softirq.c:455 __local_bh_enable_ip+0x1bb/0x200 kernel/softirq.c:382 local_bh_enable include/linux/bottom_half.h:33 [inline] rcu_read_unlock_bh include/linux/rcupdate.h:919 [inline] __dev_queue_xmit+0x1764/0x3e80 net/core/dev.c:4451 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3094 [inline] neigh_hh_output include/net/neighbour.h:526 [inline] neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:540 [inline] ip_finish_output2+0xd41/0x1390 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:236 ip_local_out net/ipv4/ip_output.c:130 [inline] __ip_queue_xmit+0x118c/0x1b80 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:536 __tcp_transmit_skb+0x2544/0x3b30 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1466 tcp_transmit_skb net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1484 [inline] tcp_mtu_probe net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:2547 [inline] tcp_write_xmit+0x641d/0x6bf0 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:2752 __tcp_push_pending_frames+0x9b/0x360 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3015 tcp_push_pending_frames include/net/tcp.h:2107 [inline] tcp_data_snd_check net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5714 [inline] tcp_rcv_established+0x1026/0x2020 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6239 tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x96d/0xc70 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1915 sk_backlog_rcv include/net/sock.h:1113 [inline] __release_sock+0x214/0x350 net/core/sock.c:3072 release_sock+0x61/0x1f0 net/core/sock.c:3626 mptcp_push_ ---truncated---

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-50083 since 10/21/2024. 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 212953 (CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: kernel (CVE-2024-50083)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.10.228, 5.15.169, 6.1.114, 6.6.58 or 6.11.5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch c38add9ac0e4/9729010a0ac5/ba8e65814e51/229dfdc36f31/db04d1848777/4dabcdf58121 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 databases at Tenable (212953) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-3289). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Open Source eCryptfs
• NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• IBM QRadar SIEM

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.10.227
• 5.15.168
• 6.1.113
• 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
• 6.6.49
• 6.6.50
• 6.6.51
• 6.6.52
• 6.6.53
• 6.6.54
• 6.6.55
• 6.6.56
• 6.6.57
• 6.11.0
• 6.11.1
• 6.11.2
• 6.11.3
• 6.11.4

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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