Linux Kernel up to 6.6.67/6.12.6 net/core/skbuff.c tun_napi_alloc_frags denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.67/6.12.6. The impacted element is the function tun_napi_alloc_frags of the file net/core/skbuff.c. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-56372. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.67/6.12.6. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function tun_napi_alloc_frags of the file net/core/skbuff.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: tun: fix tun_napi_alloc_frags() syzbot reported the following crash [1] Issue came with the blamed commit. Instead of going through all the iov components, we keep using the first one and end up with a malformed skb. [1] kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:2849 ! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6230 Comm: syz-executor132 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc1-syzkaller-00407-g96b6fcc0ee41 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/25/2024 RIP: 0010:__pskb_pull_tail+0x1568/0x1570 net/core/skbuff.c:2848 Code: 38 c1 0f 8c 32 f1 ff ff 4c 89 f7 e8 92 96 74 f8 e9 25 f1 ff ff e8 e8 ae 09 f8 48 8b 5c 24 08 e9 eb fb ff ff e8 d9 ae 09 f8 90 0b 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 RSP: 0018:ffffc90004cbef30 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: ffffffff8995c347 RBX: 00000000fffffff2 RCX: ffff88802cf45a00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000fffffff2 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff88807df0c06a R08: ffffffff8995b084 R09: 1ffff1100fbe185c R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100fbe185d R12: ffff888076e85d50 R13: ffff888076e85c80 R14: ffff888076e85cf4 R15: ffff888076e85c80 FS: 00007f0dca6ea6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f0dca6ead58 CR3: 00000000119da000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: skb_cow_data+0x2da/0xcb0 net/core/skbuff.c:5284 tipc_aead_decrypt net/tipc/crypto.c:894 [inline] tipc_crypto_rcv+0x402/0x24e0 net/tipc/crypto.c:1844 tipc_rcv+0x57e/0x12a0 net/tipc/node.c:2109 tipc_l2_rcv_msg+0x2bd/0x450 net/tipc/bearer.c:668 __netif_receive_skb_list_ptype net/core/dev.c:5720 [inline] __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x8b7/0x980 net/core/dev.c:5762 __netif_receive_skb_list net/core/dev.c:5814 [inline] netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0xa51/0xe30 net/core/dev.c:5905 gro_normal_list include/net/gro.h:515 [inline] napi_complete_done+0x2b5/0x870 net/core/dev.c:6256 napi_complete include/linux/netdevice.h:567 [inline] tun_get_user+0x2ea0/0x4890 drivers/net/tun.c:1982 tun_chr_write_iter+0x10d/0x1f0 drivers/net/tun.c:2057 do_iter_readv_writev+0x600/0x880 vfs_writev+0x376/0xba0 fs/read_write.c:1050 do_writev+0x1b6/0x360 fs/read_write.c:1096 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-56372 since 01/11/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214901 (SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:0289-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.6.68 or 6.12.7 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch efe74dd58a72bd987b158142c904b7ef2ad132e2/4f393ea1e2f9c3b646d00572dd92c48b1869c65f/429fde2d81bcef0ebab002215358955704586457 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 (214901) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0047). 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
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Avamar
• Red Hat OpenShift
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

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
• 6.6.23
• 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
• 6.6.58
• 6.6.59
• 6.6.60
• 6.6.61
• 6.6.62
• 6.6.63
• 6.6.64
• 6.6.65
• 6.6.66
• 6.6.67
• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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