Linux Kernel up to 6.1.123/6.6.69/6.12.8 mptcp_established_options_add_addr null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.123/6.6.69/6.12.8. This affects the function mptcp_established_options_add_addr. Executing a manipulation can lead to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-57882. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.123/6.6.69/6.12.8. This vulnerability affects the function mptcp_established_options_add_addr. 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. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix TCP options overflow. Syzbot reported the following splat: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000001: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5836 Comm: sshd Not tainted 6.13.0-rc3-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/25/2024 RIP: 0010:_compound_head include/linux/page-flags.h:242 [inline] RIP: 0010:put_page+0x23/0x260 include/linux/mm.h:1552 Code: 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 55 41 57 41 56 53 49 89 fe 48 bd 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df e8 f8 5e 12 f8 49 8d 5e 08 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 3c 28 00 74 08 48 89 df e8 8f c7 78 f8 48 8b 1b 48 89 de 48 83 RSP: 0000:ffffc90003916c90 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 0000000000000008 RCX: ffff888030458000 RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08: ffffffff898ca81d R09: 1ffff110054414ac R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed10054414ad R12: 0000000000000007 R13: ffff88802a20a542 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f34f496e800(0000) GS:ffff8880b8700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f9d6ec9ec28 CR3: 000000004d260000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: skb_page_unref include/linux/skbuff_ref.h:43 [inline] __skb_frag_unref include/linux/skbuff_ref.h:56 [inline] skb_release_data+0x483/0x8a0 net/core/skbuff.c:1119 skb_release_all net/core/skbuff.c:1190 [inline] __kfree_skb+0x55/0x70 net/core/skbuff.c:1204 tcp_clean_rtx_queue net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:3436 [inline] tcp_ack+0x2442/0x6bc0 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:4032 tcp_rcv_state_process+0x8eb/0x44e0 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6805 tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x77d/0xc70 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1939 tcp_v4_rcv+0x2dc0/0x37f0 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2351 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:5672 [inline] __netif_receive_skb+0x2bf/0x650 net/core/dev.c:5785 process_backlog+0x662/0x15b0 net/core/dev.c:6117 __napi_poll+0xcb/0x490 net/core/dev.c:6883 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6952 [inline] net_rx_action+0x89b/0x1240 net/core/dev.c:7074 handle_softirqs+0x2d4/0x9b0 kernel/softirq.c:561 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:595 [inline] invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:435 [inline] __irq_exit_rcu+0xf7/0x220 kernel/softirq.c:662 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:678 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1049 [inline] sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x57/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1049 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:702 RIP: 0033:0x7f34f4519ad5 Code: 85 d2 74 0d 0f 10 02 48 8d 54 24 20 0f 11 44 24 20 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 27 41 b8 08 00 00 00 b8 0f 01 00 00 0f 05 3d 00 f0 ff ff 76 75 48 8b 15 24 73 0d 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 48 83 RSP: 002b:00007ffec5b32ce0 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 00000000000668a0 RCX: 00007f34f4519ad5 RDX: 00007ffec5b32d00 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: 0000564f4bc6cae0 RBP: 0000564f4bc6b5a0 R08: 0000000000000008 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 00007ffec5b32de8 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000564f48ea8aa4 R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000564f48ea93e8 R15: 00007ffec5b32d68 Eric noted a probable shinfo->nr_frags corruption, which indeed occurs. The root cause is a buggy MPTCP option len computation in some circumstances: the ADD_ADDR option should be mutually exclusive with DSS since the blamed commit. Still, mptcp_established_options_add_addr() tries to set the relevant info in mptcp_out_options, if ---truncated---

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-57882 since 01/11/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 216395 (openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.124, 6.6.70 or 6.12.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 09ba95321a269019b5aa8e0c3bc80cf86d91fd18/53fe947f67c93a5334aed3a7259fcc8a204f8bb6/fb08e6b0ba284e3dcdc9378de26dcb51d90710f5/cbb26f7d8451fe56ccac802c6db48d16240feebd 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 (216395) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0105). 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
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Avamar
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.1.123
• 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
• 6.6.68
• 6.6.69
• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
• 6.12.7
• 6.12.8

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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