Linux Kernel up to 6.12.8 af_packet net/core/skbuff.c vlan_get_tci denial of service

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.8. This impacts the function vlan_get_tci of the file net/core/skbuff.c of the component af_packet. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-57902. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.8. This issue affects the function vlan_get_tci of the file net/core/skbuff.c of the component af_packet. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_packet: fix vlan_get_tci() vs MSG_PEEK Blamed commit forgot MSG_PEEK case, allowing a crash [1] as found by syzbot. Rework vlan_get_tci() to not touch skb at all, so that it can be used from many cpus on the same skb. Add a const qualifier to skb argument. [1] skbuff: skb_under_panic: text:ffffffff8a8da482 len:32 put:14 head:ffff88807a1d5800 data:ffff88807a1d5810 tail:0x14 end:0x140 dev: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:206 ! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5880 Comm: syz-executor172 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc3-syzkaller-00762-g9268abe611b0 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024 RIP: 0010:skb_panic net/core/skbuff.c:206 [inline] RIP: 0010:skb_under_panic+0x14b/0x150 net/core/skbuff.c:216 Code: 0b 8d 48 c7 c6 9e 6c 26 8e 48 8b 54 24 08 8b 0c 24 44 8b 44 24 04 4d 89 e9 50 41 54 41 57 41 56 e8 3a 5a 79 f7 48 83 c4 20 90 0b 0f 1f 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 RSP: 0018:ffffc90003baf5b8 EFLAGS: 00010286 RAX: 0000000000000087 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: 8565c1eec37aa000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000080000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff88802616fb50 R08: ffffffff817f0a4c R09: 1ffff92000775e50 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000775e51 R12: 0000000000000140 R13: ffff88807a1d5800 R14: ffff88807a1d5810 R15: 0000000000000014 FS: 00007fa03261f6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007ffd65753000 CR3: 0000000031720000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: skb_push+0xe5/0x100 net/core/skbuff.c:2636 vlan_get_tci+0x272/0x550 net/packet/af_packet.c:565 packet_recvmsg+0x13c9/0x1ef0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3616 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1044 [inline] sock_recvmsg+0x22f/0x280 net/socket.c:1066 ____sys_recvmsg+0x1c6/0x480 net/socket.c:2814 ___sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2856 [inline] do_recvmmsg+0x426/0xab0 net/socket.c:2951 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3025 [inline] __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3048 [inline] __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3041 [inline] __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x199/0x250 net/socket.c:3041 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-57902 since 01/11/2025. The exploitation is known 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 216985 (Debian dla-4076 : linux-config-6.1 - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.4.289, 5.10.233, 5.15.176, 6.1.124, 6.6.70 or 6.12.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 66ffb0cf2125dcf9e902eede4a43653a24fd9cb2/fa57f07ba0622c8692f40e1300adca59277b0044/65c67049e9ed481f6b52264b39618b8c6dfb1d3e/d91b4a9baa018a001d5c884e236c0cfd31f9f4a1/7aa78d0d8546d8ce5a764add3f55d72e707c18f1/b65292a548d847099a4fe0fff53122a06e798e25/77ee7a6d16b6ec07b5c3ae2b6b60a24c1afbed09 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 (216985) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-0105). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.4.288
• 5.10.232
• 5.15.175
• 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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