CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-26852

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel within the ip6_route_mpath_notify() function. The previous fix did not address the root cause, leading to potential memory management errors.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to unexpected system crashes and potential data leaks due to improper memory management in the kernel.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to the latest version that includes fixes for this vulnerability and to monitor systems for any irregular behavior.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/ipv6: avoid possible UAF in ip6_route_mpath_notify() syzbot found another use-after-free in ip6_route_mpath_notify() [1] Commit f7225172f25a ("net/ipv6: prevent use after free in ip6_route_mpath_notify") was not able to fix the root cause. We need to defer the fib6_info_release() calls after ip6_route_mpath_notify(), in the cleanup phase. [1] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rt6_fill_node+0x1460/0x1ac0 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88809a07fc64 by task syz-executor.2/23037 CPU: 0 PID: 23037 Comm: syz-executor.2 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc4-syzkaller-01035-gea7f3cfaa588 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/25/2024 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1e7/0x2e0 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline] print_report+0x167/0x540 mm/kasan/report.c:488 kasan_report+0x142/0x180 mm/kasan/rep

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