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🛡️ CVE-2024-56642 — kernel

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

tipc: Fix use-after-free of kernel socket in cleanup_bearer().

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tipc: Fix use-after-free of kernel socket in cleanup_bearer().

syzkaller reported a use-after-free of UDP kernel socket

in cleanup_bearer() without repro. [0][1]

When bearer_disable() calls tipc_udp_disable(), cleanup

of the UDP kernel socket is deferred by work calling

cleanup_bearer().

tipc_exit_net() waits for such works to finish by checking

tipc_net(net)->wq_count. However, the work decrements the

count too early before releasing the kernel socket,

unblocking cleanup_net() and resulting in use-after-free.

Let's move the decrement after releasing the socket in

cleanup_bearer().

[0]:

ref_tracker: net notrefcnt@000000009b3d1faf has 1/1 users at

sk_alloc+0x438/0x608

inet_create+0x4c8/0xcb0

__sock_create+0x350/0x6b8

sock_create_kern+0x58/0x78

udp_sock_create4+0x68/0x398

udp_sock_create+0x88/0xc8

tipc_udp_enable+0x5e8/0x848

__tipc_nl_bearer_enable+0x84c/0xed8

tipc_nl_bearer_enable+0x38/0x60

genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x170/0x248

genl_rcv_msg+0x400/0x5b0

netlink_rcv_skb+0x1dc/0x398

genl_rcv+0x44/0x68

netlink_unicast+0x678/0x8b0

netlink_sendmsg+0x5e4/0x898

____sys_sendmsg+0x500/0x830

[1]:

BUG: KMSAN: use-after-free in udp_hashslot include/net/udp.h:85 [inline]

BUG: KMSAN: use-after-free in udp_lib_unhash+0x3b8/0x930 net/ipv4/udp.c:1979

udp_hashslot include/net/udp.h:85 [inline]

udp_lib_unhash+0x3b8/0x930 net/ipv4/udp.c:1979

sk_common_release+0xaf/0x3f0 net/core/sock.c:3820

inet_release+0x1e0/0x260 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:437

inet6_release+0x6f/0xd0 net/ipv6/af_inet6.c:489

__sock_release net/socket.c:658 [inline]

sock_release+0xa0/0x210 net/socket.c:686

cleanup_bearer+0x42d/0x4c0 net/tipc/udp_media.c:819

process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]

process_scheduled_works+0xcaf/0x1c90 kernel/workqueue.c:3310

worker_thread+0xf6c/0x1510 kernel/workqueue.c:3391

kthread+0x531/0x6b0 kernel/kthread.c:389

ret_from_fork+0x60/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147

ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244

Uninit was created at:

slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2269 [inline]

slab_free mm/slub.c:4580 [inline]

kmem_cache_free+0x207/0xc40 mm/slub.c:4682

net_free net/core/net_namespace.c:454 [inline]

cleanup_net+0x16f2/0x19d0 net/core/net_namespace.c:647

process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]

process_scheduled_works+0xcaf/0x1c90 kernel/workqueue.c:3310

worker_thread+0xf6c/0x1510 kernel/workqueue.c:3391

kthread+0x531/0x6b0 kernel/kthread.c:389

ret_from_fork+0x60/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147

ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 54 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc1-00131-gf66ebf37d69c #7 91723d6f74857f70725e1583cba3cf4adc716cfa

Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014

Workqueue: events cleanup_bearer

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2024-56642 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.2.0 up to 6.12.5)
  • linux-kernel

Timeline and source

Published on 27 December 2024 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

Other advisories for this package

kernel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

CVE-2024-56642 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity High
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-12-27
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.2.0 6.12.5
linux-kernel — —

References

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