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
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.
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
CVE-2024-56642 is recorded against 2 packages.
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.
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)
kernel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| kernel | 6.2.0 | 6.12.5 |
| linux-kernel | — | — |
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