dccp: Fix memory leak in dccp_feat_change_recv
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dccp: Fix memory leak in dccp_feat_change_recv
If dccp_feat_push_confirm() fails after new value for SP feature was accepted
without reconciliation ('entry == NULL' branch), memory allocated for that value
with dccp_feat_clone_sp_val() is never freed.
Here is the kmemleak stack for this:
unreferenced object 0xffff88801d4ab488 (size 8):
comm "syz-executor310", pid 1127, jiffies 4295085598 (age 41.666s)
hex dump (first 8 bytes):
01 b4 4a 1d 80 88 ff ff ..J.....
backtrace:
[<00000000db7cabfe>] kmemdup+0x23/0x50 mm/util.c:128
[<0000000019b38405>] kmemdup include/linux/string.h:465 [inline]
[<0000000019b38405>] dccp_feat_clone_sp_val net/dccp/feat.c:371 [inline]
[<0000000019b38405>] dccp_feat_clone_sp_val net/dccp/feat.c:367 [inline]
[<0000000019b38405>] dccp_feat_change_recv net/dccp/feat.c:1145 [inline]
[<0000000019b38405>] dccp_feat_parse_options+0x1196/0x2180 net/dccp/feat.c:1416
[<00000000b1f6d94a>] dccp_parse_options+0xa2a/0x1260 net/dccp/options.c:125
[<0000000030d7b621>] dccp_rcv_state_process+0x197/0x13d0 net/dccp/input.c:650
[<000000001f74c72e>] dccp_v4_do_rcv+0xf9/0x1a0 net/dccp/ipv4.c:688
[<00000000a6c24128>] sk_backlog_rcv include/net/sock.h:1041 [inline]
[<00000000a6c24128>] __release_sock+0x139/0x3b0 net/core/sock.c:2570
[<00000000cf1f3a53>] release_sock+0x54/0x1b0 net/core/sock.c:3111
[<000000008422fa23>] inet_wait_for_connect net/ipv4/af_inet.c:603 [inline]
[<000000008422fa23>] __inet_stream_connect+0x5d0/0xf70 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:696
[<0000000015b6f64d>] inet_stream_connect+0x53/0xa0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:735
[<0000000010122488>] __sys_connect_file+0x15c/0x1a0 net/socket.c:1865
[<00000000b4b70023>] __sys_connect+0x165/0x1a0 net/socket.c:1882
[<00000000f4cb3815>] __do_sys_connect net/socket.c:1892 [inline]
[<00000000f4cb3815>] __se_sys_connect net/socket.c:1889 [inline]
[<00000000f4cb3815>] __x64_sys_connect+0x6e/0xb0 net/socket.c:1889
[<00000000e7b1e839>] do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
[<0000000055e91434>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0xd1
Clean up the allocated memory in case of dccp_feat_push_confirm() failure
and bail out with an error reset code.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
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 none, integrity none, availability high.
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2024-56643 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:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| kernel | 6.7.0 | 6.12.5 |
| linux-kernel | — | — |
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