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🛡️ CVE-2024-57802 — kernel

🔴 CVSS 9.4 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
9.4
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

netrom: check buffer length before accessing it

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

netrom: check buffer length before accessing it

Syzkaller reports an uninit value read from ax25cmp when sending raw message

through ieee802154 implementation.

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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ax25cmp+0x3a5/0x460 net/ax25/ax25_addr.c:119

ax25cmp+0x3a5/0x460 net/ax25/ax25_addr.c:119

nr_dev_get+0x20e/0x450 net/netrom/nr_route.c:601

nr_route_frame+0x1a2/0xfc0 net/netrom/nr_route.c:774

nr_xmit+0x5a/0x1c0 net/netrom/nr_dev.c:144

__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4940 [inline]

netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4954 [inline]

xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3548 [inline]

dev_hard_start_xmit+0x247/0xa10 net/core/dev.c:3564

__dev_queue_xmit+0x33b8/0x5130 net/core/dev.c:4349

dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3134 [inline]

raw_sendmsg+0x654/0xc10 net/ieee802154/socket.c:299

ieee802154_sock_sendmsg+0x91/0xc0 net/ieee802154/socket.c:96

sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]

__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]

____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 net/socket.c:2584

___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2638

__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2667 [inline]

__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2676 [inline]

__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2674 [inline]

__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x490 net/socket.c:2674

do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]

do_syscall_64+0x44/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b

Uninit was created at:

slab_post_alloc_hook+0x129/0xa70 mm/slab.h:768

slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline]

kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x5e9/0xb10 mm/slub.c:3523

kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:560

__alloc_skb+0x318/0x740 net/core/skbuff.c:651

alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1286 [inline]

alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc8/0xbd0 net/core/skbuff.c:6334

sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xa80/0xbf0 net/core/sock.c:2780

sock_alloc_send_skb include/net/sock.h:1884 [inline]

raw_sendmsg+0x36d/0xc10 net/ieee802154/socket.c:282

ieee802154_sock_sendmsg+0x91/0xc0 net/ieee802154/socket.c:96

sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]

__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]

____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 net/socket.c:2584

___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2638

__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2667 [inline]

__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2676 [inline]

__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2674 [inline]

__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x490 net/socket.c:2674

do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]

do_syscall_64+0x44/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b

CPU: 0 PID: 5037 Comm: syz-executor166 Not tainted 6.7.0-rc7-syzkaller-00003-gfbafc3e621c3 #0

Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/17/2023

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This issue occurs because the skb buffer is too small, and it's actual

allocation is aligned. This hides an actual issue, which is that nr_route_frame

does not validate the buffer size before using it.

Fix this issue by checking skb->len before accessing any fields in skb->data.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no 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 low, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

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

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • 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: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2024-57802 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.7.0 up to 6.12.9)
  • linux-kernel

Timeline and source

Published on 15 January 2025 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-2024-57802 on other distributions

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

Details

Severity Critical
CVSS Score 9.4
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-01-15
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.7.0 6.12.9
linux-kernel — —

References

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