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CVE-2024-50261

Disclosure Date: November 09, 2024 •
CVE-2024-50261 CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8
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Description

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

macsec: Fix use-after-free while sending the offloading packet

KASAN reports the following UAF. The metadata_dst, which is used to
store the SCI value for macsec offload, is already freed by
metadata_dst_free() in macsec_free_netdev(), while driver still use it
for sending the packet.

To fix this issue, dst_release() is used instead to release
metadata_dst. So it is not freed instantly in macsec_free_netdev() if
still referenced by skb.

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mlx5e_xmit+0x1e8f/0x4190 [mlx5_core]
Read of size 2 at addr ffff88813e42e038 by task kworker/7:2/714
[…]
Workqueue: mld mld_ifc_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x51/0x60
print_report+0xc1/0x600
kasan_report+0xab/0xe0
mlx5e_xmit+0x1e8f/0x4190 [mlx5_core]
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x120/0x530
sch_direct_xmit+0x149/0x11e0
__qdisc_run+0x3ad/0x1730
__dev_queue_xmit+0x1196/0x2ed0
vlan_dev_hard_start_xmit+0x32e/0x510 [8021q]
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x120/0x530
__dev_queue_xmit+0x14a7/0x2ed0
macsec_start_xmit+0x13e9/0x2340
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x120/0x530
__dev_queue_xmit+0x14a7/0x2ed0
ip6_finish_output2+0x923/0x1a70
ip6_finish_output+0x2d7/0x970
ip6_output+0x1ce/0x3a0
NF_HOOK.constprop.0+0x15f/0x190
mld_sendpack+0x59a/0xbd0
mld_ifc_work+0x48a/0xa80
process_one_work+0x5aa/0xe50
worker_thread+0x79c/0x1290
kthread+0x28f/0x350
ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x70
ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20
</TASK>

Allocated by task 3922:
kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40
kasan_save_track+0x10/0x30
__kasan_kmalloc+0x77/0x90
__kmalloc_noprof+0x188/0x400
metadata_dst_alloc+0x1f/0x4e0
macsec_newlink+0x914/0x1410
__rtnl_newlink+0xe08/0x15b0
rtnl_newlink+0x5f/0x90
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x667/0xa80
netlink_rcv_skb+0x12c/0x360
netlink_unicast+0x551/0x770
netlink_sendmsg+0x72d/0xbd0
__sock_sendmsg+0xc5/0x190
____sys_sendmsg+0x52e/0x6a0
___sys_sendmsg+0xeb/0x170
__sys_sendmsg+0xb5/0x140
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0x100
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53

Freed by task 4011:
kasan_save_stack+0x20/0x40
kasan_save_track+0x10/0x30
kasan_save_free_info+0x37/0x50
poison_slab_object+0x10c/0x190
__kasan_slab_free+0x11/0x30
kfree+0xe0/0x290
macsec_free_netdev+0x3f/0x140
netdev_run_todo+0x450/0xc70
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x66f/0xa80
netlink_rcv_skb+0x12c/0x360
netlink_unicast+0x551/0x770
netlink_sendmsg+0x72d/0xbd0
__sock_sendmsg+0xc5/0x190
____sys_sendmsg+0x52e/0x6a0
___sys_sendmsg+0xeb/0x170
__sys_sendmsg+0xb5/0x140
do_syscall_64+0x4c/0x100
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
7.8 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
Linux 872932cf75cf
Linux not down converted
Prerequisites
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Discovered By
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PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

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