Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2024-36489

Disclosure Date: June 21, 2024
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Description

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

tls: fix missing memory barrier in tls_init

In tlsinit(), a write memory barrier is missing, and store-store
reordering may cause NULL dereference in tls
{setsockopt,getsockopt}.

CPU0 CPU1


// In tls_init()
// In tls_ctx_create()
ctx = kzalloc()
ctx->sk_proto = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_prot) –(1)

// In update_sk_prot()
WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_prot, tls_prots) –(2)

                               // In sock_common_setsockopt()
                               READ_ONCE(sk->sk_prot)->setsockopt()

                               // In tls_{setsockopt,getsockopt}()
                               ctx->sk_proto->setsockopt()    -(3)

In the above scenario, when (1) and (2) are reordered, (3) can observe
the NULL value of ctx->sk_proto, causing NULL dereference.

To fix it, we rely on rcu_assign_pointer() which implies the release
barrier semantic. By moving rcu_assign_pointer() after ctx->sk_proto is
initialized, we can ensure that ctx->sk_proto are visible when
changing sk->sk_prot.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • linux

Products

  • linux kernel
Technical Analysis