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CVE-2024-46858

Disclosure Date: September 27, 2024 •
CVE-2024-46858 CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.0
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Description

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

mptcp: pm: Fix uaf in __timer_delete_sync

There are two paths to access mptcp_pm_del_add_timer, result in a race
condition:

 CPU1				CPU2
 ====                               ====
 net_rx_action
 napi_poll                          netlink_sendmsg
 __napi_poll                        netlink_unicast
 process_backlog                    netlink_unicast_kernel
 __netif_receive_skb                genl_rcv
 __netif_receive_skb_one_core       netlink_rcv_skb
 NF_HOOK                            genl_rcv_msg
 ip_local_deliver_finish            genl_family_rcv_msg
 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu            genl_family_rcv_msg_doit
 tcp_v4_rcv                         mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit
 tcp_v4_do_rcv                      mptcp_nl_remove_addrs_list
 tcp_rcv_established                mptcp_pm_remove_addrs_and_subflows
 tcp_data_queue                     remove_anno_list_by_saddr
 mptcp_incoming_options             mptcp_pm_del_add_timer
 mptcp_pm_del_add_timer             kfree(entry)

In remove_anno_list_by_saddr(running on CPU2), after leaving the critical
zone protected by “pm.lock”, the entry will be released, which leads to the
occurrence of uaf in the mptcp_pm_del_add_timer(running on CPU1).

Keeping a reference to add_timer inside the lock, and calling
sk_stop_timer_sync() with this reference, instead of “entry->add_timer”.

Move list_del(&entry->list) to mptcp_pm_del_add_timer and inside the pm lock,
do not directly access any members of the entry outside the pm lock, which
can avoid similar “entry->x” uaf.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
7.0 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
1
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
High
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 0e7814b028cd
Linux not down converted
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • linux

Products

  • linux kernel,
  • linux kernel 6.11
Technical Analysis