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CVE-2024-41006

Disclosure Date: July 12, 2024 •
CVE-2024-41006 CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5
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Description

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

netrom: Fix a memory leak in nr_heartbeat_expiry()

syzbot reported a memory leak in nr_create() 0.

Commit 409db27e3a2e (“netrom: Fix use-after-free of a listening socket.”)
added sock_hold() to the nr_heartbeat_expiry() function, where
a) a socket has a SOCK_DESTROY flag or
b) a listening socket has a SOCK_DEAD flag.

But in the case “a,” when the SOCK_DESTROY flag is set, the file descriptor
has already been closed and the nr_release() function has been called.
So it makes no sense to hold the reference count because no one will
call another nr_destroy_socket() and put it as in the case “b.”

nr_connect
nr_establish_data_link

nr_start_heartbeat

nr_release
switch (nr->state)
case NR_STATE_3

nr->state = NR_STATE_2
sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DESTROY);

                    nr_rx_frame
                      nr_process_rx_frame
                        switch (nr->state)
                        case NR_STATE_2
                          nr_state2_machine()
                            nr_disconnect()
                              nr_sk(sk)->state = NR_STATE_0
                              sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)

                    nr_heartbeat_expiry
                      switch (nr->state)
                      case NR_STATE_0
                        if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DESTROY) ||
                           (sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN
                             && sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)))
                           sock_hold()  // ( !!! )
                           nr_destroy_socket()

To fix the memory leak, let’s call sock_hold() only for a listening socket.

Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center
(linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

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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

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
Linux d616876256b3
Linux e07a9c2a850c
Linux 5391f9db2cab
Linux 280cf1173726
Linux a02fd5d775cf
Linux b6ebe4fed73e
Linux not down converted
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • linux

Products

  • linux kernel,
  • linux kernel 6.10
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