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CVE-2023-52574

team: fix null-ptr-deref when team device type is changed

Severity Score

4.4
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

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

team: fix null-ptr-deref when team device type is changed

Get a null-ptr-deref bug as follows with reproducer [1].

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000228
...
RIP: 0010:vlan_dev_hard_header+0x35/0x140 [8021q]
...
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? __die+0x24/0x70
? page_fault_oops+0x82/0x150
? exc_page_fault+0x69/0x150
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
? vlan_dev_hard_header+0x35/0x140 [8021q]
? vlan_dev_hard_header+0x8e/0x140 [8021q]
neigh_connected_output+0xb2/0x100
ip6_finish_output2+0x1cb/0x520
? nf_hook_slow+0x43/0xc0
? ip6_mtu+0x46/0x80
ip6_finish_output+0x2a/0xb0
mld_sendpack+0x18f/0x250
mld_ifc_work+0x39/0x160
process_one_work+0x1e6/0x3f0
worker_thread+0x4d/0x2f0
? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
kthread+0xe5/0x120
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30

[1]
$ teamd -t team0 -d -c '{"runner": {"name": "loadbalance"}}'
$ ip link add name t-dummy type dummy
$ ip link add link t-dummy name t-dummy.100 type vlan id 100
$ ip link add name t-nlmon type nlmon
$ ip link set t-nlmon master team0
$ ip link set t-nlmon nomaster
$ ip link set t-dummy up
$ ip link set team0 up
$ ip link set t-dummy.100 down
$ ip link set t-dummy.100 master team0

When enslave a vlan device to team device and team device type is changed
from non-ether to ether, header_ops of team device is changed to
vlan_header_ops. That is incorrect and will trigger null-ptr-deref
for vlan->real_dev in vlan_dev_hard_header() because team device is not
a vlan device.

Cache eth_header_ops in team_setup(), then assign cached header_ops to
header_ops of team net device when its type is changed from non-ether
to ether to fix the bug.

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in drivers/net/team/team.c in the Linux kernel.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-03-02 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-03-02 CVE Published
  • 2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-12-19 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 3.7 < 4.14.327
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Linux
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>= 3.7 < 4.19.296
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Linux
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>= 3.7 < 5.4.258
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Linux
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>= 3.7 < 5.10.198
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Linux
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>= 3.7 < 5.15.134
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Linux
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>= 3.7 < 6.1.56
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Linux
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>= 3.7 < 6.5.6
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Linux
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>= 3.7 < 6.6
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