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CVE-2024-26740

net/sched: act_mirred: use the backlog for mirred ingress

Severity Score

5.5
*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:

net/sched: act_mirred: use the backlog for mirred ingress

The test Davide added in commit ca22da2fbd69 ("act_mirred: use the backlog
for nested calls to mirred ingress") hangs our testing VMs every 10 or so
runs, with the familiar tcp_v4_rcv -> tcp_v4_rcv deadlock reported by
lockdep.

The problem as previously described by Davide (see Link) is that
if we reverse flow of traffic with the redirect (egress -> ingress)
we may reach the same socket which generated the packet. And we may
still be holding its socket lock. The common solution to such deadlocks
is to put the packet in the Rx backlog, rather than run the Rx path
inline. Do that for all egress -> ingress reversals, not just once
we started to nest mirred calls.

In the past there was a concern that the backlog indirection will
lead to loss of error reporting / less accurate stats. But the current
workaround does not seem to address the issue.

En el kernel de Linux, se resolvió la siguiente vulnerabilidad: net/sched: act_mirred: use el trabajo pendiente para el ingreso duplicado. La prueba que Davide agregó en el compromiso ca22da2fbd69 ("act_mirred: use el trabajo pendiente para llamadas anidadas para el ingreso duplicado") bloquea nuestras máquinas virtuales de prueba. aproximadamente cada 10 ejecuciones, con el conocido punto muerto tcp_v4_rcv -> tcp_v4_rcv informado por lockdep. El problema descrito anteriormente por Davide (ver Enlace) es que si invertimos el flujo de tráfico con la redirección (salida -> entrada) podemos llegar al mismo socket que generó el paquete. Y es posible que todavía estemos sosteniendo el bloqueo del enchufe. La solución común a estos puntos muertos es colocar el paquete en el trabajo pendiente de Rx, en lugar de ejecutar la ruta de Rx en línea. Haga eso para todas las reversiones de salida -> entrada, no solo una vez que comenzamos a anidar llamadas reflejadas. En el pasado, existía la preocupación de que la dirección indirecta del trabajo pendiente provocara la pérdida de informes de errores o estadísticas menos precisas. Pero la solución actual no parece solucionar el problema.

A potential deadlock flaw was found in net/sched/act_mirred.c in the Linux kernel. This may lead to compromised Availability.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
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
  • 2024-02-19 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-04-03 CVE Published
  • 2024-04-04 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-09-11 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-833: Deadlock
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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>= 4.10 < 6.6.19
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Linux
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>= 4.10 < 6.7.7
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 4.10 < 6.8
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