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CVE-2024-36889

mptcp: ensure snd_nxt is properly initialized on connect

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:

mptcp: ensure snd_nxt is properly initialized on connect

Christoph reported a splat hinting at a corrupted snd_una:

WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 38 at net/mptcp/protocol.c:1005 __mptcp_clean_una+0x4b3/0x620 net/mptcp/protocol.c:1005
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 38 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc1-gbbeac67456c9 #59
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.11.0-2.el7 04/01/2014
Workqueue: events mptcp_worker
RIP: 0010:__mptcp_clean_una+0x4b3/0x620 net/mptcp/protocol.c:1005
Code: be 06 01 00 00 bf 06 01 00 00 e8 a8 12 e7 fe e9 00 fe ff ff e8
8e 1a e7 fe 0f b7 ab 3e 02 00 00 e9 d3 fd ff ff e8 7d 1a e7 fe
<0f> 0b 4c 8b bb e0 05 00 00 e9 74 fc ff ff e8 6a 1a e7 fe 0f 0b e9
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000013fd48 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8881029bd280 RCX: ffffffff82382fe4
RDX: ffff8881003cbd00 RSI: ffffffff823833c3 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: fefefefefefefeff R12: ffff888138ba8000
R13: 0000000000000106 R14: ffff8881029bd908 R15: ffff888126560000
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88813bd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f604a5dae38 CR3: 0000000101dac002 CR4: 0000000000170ef0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__mptcp_clean_una_wakeup net/mptcp/protocol.c:1055 [inline]
mptcp_clean_una_wakeup net/mptcp/protocol.c:1062 [inline]
__mptcp_retrans+0x7f/0x7e0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2615
mptcp_worker+0x434/0x740 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2767
process_one_work+0x1e0/0x560 kernel/workqueue.c:3254
process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3335 [inline]
worker_thread+0x3c7/0x640 kernel/workqueue.c:3416
kthread+0x121/0x170 kernel/kthread.c:388
ret_from_fork+0x44/0x50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:243
</TASK>

When fallback to TCP happens early on a client socket, snd_nxt
is not yet initialized and any incoming ack will copy such value
into snd_una. If the mptcp worker (dumbly) tries mptcp-level
re-injection after such ack, that would unconditionally trigger a send
buffer cleanup using 'bad' snd_una values.

We could easily disable re-injection for fallback sockets, but such
dumb behavior already helped catching a few subtle issues and a very
low to zero impact in practice.

Instead address the issue always initializing snd_nxt (and write_seq,
for consistency) at connect time.

En el kernel de Linux, se resolvió la siguiente vulnerabilidad: mptcp: asegúrese de que snd_nxt se inicialice correctamente al conectar Christoph informó un símbolo que indica un snd_una dañado: ADVERTENCIA: CPU: 1 PID: 38 en net/mptcp/protocol.c:1005 __mptcp_clean_una +0x4b3/0x620 net/mptcp/protocol.c:1005 Módulos vinculados en: CPU: 1 PID: 38 Comm: kworker/1:1 No contaminado 6.9.0-rc1-gbbeac67456c9 #59 Nombre del hardware: PC estándar QEMU (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.11.0-2.el7 01/04/2014 Cola de trabajo: eventos mptcp_worker RIP: 0010:__mptcp_clean_una+0x4b3/0x620 net/mptcp/protocol.c:1005 Código: be 06 01 00 00 bf 06 01 00 00 e8 a8 12 e7 fe e9 00 fe ff ff e8 8e 1a e7 fe 0f b7 ab 3e 02 00 00 e9 d3 fd ff ff e8 7d 1a e7 fe &lt;0f&gt; 0b 4c 8b bb e0 05 00 00 e9 74 fc ff ff e8 6a 1a e7 fe 0f 0b e9 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000013fd48 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8881029bd280 RCX: ffffffff82382fe4 RDX: 3cbd00 RSI: ffffffff823833c3 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 00000000000000000 R11: fefefefefefefeff R12 : ffff888138ba8000 R13: 0000000000000106 R14: ffff8881029bd908 R15: ffff888126560000 FS: 00000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88813bd00000(0000) nlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f604a5dae38 CR3: 0000000101dac002 CR4: 0000000000170ef0 Rastreo de llamadas: __mptcp_clean_una_wakeup net/mptcp/protocol.c:1055 [en línea] mptcp_clean_una_wakeup net/mptcp/protocol.c:1062 [en línea] __mptcp_retrans+0x7f/0x7e0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2615 mptcp_worker+0x434/ 0x740 neto/ mptcp/protocol.c:2767 Process_one_work+0x1e0/0x560 kernel/workqueue.c:3254 Process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3335 [en línea] work_thread+0x3c7/0x640 kernel/workqueue.c:3416 kthread+0x121/0x170 kernel/kthread .c:388 ret_from_fork+0x44/0x50 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:243 Cuando el retorno a TCP ocurre temprano en un socket de cliente , snd_nxt aún no está inicializado y cualquier confirmación entrante copiará dicho valor en snd_una. Si el trabajador mptcp (tontamente) intenta la reinyección a nivel de mptcp después de tal confirmación, eso desencadenaría incondicionalmente una sanitización del búfer de envío utilizando valores snd_una 'incorrectos'. Podríamos desactivar fácilmente la reinyección para los sockets de respaldo, pero un comportamiento tan tonto ya ayudó a detectar algunos problemas sutiles y un impacto de muy bajo a cero en la práctica. En su lugar, resuelva el problema siempre inicializando snd_nxt (y write_seq, para mantener la coherencia) en el momento de la conexión.

*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
  • 2024-05-30 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-05-30 CVE Published
  • 2024-05-31 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-12-19 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-665: Improper Initialization
CAPEC
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Linux
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