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CVE-2024-47678

icmp: change the order of rate limits

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Descriptions

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

icmp: change the order of rate limits

ICMP messages are ratelimited :

After the blamed commits, the two rate limiters are applied in this order:

1) host wide ratelimit (icmp_global_allow())

2) Per destination ratelimit (inetpeer based)

In order to avoid side-channels attacks, we need to apply
the per destination check first.

This patch makes the following change :

1) icmp_global_allow() checks if the host wide limit is reached.
But credits are not yet consumed. This is deferred to 3)

2) The per destination limit is checked/updated.
This might add a new node in inetpeer tree.

3) icmp_global_consume() consumes tokens if prior operations succeeded.

This means that host wide ratelimit is still effective
in keeping inetpeer tree small even under DDOS.

As a bonus, I removed icmp_global.lock as the fast path
can use a lock-free operation.

*Credits: N/A
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Timeline
  • 2024-09-30 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-10-21 CVE Published
  • 2024-10-21 CVE Updated
  • ---------- EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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>= 3.18 < 6.1.113
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Linux
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>= 3.18 < 6.6.54
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 3.18 < 6.10.13
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Linux
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>= 3.18 < 6.11.2
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Linux
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>= 3.18 < 6.12-rc1
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