CVE-2024-56655
netfilter: nf_tables: do not defer rule destruction via call_rcu
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: do not defer rule destruction via call_rcu
nf_tables_chain_destroy can sleep, it can't be used from call_rcu
callbacks.
Moreover, nf_tables_rule_release() is only safe for error unwinding,
while transaction mutex is held and the to-be-desroyed rule was not
exposed to either dataplane or dumps, as it deactives+frees without
the required synchronize_rcu() in-between.
nft_rule_expr_deactivate() callbacks will change ->use counters
of other chains/sets, see e.g. nft_lookup .deactivate callback, these
must be serialized via transaction mutex.
Also add a few lockdep asserts to make this more explicit.
Calling synchronize_rcu() isn't ideal, but fixing this without is hard
and way more intrusive. As-is, we can get:
WARNING: .. net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:5515 nft_set_destroy+0x..
Workqueue: events nf_tables_trans_destroy_work
RIP: 0010:nft_set_destroy+0x3fe/0x5c0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x6b7/0xad0
process_one_work+0x64a/0xce0
worker_thread+0x613/0x10d0
In case the synchronize_rcu becomes an issue, we can explore alternatives.
One way would be to allocate nft_trans_rule objects + one nft_trans_chain
object, deactivate the rules + the chain and then defer the freeing to the
nft destroy workqueue. We'd still need to keep the synchronize_rcu path as
a fallback to handle -ENOMEM corner cases though.
CVSS Scores
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Timeline
- 2024-12-27 CVE Reserved
- 2024-12-27 CVE Published
- 2024-12-27 CVE Updated
- 2024-12-28 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
References (6)
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfd05c68e4c6320304e9f371ffa356b6e4b9cc53 | Vuln. Introduced | |
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c03d278fdf35e73dd0ec543b9b556876b9d9a8dc | Vuln. Introduced | |
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb401e5799e0acacb405f2128097e9c4ccf82f8a | Vuln. Introduced |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.6.61 < 6.6.67 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.6.61 < 6.6.67" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.12 < 6.12.6 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.12 < 6.12.6" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.12 < 6.13-rc3 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.12 < 6.13-rc3" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | 6.11.8 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "6.11.8" | en |
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