CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-36489
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-06-21
- Last modified
- 2026-10-15
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tls: fix missing memory barrier in tls_init
In tls_init(), a write memory barrier is missing, and store-store
reordering may cause NULL dereference in tls_{setsockopt,getsockopt}.
CPU0 CPU1
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// In tls_init()
// In tls_ctx_create()
ctx = kzalloc()
ctx->sk_proto = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_prot) -(1)
// In update_sk_prot()
WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_prot, tls_prots) -(2)
// In sock_common_setsockopt()
READ_ONCE(sk->sk_prot)->setsockopt()
// In tls_{setsockopt,getsockopt}()
ctx->sk_proto->setsockopt() -(3)
In the above scenario, when (1) and (2) are reordered, (3) can observe
the NULL value of ctx->sk_proto, causing NULL dereference.
To fix it, we rely on rcu_assign_pointer() which implies the release
barrier semantic. By moving rcu_assign_pointer() after ctx->sk_proto is
initialized, we can ensure that ctx->sk_proto are visible when
changing sk->sk_prot.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.7 < 5.10.219)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.161)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.93)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.33)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.9.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c260a24cf1c4d30ea3646124f766ee46169280b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/335c8f1566d8e44c384d16b450a18554896d4e8b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91e61dd7a0af660408e87372d8330ceb218be302 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab67c2fd3d070a21914d0c31319d3858ab4e199c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d72e126e9a36d3d33889829df8fc90100bb0e071 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef21007a7b581c7fe64d5a10c320880a033c837b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c260a24cf1c4d30ea3646124f766ee46169280b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/335c8f1566d8e44c384d16b450a18554896d4e8b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91e61dd7a0af660408e87372d8330ceb218be302 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab67c2fd3d070a21914d0c31319d3858ab4e199c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d72e126e9a36d3d33889829df8fc90100bb0e071 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef21007a7b581c7fe64d5a10c320880a033c837b Patch
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