CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-41006
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-07-12
- 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-401
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netrom: Fix a memory leak in nr_heartbeat_expiry()
syzbot reported a memory leak in nr_create() [0].
Commit 409db27e3a2e ("netrom: Fix use-after-free of a listening socket.")
added sock_hold() to the nr_heartbeat_expiry() function, where
a) a socket has a SOCK_DESTROY flag or
b) a listening socket has a SOCK_DEAD flag.
But in the case "a," when the SOCK_DESTROY flag is set, the file descriptor
has already been closed and the nr_release() function has been called.
So it makes no sense to hold the reference count because no one will
call another nr_destroy_socket() and put it as in the case "b."
nr_connect
nr_establish_data_link
nr_start_heartbeat
nr_release
switch (nr->state)
case NR_STATE_3
nr->state = NR_STATE_2
sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DESTROY);
nr_rx_frame
nr_process_rx_frame
switch (nr->state)
case NR_STATE_2
nr_state2_machine()
nr_disconnect()
nr_sk(sk)->state = NR_STATE_0
sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)
nr_heartbeat_expiry
switch (nr->state)
case NR_STATE_0
if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DESTROY) ||
(sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN
&& sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)))
sock_hold() // ( !!! )
nr_destroy_socket()
To fix the memory leak, let's call sock_hold() only for a listening socket.
Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center
(linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
[0]: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d327a1f3b12e1e206c16
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.19.272 < 4.19.317)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.4.231 < 5.4.279)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.10.166 < 5.10.221)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.15.91 < 5.15.162)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.1.9 < 6.1.96)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.36)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.9.7)
• linux linux kernel 6.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b9130247f3b6a1122478471ff0e014ea96bb735 Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/280cf1173726a7059b628c610c71050d5c0b6937 Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5391f9db2cab5ef1cb411be1ab7dbec728078fba Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a02fd5d775cf9787ee7698c797e20f2fa13d2e2b Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6ebe4fed73eedeb73f4540f8edc4871945474c8 Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d377f5a28332954b19e373d36823e59830ab1712 Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d616876256b38ecf9a1a1c7d674192c5346bc69c Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e07a9c2a850cdebf625e7a1b8171bd23a8554313 Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b9130247f3b6a1122478471ff0e014ea96bb735 Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/280cf1173726a7059b628c610c71050d5c0b6937 Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5391f9db2cab5ef1cb411be1ab7dbec728078fba Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a02fd5d775cf9787ee7698c797e20f2fa13d2e2b Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6ebe4fed73eedeb73f4540f8edc4871945474c8 Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d377f5a28332954b19e373d36823e59830ab1712 Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d616876256b38ecf9a1a1c7d674192c5346bc69c Mailing List, Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e07a9c2a850cdebf625e7a1b8171bd23a8554313 Mailing List, Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html lists.debian.org
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html cert-portal.siemens.com
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html cert-portal.siemens.com
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html cert-portal.siemens.com