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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Aug 17, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 30, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

sched: act_ct: take care of padding in struct zones_ht_key

Blamed commit increased lookup key size from 2 bytes to 16 bytes,
because zones_ht_key got a struct net pointer.

Make sure rhashtable_lookup() is not using the padding bytes
which are not initialized.

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in rht_ptr_rcu include/linux/rhashtable.h:376 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:607 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:646 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in rhashtable_lookup_fast include/linux/rhashtable.h:672 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in tcf_ct_flow_table_get+0x611/0x2260 net/sched/act_ct.c:329
rht_ptr_rcu include/linux/rhashtable.h:376 [inline]
__rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:607 [inline]
rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:646 [inline]
rhashtable_lookup_fast include/linux/rhashtable.h:672 [inline]
tcf_ct_flow_table_get+0x611/0x2260 net/sched/act_ct.c:329
tcf_ct_init+0xa67/0x2890 net/sched/act_ct.c:1408
tcf_action_init_1+0x6cc/0xb30 net/sched/act_api.c:1425
tcf_action_init+0x458/0xf00 net/sched/act_api.c:1488
tcf_action_add net/sched/act_api.c:2061 [inline]
tc_ctl_action+0x4be/0x19d0 net/sched/act_api.c:2118
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x12fc/0x1410 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6647
netlink_rcv_skb+0x375/0x650 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550
rtnetlink_rcv+0x34/0x40 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6665
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1331 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0xf52/0x1260 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1357
netlink_sendmsg+0x10da/0x11e0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1901
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:745
____sys_sendmsg+0x877/0xb60 net/socket.c:2597
___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2651
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2680 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2689 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2687 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x4a0 net/socket.c:2687
x64_sys_call+0x2dd6/0x3c10 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:47
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Local variable key created at:
tcf_ct_flow_table_get+0x4a/0x2260 net/sched/act_ct.c:324
tcf_ct_init+0xa67/0x2890 net/sched/act_ct.c:1408

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 17, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 17, 2024
Last updated Sep 30, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-42272

GHSA ID

GHSA-cfx8-vqq2-xr93

Source code

No known source code

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