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CVE-2024-26896— wifi: wfx: fix memory leak when starting AP

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于内存泄漏。

AI Predicted 3.3 Difficulty: Easy EPSS 0.22% · P12

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1496 · Resource Hijacking

Affected Version Matrix 12

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 268bceec1684932e194ae87877dcc73f534d921c< a1f57a0127b89a6b6620514564aa7eaec16d9af3 affected
268bceec1684932e194ae87877dcc73f534d921c< 3a71ec74e5e3478d202a1874f085ca3ef40be49b affected
268bceec1684932e194ae87877dcc73f534d921c< 12f00a367b2b62756e0396f14b54c2c15524e1c3 affected
268bceec1684932e194ae87877dcc73f534d921c< dadbb5d29d6c5f571a50272fce8c1505a9559487 affected
268bceec1684932e194ae87877dcc73f534d921c< b8cfb7c819dd39965136a66fe3a7fde688d976fc affected
5.10 affected
< 5.10 unaffected
6.1.83≤ 6.1.* unaffected
… +4 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2024-26896

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Vulnerability Title
wifi: wfx: fix memory leak when starting AP
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wfx: fix memory leak when starting AP Kmemleak reported this error: unreferenced object 0xd73d1180 (size 184): comm "wpa_supplicant", pid 1559, jiffies 13006305 (age 964.245s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1e 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<5ca11420>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x20c/0x5ac [<127bdd74>] __alloc_skb+0x144/0x170 [<fb8a5e38>] __netdev_alloc_skb+0x50/0x180 [<0f9fa1d5>] __ieee80211_beacon_get+0x290/0x4d4 [mac80211] [<7accd02d>] ieee80211_beacon_get_tim+0x54/0x18c [mac80211] [<41e25cc3>] wfx_start_ap+0xc8/0x234 [wfx] [<93a70356>] ieee80211_start_ap+0x404/0x6b4 [mac80211] [<a4a661cd>] nl80211_start_ap+0x76c/0x9e0 [cfg80211] [<47bd8b68>] genl_rcv_msg+0x198/0x378 [<453ef796>] netlink_rcv_skb+0xd0/0x130 [<6b7c977a>] genl_rcv+0x34/0x44 [<66b2d04d>] netlink_unicast+0x1b4/0x258 [<f965b9b6>] netlink_sendmsg+0x1e8/0x428 [<aadb8231>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x1e0/0x274 [<d2b5212d>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x80/0xb4 [<69954f45>] __sys_sendmsg+0x64/0xa8 unreferenced object 0xce087000 (size 1024): comm "wpa_supplicant", pid 1559, jiffies 13006305 (age 964.246s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 10 00 07 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...@............ backtrace: [<9a993714>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x230/0x600 [<f83ea192>] kmalloc_reserve.constprop.0+0x30/0x74 [<a2c61343>] __alloc_skb+0xa0/0x170 [<fb8a5e38>] __netdev_alloc_skb+0x50/0x180 [<0f9fa1d5>] __ieee80211_beacon_get+0x290/0x4d4 [mac80211] [<7accd02d>] ieee80211_beacon_get_tim+0x54/0x18c [mac80211] [<41e25cc3>] wfx_start_ap+0xc8/0x234 [wfx] [<93a70356>] ieee80211_start_ap+0x404/0x6b4 [mac80211] [<a4a661cd>] nl80211_start_ap+0x76c/0x9e0 [cfg80211] [<47bd8b68>] genl_rcv_msg+0x198/0x378 [<453ef796>] netlink_rcv_skb+0xd0/0x130 [<6b7c977a>] genl_rcv+0x34/0x44 [<66b2d04d>] netlink_unicast+0x1b4/0x258 [<f965b9b6>] netlink_sendmsg+0x1e8/0x428 [<aadb8231>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x1e0/0x274 [<d2b5212d>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x80/0xb4 However, since the kernel is build optimized, it seems the stack is not accurate. It appears the issue is related to wfx_set_mfp_ap(). The issue is obvious in this function: memory allocated by ieee80211_beacon_get() is never released. Fixing this leak makes kmemleak happy.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于内存泄漏。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 268bceec1684932e194ae87877dcc73f534d921c ~ a1f57a0127b89a6b6620514564aa7eaec16d9af3 -
Linux Linux 5.10 -

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Other References for CVE-2024-26896 (5)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2024-04-17 · 100 CVEs total

CVE-2024-26877 9.8 CRITICAL crypto: xilinx - call finalize with bh disabled
CVE-2024-26853 9.8 CRITICAL igc: avoid returning frame twice in XDP_REDIRECT
CVE-2024-26828 9.4 CRITICAL cifs: fix underflow in parse_server_interfaces()
CVE-2024-26856 8.8 HIGH net: sparx5: Fix use after free inside sparx5_del_mact_entry
CVE-2024-26822 8.7 HIGH smb: client: set correct id, uid and cruid for multiuser automounts
CVE-2024-26830 8.4 HIGH i40e: Do not allow untrusted VF to remove administratively set MAC
CVE-2024-26914 7.8 HIGH drm/amd/display: fix incorrect mpc_combine array size
CVE-2024-26898 7.8 HIGH aoe: fix the potential use-after-free problem in aoecmd_cfg_pkts
CVE-2024-26852 7.8 HIGH net/ipv6: avoid possible UAF in ip6_route_mpath_notify()
CVE-2024-26895 7.8 HIGH wifi: wilc1000: prevent use-after-free on vif when cleaning up all interfaces
CVE-2024-26890 7.8 HIGH Bluetooth: btrtl: fix out of bounds memory access
CVE-2024-26864 7.8 HIGH tcp: Fix refcnt handling in __inet_hash_connect().
CVE-2024-26865 7.8 HIGH rds: tcp: Fix use-after-free of net in reqsk_timer_handler().
CVE-2024-26869 7.8 HIGH f2fs: fix to truncate meta inode pages forcely
CVE-2024-26870 7.8 HIGH NFSv4.2: fix nfs4_listxattr kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102
CVE-2024-26885 7.8 HIGH bpf: Fix DEVMAP_HASH overflow check on 32-bit arches
CVE-2024-26872 7.8 HIGH RDMA/srpt: Do not register event handler until srpt device is fully setup
CVE-2024-26884 7.8 HIGH bpf: Fix hashtab overflow check on 32-bit arches
CVE-2024-26883 7.8 HIGH bpf: Fix stackmap overflow check on 32-bit arches
CVE-2024-26880 7.8 HIGH dm: call the resume method on internal suspend

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