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CVE-2024-40960— ipv6: prevent possible NULL dereference in rt6_probe()

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Affected
Linux Linux
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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 ipv6 组件在 rt6_probe 函数中可能存在空指针取消引用。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Moderate EPSS 0.27% · P18

Affected Version Matrix 18

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5< f0cda984e4e634b221dbf9642b8ecc5b4806b41e affected
52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5< d66fc4826127c82f99c4033380f8e93833d331c7 affected
52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5< 1ed9849fdf9a1a617129346b11d2094ca26828dc affected
52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5< 569c9d9ea6648d099187527b93982f406ddcebc0 affected
52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5< 51ee2f7c30790799d0ec30c0ce0c743e58f046f2 affected
52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5< 73e7c8ca6ad76f29b2c99c20845a6f3b203ff0c6 affected
52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5< 6eed6d3cd19ff3cfa83aeceed86da14abaf7417b affected
52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5< b86762dbe19a62e785c189f313cda5b989931f37 affected
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Vulnerability Title
ipv6: prevent possible NULL dereference in rt6_probe()
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent possible NULL dereference in rt6_probe() syzbot caught a NULL dereference in rt6_probe() [1] Bail out if __in6_dev_get() returns NULL. [1] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc00000000cb: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000658-0x000000000000065f] CPU: 1 PID: 22444 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.10.0-rc2-syzkaller-00383-gb8481381d4e2 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/02/2024 RIP: 0010:rt6_probe net/ipv6/route.c:656 [inline] RIP: 0010:find_match+0x8c4/0xf50 net/ipv6/route.c:758 Code: 14 fd f7 48 8b 85 38 ff ff ff 48 c7 45 b0 00 00 00 00 48 8d b8 5c 06 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 14 02 48 89 f8 83 e0 07 83 c0 03 38 d0 7c 08 84 d2 0f 85 19 RSP: 0018:ffffc900034af070 EFLAGS: 00010203 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffc90004521000 RDX: 00000000000000cb RSI: ffffffff8990d0cd RDI: 000000000000065c RBP: ffffc900034af150 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: 000000000000000a R13: 1ffff92000695e18 R14: ffff8880244a1d20 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f4844a5a6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9300000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000001b31b27000 CR3: 000000002d42c000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> rt6_nh_find_match+0xfa/0x1a0 net/ipv6/route.c:784 nexthop_for_each_fib6_nh+0x26d/0x4a0 net/ipv4/nexthop.c:1496 __find_rr_leaf+0x6e7/0xe00 net/ipv6/route.c:825 find_rr_leaf net/ipv6/route.c:853 [inline] rt6_select net/ipv6/route.c:897 [inline] fib6_table_lookup+0x57e/0xa30 net/ipv6/route.c:2195 ip6_pol_route+0x1cd/0x1150 net/ipv6/route.c:2231 pol_lookup_func include/net/ip6_fib.h:616 [inline] fib6_rule_lookup+0x386/0x720 net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c:121 ip6_route_output_flags_noref net/ipv6/route.c:2639 [inline] ip6_route_output_flags+0x1d0/0x640 net/ipv6/route.c:2651 ip6_dst_lookup_tail.constprop.0+0x961/0x1760 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1147 ip6_dst_lookup_flow+0x99/0x1d0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1250 rawv6_sendmsg+0xdab/0x4340 net/ipv6/raw.c:898 inet_sendmsg+0x119/0x140 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:853 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline] sock_write_iter+0x4b8/0x5c0 net/socket.c:1160 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:497 [inline] vfs_write+0x6b6/0x1140 fs/read_write.c:590 ksys_write+0x1f8/0x260 fs/read_write.c:643 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
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 ipv6 组件在 rt6_probe 函数中可能存在空指针取消引用。
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

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Linux Linux 52e1635631b342803aecaf81a362c1464e3da2e5 ~ f0cda984e4e634b221dbf9642b8ecc5b4806b41e -
Linux Linux 2.6.17 -

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Other References for CVE-2024-40960 (8)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2024-07-12 · 122 CVEs total

CVE-2024-40937 9.8 CRITICAL gve: Clear napi->skb before dev_kfree_skb_any()
CVE-2024-40907 9.8 CRITICAL ionic: fix kernel panic in XDP_TX action
CVE-2024-40999 9.8 CRITICAL net: ena: Add validation for completion descriptors consistency
CVE-2024-40923 9.8 CRITICAL vmxnet3: disable rx data ring on dma allocation failure
CVE-2024-40983 9.8 CRITICAL tipc: force a dst refcount before doing decryption
CVE-2024-40910 8.8 HIGH ax25: Fix refcount imbalance on inbound connections
CVE-2024-40911 8.8 HIGH wifi: cfg80211: Lock wiphy in cfg80211_get_station
CVE-2024-40941 8.1 HIGH wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't read past the mfuart notifcation
CVE-2024-40953 7.9 HIGH KVM: Fix a data race on last_boosted_vcpu in kvm_vcpu_on_spin()
CVE-2024-40947 7.8 HIGH ima: Avoid blocking in RCU read-side critical section
CVE-2024-39495 7.8 HIGH greybus: Fix use-after-free bug in gb_interface_release due to race condition.
CVE-2024-40909 7.8 HIGH bpf: Fix a potential use-after-free in bpf_link_free()
CVE-2024-40949 7.8 HIGH mm: shmem: fix getting incorrect lruvec when replacing a shmem folio
CVE-2024-40991 7.8 HIGH dmaengine: ti: k3-udma-glue: Fix of_k3_udma_glue_parse_chn_by_id()
CVE-2024-40990 7.8 HIGH RDMA/mlx5: Add check for srq max_sge attribute
CVE-2024-40989 7.8 HIGH KVM: arm64: Disassociate vcpus from redistributor region on teardown
CVE-2024-40925 7.8 HIGH block: fix request.queuelist usage in flush
CVE-2024-40984 7.8 HIGH ACPICA: Revert "ACPICA: avoid Info: mapping multiple BARs. Your kernel is fine."
CVE-2024-40924 7.8 HIGH drm/i915/dpt: Make DPT object unshrinkable
CVE-2024-40970 7.8 HIGH Avoid hw_desc array overrun in dw-axi-dmac

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