CVE-2024-50257

HIGH EPSS 17.0%
Published Nov 9, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Nov 9, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: Fix use-after-free in get_info() ip6table_nat module unload has refcnt warning for UAF. call trace is: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 379 at kernel/module/main.c:853 module_put+0x6f/0x80 Modules linked in: ip6table_nat(-) CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 379 Comm: ip6tables Not tainted 6.12.0-rc4-00047-gc2ee9f594da8-dirty #205 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:module_put+0x6f/0x80 Call Trace: <TASK> get_info+0x128/0x180 do_ip6t_get_ctl+0x6a/0x430 nf_getsockopt+0x46/0x80 ipv6_getsockopt+0xb9/0x100 rawv6_getsockopt+0x42/0x190 do_sock_getsockopt+0xaa/0x180 __sys_getsockopt+0x70/0xc0 __x64_sys_getsockopt+0x20/0x30 do_syscall_64+0xa2/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Concurrent execution of module unload and get_info() trigered the warning. The root cause is as follows: cpu0 cpu1 module_exit //mod->state = MODULE_STATE_GOING ip6table_nat_exit xt_unregister_template kfree(t) //removed from templ_list getinfo() t = xt_find_table_lock list_for_each_entry(tmpl, &xt_templates[af]...) if (strcmp(tmpl->name, name)) continue; //table not found try_module_get list_for_each_entry(t, &xt_net->tables[af]...) return t; //not get refcnt module_put(t->me) //uaf unregister_pernet_subsys //remove table from xt_net list While xt_table module was going away and has been removed from xt_templates list, we couldnt get refcnt of xt_table->me. Check module in xt_net->tables list re-traversal to fix it.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
17.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-416 Use After Free Memory Safety

Affected Products 9

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.15  –  <5.15.171
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.116
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.60
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.11.7
linuxlinux_kernel6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel6.12any
linuxlinux_kernel6.12any

References 6

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a1f088f9807f5166f58902d26246d0b88da03a8
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba22ea01348384df19cc1fabc7964be6e7189749
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bab3bb35c03b263c486833d50d50c081d9e9832b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb7c388b5967946f097afdb759b7c860305f2d96
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f48d258f0ac540f00fa617dac496c4c18b5dc2fa
    Patch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a1f088f9807f5166f58902d26246d0b88da03a8
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba22ea01348384df19cc1fabc7964be6e7189749
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bab3bb35c03b263c486833d50d50c081d9e9832b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb7c388b5967946f097afdb759b7c860305f2d96
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f48d258f0ac540f00fa617dac496c4c18b5dc2fa
    Patch