CVE-2024-40961— ipv6: prevent possible NULL deref in fib6_nh_init()
Affected Version Matrix 16
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 428604fb118facce1309670779a35baf27ad044c< 3200ffeec4d59aad5bc9ca75d2c1fae47c0aeade | affected |
428604fb118facce1309670779a35baf27ad044c< de5ad4d45cd0128a2a37555f48ab69aa19d78adc | affected | ||
428604fb118facce1309670779a35baf27ad044c< 4cdfe813015d5a24586bd0a84fa0fa6eb0a1f668 | affected | ||
428604fb118facce1309670779a35baf27ad044c< 88b9a55e2e35ea846d41f4efdc29d23345bd1aa4 | affected | ||
428604fb118facce1309670779a35baf27ad044c< b6947723c9eabcab58cfb33cdb0a565a6aee6727 | affected | ||
428604fb118facce1309670779a35baf27ad044c< ae8d3d39efe366c2198f530e01e4bf07830bf403 | affected | ||
428604fb118facce1309670779a35baf27ad044c< 2eab4543a2204092c3a7af81d7d6c506e59a03a6 | affected | ||
4.17 | affected | ||
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2024-40961
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
ipv6: prevent possible NULL deref in fib6_nh_init()
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: prevent possible NULL deref in fib6_nh_init() syzbot reminds us that in6_dev_get() can return NULL. fib6_nh_init() ip6_validate_gw( &idev ) ip6_route_check_nh( idev ) *idev = in6_dev_get(dev); // can be NULL Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc00000000bc: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000005e0-0x00000000000005e7] CPU: 0 PID: 11237 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 6.10.0-rc2-syzkaller-00249-gbe27b8965297 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 06/07/2024 RIP: 0010:fib6_nh_init+0x640/0x2160 net/ipv6/route.c:3606 Code: 00 00 fc ff df 4c 8b 64 24 58 48 8b 44 24 28 4c 8b 74 24 30 48 89 c1 48 89 44 24 28 48 8d 98 e0 05 00 00 48 89 d8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 0f b6 04 38 84 c0 0f 85 b3 17 00 00 8b 1b 31 ff 89 de e8 b8 8b RSP: 0018:ffffc900032775a0 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 00000000000000bc RBX: 00000000000005e0 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: ffffc90003277a54 RDI: ffff88802b3a08d8 RBP: ffffc900032778b0 R08: 00000000000002fc R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 00000000000002fc R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88802b3a08b8 R13: 1ffff9200064eec8 R14: ffffc90003277a00 R15: dffffc0000000000 FS: 00007f940feb06c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000000245e8000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> ip6_route_info_create+0x99e/0x12b0 net/ipv6/route.c:3809 ip6_route_add+0x28/0x160 net/ipv6/route.c:3853 ipv6_route_ioctl+0x588/0x870 net/ipv6/route.c:4483 inet6_ioctl+0x21a/0x280 net/ipv6/af_inet6.c:579 sock_do_ioctl+0x158/0x460 net/socket.c:1222 sock_ioctl+0x629/0x8e0 net/socket.c:1341 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f940f07cea9
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
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 组件的 fib6_nh_init 函数未能正确处理 in6_dev_get 函数返回 NULL 的情况。
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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Other References for CVE-2024-40961 (7)
Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2024-07-12 · 122 CVEs total
| CVE-2024-40959 | xfrm6: check ip6_dst_idev() return value in xfrm6_get_saddr() | |
| CVE-2024-40975 | platform/x86: x86-android-tablets: Unregister devices in reverse order | |
| CVE-2024-40974 | powerpc/pseries: Enforce hcall result buffer validity and size | |
| CVE-2024-40973 | media: mtk-vcodec: potential null pointer deference in SCP | |
| CVE-2024-40972 | ext4: do not create EA inode under buffer lock | |
| CVE-2024-40970 | Avoid hw_desc array overrun in dw-axi-dmac | |
| CVE-2024-40971 | f2fs: remove clear SB_INLINECRYPT flag in default_options | |
| CVE-2024-40969 | f2fs: don't set RO when shutting down f2fs | |
| CVE-2024-40967 | serial: imx: Introduce timeout when waiting on transmitter empty | |
| CVE-2024-40968 | MIPS: Octeon: Add PCIe link status check | |
| CVE-2024-40966 | tty: add the option to have a tty reject a new ldisc | |
| CVE-2024-40965 | i2c: lpi2c: Avoid calling clk_get_rate during transfer | |
| CVE-2024-40964 | ALSA: hda: cs35l41: Possible null pointer dereference in cs35l41_hda_unbind() | |
| CVE-2024-40963 | mips: bmips: BCM6358: make sure CBR is correctly set | |
| CVE-2024-40962 | btrfs: zoned: allocate dummy checksums for zoned NODATASUM writes | |
| CVE-2024-40960 | ipv6: prevent possible NULL dereference in rt6_probe() | |
| CVE-2024-40950 | mm: huge_memory: fix misused mapping_large_folio_support() for anon folios | |
| CVE-2024-40949 | mm: shmem: fix getting incorrect lruvec when replacing a shmem folio | |
| CVE-2024-40947 | ima: Avoid blocking in RCU read-side critical section | |
| CVE-2024-40951 | ocfs2: fix NULL pointer dereference in ocfs2_abort_trigger() |
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