Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-26852

high Nessus Plugin ID 227510

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/ipv6: avoid possible UAF in ip6_route_mpath_notify() syzbot found another use-after-free in ip6_route_mpath_notify() [1] Commit f7225172f25a (net/ipv6: prevent use after free in ip6_route_mpath_notify) was not able to fix the root cause. We need to defer the fib6_info_release() calls after ip6_route_mpath_notify(), in the cleanup phase. [1] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rt6_fill_node+0x1460/0x1ac0 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88809a07fc64 by task syz-executor.2/23037 CPU: 0 PID: 23037 Comm: syz-executor.2 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc4-syzkaller-01035-gea7f3cfaa588 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/25/2024 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1e7/0x2e0 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline] print_report+0x167/0x540 mm/kasan/report.c:488 kasan_report+0x142/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:601 rt6_fill_node+0x1460/0x1ac0 inet6_rt_notify+0x13b/0x290 net/ipv6/route.c:6184 ip6_route_mpath_notify net/ipv6/route.c:5198 [inline] ip6_route_multipath_add net/ipv6/route.c:5404 [inline] inet6_rtm_newroute+0x1d0f/0x2300 net/ipv6/route.c:5517 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x885/0x1040 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6597 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e3/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2543 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1341 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x7ea/0x980 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1367 netlink_sendmsg+0xa3b/0xd70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1908 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745 ____sys_sendmsg+0x525/0x7d0 net/socket.c:2584 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2638 [inline] __sys_sendmsg+0x2b0/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2667 do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x240 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77 RIP: 0033:0x7f73dd87dda9 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 e1 20 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f73de6550c8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f73dd9ac050 RCX: 00007f73dd87dda9 RDX:
0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000020000140 RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 00007f73dd8ca47a R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13:
000000000000006e R14: 00007f73dd9ac050 R15: 00007ffdbdeb7858 </TASK> Allocated by task 23037:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:372 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x98/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:389 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:211 [inline] __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:3981 [inline]
__kmalloc+0x22e/0x490 mm/slub.c:3994 kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:594 [inline] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:711 [inline] fib6_info_alloc+0x2e/0xf0 net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:155 ip6_route_info_create+0x445/0x12b0 net/ipv6/route.c:3758 ip6_route_multipath_add net/ipv6/route.c:5298 [inline] inet6_rtm_newroute+0x744/0x2300 net/ipv6/route.c:5517 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x885/0x1040 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6597 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e3/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2543 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1341 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x7ea/0x980 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1367 netlink_sendmsg+0xa3b/0xd70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1908 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745 ____sys_sendmsg+0x525/0x7d0 net/socket.c:2584 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2638 [inline] __sys_sendmsg+0x2b0/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2667 do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x240 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77 Freed by task 16: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 kasan_save_free_info+0x4e/0x60 mm/kasan/generic.c:640 poison_slab_object+0xa6/0xe0 m ---truncated--- (CVE-2024-26852)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 227510

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_26852.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 3/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-26852

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-26852