Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-56650

high Nessus Plugin ID 231545

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: netfilter: x_tables: fix LED ID check in led_tg_check() Syzbot has reported the following BUG detected by KASAN: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in strlen+0x58/0x70 Read of size 1 at addr ffff8881022da0c8 by task repro/5879 ... Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 ? __pfx_dump_stack_lvl+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx__printk+0x10/0x10 ? _printk+0xd5/0x120 ? __virt_addr_valid+0x183/0x530 ? __virt_addr_valid+0x183/0x530 print_report+0x169/0x550 ?
__virt_addr_valid+0x183/0x530 ? __virt_addr_valid+0x183/0x530 ? __virt_addr_valid+0x45f/0x530 ?
__phys_addr+0xba/0x170 ? strlen+0x58/0x70 kasan_report+0x143/0x180 ? strlen+0x58/0x70 strlen+0x58/0x70 kstrdup+0x20/0x80 led_tg_check+0x18b/0x3c0 xt_check_target+0x3bb/0xa40 ? __pfx_xt_check_target+0x10/0x10 ? stack_depot_save_flags+0x6e4/0x830 ? nft_target_init+0x174/0xc30 nft_target_init+0x82d/0xc30 ?
__pfx_nft_target_init+0x10/0x10 ? nf_tables_newrule+0x1609/0x2980 ? nf_tables_newrule+0x1609/0x2980 ? rcu_is_watching+0x15/0xb0 ? nf_tables_newrule+0x1609/0x2980 ? nf_tables_newrule+0x1609/0x2980 ?
__kmalloc_noprof+0x21a/0x400 nf_tables_newrule+0x1860/0x2980 ? __pfx_nf_tables_newrule+0x10/0x10 ?
__nla_parse+0x40/0x60 nfnetlink_rcv+0x14e5/0x2ab0 ? __pfx_validate_chain+0x10/0x10 ?
__pfx_nfnetlink_rcv+0x10/0x10 ? __lock_acquire+0x1384/0x2050 ? netlink_deliver_tap+0x2e/0x1b0 ?
__pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10 ? netlink_deliver_tap+0x2e/0x1b0 netlink_unicast+0x7f8/0x990 ?
__pfx_netlink_unicast+0x10/0x10 ? __virt_addr_valid+0x183/0x530 ? __check_object_size+0x48e/0x900 netlink_sendmsg+0x8e4/0xcb0 ? __pfx_netlink_sendmsg+0x10/0x10 ? aa_sock_msg_perm+0x91/0x160 ?
__pfx_netlink_sendmsg+0x10/0x10 __sock_sendmsg+0x223/0x270 ____sys_sendmsg+0x52a/0x7e0 ?
__pfx_____sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10 __sys_sendmsg+0x292/0x380 ? __pfx___sys_sendmsg+0x10/0x10 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x43d/0x780 ? __pfx_lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x10/0x10 ? exc_page_fault+0x590/0x8c0 ? do_syscall_64+0xb6/0x230 do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f ... </TASK> Since an invalid (without '\0' byte at all) byte sequence may be passed from userspace, add an extra check to ensure that such a sequence is rejected as possible ID and so never passed to 'kstrdup()' and further. (CVE-2024-56650)

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: 231545

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2024_56650.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/6/2025

Updated: 3/6/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56650

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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: 12/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56650