CVE-2024-39503

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: ipset: Fix race between namespace cleanup and gc in the list:set type

Lion Ackermann reported that there is a race condition between namespace cleanup

in ipset and the garbage collection of the list:set type. The namespace

cleanup can destroy the list:set type of sets while the gc of the set type is

waiting to run in rcu cleanup. The latter uses data from the destroyed set which

thus leads use after free. The patch contains the following parts:

- When destroying all sets, first remove the garbage collectors, then wait

if needed and then destroy the sets.

- Fix the badly ordered "wait then remove gc" for the destroy a single set

case.

- Fix the missing rcu locking in the list:set type in the userspace test

case.

- Use proper RCU list handlings in the list:set type.

The patch depends on c1193d9bbbd3 (netfilter: ipset: Add list flush to cancel_gc).

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References