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CVE-2024-57901

7.3 · HIGH
Published Jan 15, 2025 linux EPSS 0.27% (19th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2024-57901 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on January 15, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.3 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.3, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

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

af_packet: fix vlan_get_protocol_dgram() vs MSG_PEEK

Blamed commit forgot MSG_PEEK case, allowing a crash [1] as found

by syzbot.

Rework vlan_get_protocol_dgram() to not touch skb at all,

so that it can be used from many cpus on the same skb.

Add a const qualifier to skb argument.

[1]

skbuff: skb_under_panic: text:ffffffff8a8ccd05 len:29 put:14 head:ffff88807fc8e400 data:ffff88807fc8e3f4 tail:0x11 end:0x140 dev:<NULL>

------------[ cut here ]------------

kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:206 !

Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5892 Comm: syz-executor883 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc4-syzkaller-00054-gd6ef8b40d075 #0

Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024

RIP: 0010:skb_panic net/core/skbuff.c:206 [inline]

RIP: 0010:skb_under_panic+0x14b/0x150 net/core/skbuff.c:216

Code: 0b 8d 48 c7 c6 86 d5 25 8e 48 8b 54 24 08 8b 0c 24 44 8b 44 24 0

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

Vendor Product Versions Status
linux linux_kernel >= 4.19.320, < 4.20 Affected

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-57901?

CVE-2024-57901 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on January 15, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.3 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2024-57901?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.3, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-57901?

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.

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