CVE-2024-26951
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wireguard: netlink: check for dangling peer via is_dead instead of empty list If all peers are removed via wg_peer_remove_all(), rather than setting peer_list to empty, the peer is added to a temporary list with a head on the stack of wg_peer_remove_all(). If a netlink dump is resumed and the cursored peer is one that has been removed via wg_peer_remove_all(), it will iterate from that peer and then attempt to dump freed peers. Fix this by instead checking peer->is_dead, which was explictly created for this purpose. Also move up the device_update_lock lockdep assertion, since reading is_dead relies on that. It can be reproduced by a small script like: echo "Setting config..." ip link add dev wg0 type wireguard wg setconf wg0 /big-config ( while true; do echo "Showing config..." wg showconf wg0 > /dev/null done ) & sleep 4 wg setconf wg0 <(printf "[Peer]\nPublicKey=$(wg genkey)\n") Resulting in: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __lock_acquire+0x182a/0x1b20 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88811956ec70 by task wg/59 CPU: 2 PID: 59 Comm: wg Not tainted 6.8.0-rc2-debug+ #5 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x47/0x70 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x380 print_report+0xab/0x250 kasan_report+0xba/0xf0 __lock_acquire+0x182a/0x1b20 lock_acquire+0x191/0x4b0 down_read+0x80/0x440 get_peer+0x140/0xcb0 wg_get_device_dump+0x471/0x1130
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-416 · Use after free
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 5.10.215
- Linux Kernel < 5.15.154
- Linux Kernel < 6.1.84
- Linux Kernel < 6.6.24
- Linux Kernel < 6.7.12
- Linux Kernel < 6.8.3
- Debian Linux 10.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13d107794304306164481d31ce33f8fdb25a9c04
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/302b2dfc013baca3dea7ceda383930d9297d231d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55b6c738673871c9b0edae05d0c97995c1ff08c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/710a177f347282eea162aec8712beb1f42d5ad87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bedfe4cfa38771840a355970e4437cd52d4046b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7cea3a9af0853fdbb1b16633a458f991dde6aac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f52be46e3e6ecefc2539119784324f0cbc09620a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13d107794304306164481d31ce33f8fdb25a9c04
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/302b2dfc013baca3dea7ceda383930d9297d231d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55b6c738673871c9b0edae05d0c97995c1ff08c4
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13d107794304306164481d31ce33f8fdb25a9c04
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/302b2dfc013baca3dea7ceda383930d9297d231d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55b6c738673871c9b0edae05d0c97995c1ff08c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/710a177f347282eea162aec8712beb1f42d5ad87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bedfe4cfa38771840a355970e4437cd52d4046b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7cea3a9af0853fdbb1b16633a458f991dde6aac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f52be46e3e6ecefc2539119784324f0cbc09620a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13d107794304306164481d31ce33f8fdb25a9c04
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/302b2dfc013baca3dea7ceda383930d9297d231d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55b6c738673871c9b0edae05d0c97995c1ff08c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/710a177f347282eea162aec8712beb1f42d5ad87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bedfe4cfa38771840a355970e4437cd52d4046b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7cea3a9af0853fdbb1b16633a458f991dde6aac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f52be46e3e6ecefc2539119784324f0cbc09620a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html