CVE-2024-42108

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.8-6.9.9 - Use-After-Free in rswitch_tx_free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: rswitch: Avoid use-after-free in rswitch_poll() The use-after-free is actually in rswitch_tx_free(), which is inlined in rswitch_poll(). Since `skb` and `gq->skbs[gq->dirty]` are in fact the same pointer, the skb is first freed using dev_kfree_skb_any(), then the value in skb->len is used to update the interface statistics. Let's move around the instructions to use skb->len before the skb is freed. This bug is trivial to reproduce using KFENCE. It will trigger a splat every few packets. A simple ARP request or ICMP echo request is enough.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 14.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 6.8.0 - 6.9.9linux
Linux/Linux < 6.8
Linux/Linux 0aeec4bb6a9fc963932bf3c929bdf27d835d44e9 - 4a41bb9f2b402469d425a1c13359d3b3ea4e6403
Linux/Linux 271e015b91535dd87fd0f5df0cc3b906c2eddef9 - 92cbbe7759193e3418f38d0d73f8fe125312c58b
Linux/Linux 271e015b91535dd87fd0f5df0cc3b906c2eddef9 - 9a0c28efeec6383ef22e97437616b920e7320b67
Linux/Linux 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.8
Linux/Linux 6.9.9 - 6.9.*
linux/linux_kernel 6.8 - 6.9.9
Published Jul 30, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026