CVE-2024-50038

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 2.6.30-6.11.3 - DoS via Netfilter xtables NFPROTO_UNSPEC Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: xtables: avoid NFPROTO_UNSPEC where needed syzbot managed to call xt_cluster match via ebtables: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11 at net/netfilter/xt_cluster.c:72 xt_cluster_mt+0x196/0x780 [..] ebt_do_table+0x174b/0x2a40 Module registers to NFPROTO_UNSPEC, but it assumes ipv4/ipv6 packet processing. As this is only useful to restrict locally terminating TCP/UDP traffic, register this for ipv4 and ipv6 family only. Pablo points out that this is a general issue, direct users of the set/getsockopt interface can call into targets/matches that were only intended for use with ip(6)tables. Check all UNSPEC matches and targets for similar issues: - matches and targets are fine except if they assume skb_network_header() is valid -- this is only true when called from inet layer: ip(6) stack pulls the ip/ipv6 header into linear data area. - targets that return XT_CONTINUE or other xtables verdicts must be restricted too, they are incompatbile with the ebtables traverser, e.g. EBT_CONTINUE is a completely different value than XT_CONTINUE. Most matches/targets are changed to register for NFPROTO_IPV4/IPV6, as they are provided for use by ip(6)tables. The MARK target is also used by arptables, so register for NFPROTO_ARP too. While at it, bail out if connbytes fails to enable the corresponding conntrack family. This change passes the selftests in iptables.git.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 14.1%
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

Status published
Products (18)
linux/Kernel 2.6.30 - 5.15.168linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.113linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.57linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.11.4linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.30
Linux/Linux 0269ea4937343536ec7e85649932bc8c9686ea78 - 0bfcb7b71e735560077a42847f69597ec7dcc326
Linux/Linux 0269ea4937343536ec7e85649932bc8c9686ea78 - 4cdc55ec6222bb195995cc58f7cb46e4d8907056
Linux/Linux 0269ea4937343536ec7e85649932bc8c9686ea78 - 85ff9a0f793ca52c527e75cd40a69c948627ebde
Linux/Linux 0269ea4937343536ec7e85649932bc8c9686ea78 - 8f482bb7e27b37f1f734bb9a8eeb28b23d59d189
Linux/Linux 0269ea4937343536ec7e85649932bc8c9686ea78 - 997f67d813ce0cf5eb3cdb8f124da68141e91b6c
... and 8 more
Published Oct 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026