Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
inet: fully convert sk->sk_rx_dst to RCU rules
syzbot reported various issues around early demux,
one being included in this changelog [1]
sk->sk_rx_dst is using RCU protection without clearly
documenting it.
And following sequences in tcp_v4_do_rcv()/tcp_v6_do_rcv()
are not following standard RCU rules.
[a] dst_release(dst);
[b] sk->sk_rx_dst = NULL;
They look wrong because a delete operation of RCU protected
pointer is supposed to clear the pointer before
the call_rcu()/synchronize_rcu() guarding actual memory freeing.
In some cases indeed, dst could be freed before [b] is done.
We could cheat by clearing sk_rx_dst before calling
dst_release(), but this seems the right time to stick
to standard RCU annotations and debugging facilities.
[1]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in dst_check include/net/dst.h:470 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in tcp_v4_early_demux+0x95b/0x960 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1792
Read of size 2 at addr ffff88807f1cb73a by task syz-executor.5/9204
CPU: 0 PID: 9204 Comm: syz-executor.5 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc5-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x8d/0x320 mm/kasan/report.c:247
__kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:433 [inline]
kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf mm/kasan/report.c:450
dst_check include/net/dst.h:470 [inline]
tcp_v4_early_demux+0x95b/0x960 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1792
ip_rcv_finish_core.constprop.0+0x15de/0x1e80 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:340
ip_list_rcv_finish.constprop.0+0x1b2/0x6e0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:583
ip_sublist_rcv net/ipv4/ip_input.c:609 [inline]
ip_list_rcv+0x34e/0x490 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:644
__netif_receive_skb_list_ptype net/core/dev.c:5508 [inline]
__netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x549/0x8e0 net/core/dev.c:5556
__netif_receive_skb_list net/core/dev.c:5608 [inline]
netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x75e/0xd80 net/core/dev.c:5699
gro_normal_list net/core/dev.c:5853 [inline]
gro_normal_list net/core/dev.c:5849 [inline]
napi_complete_done+0x1f1/0x880 net/core/dev.c:6590
virtqueue_napi_complete drivers/net/virtio_net.c:339 [inline]
virtnet_poll+0xca2/0x11b0 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:1557
__napi_poll+0xaf/0x440 net/core/dev.c:7023
napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7090 [inline]
net_rx_action+0x801/0xb40 net/core/dev.c:7177
__do_softirq+0x29b/0x9c2 kernel/softirq.c:558
invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:432 [inline]
__irq_exit_rcu+0x123/0x180 kernel/softirq.c:637
irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:649
common_interrupt+0x52/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:240
asm_common_interrupt+0x1e/0x40 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:629
RIP: 0033:0x7f5e972bfd57
Code: 39 d1 73 14 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 8b 50 f8 48 83 e8 08 48 39 ca 77 f3 48 39 c3 73 3e 48 89 13 48 8b 50 f8 48 89 38 49 8b 0e <48> 8b 3e 48 83 c3 08 48 83 c6 08 eb bc 48 39 d1 72 9e 48 39 d0 73
RSP: 002b:00007fff8a413210 EFLAGS: 00000283
RAX: 00007f5e97108990 RBX: 00007f5e97108338 RCX: ffffffff81d3aa45
RDX: ffffffff81d3aa45 RSI: 00007f5e97108340 RDI: ffffffff81d3aa45
RBP: 00007f5e97107eb8 R08: 00007f5e97108d88 R09: 0000000093c2e8d9
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 00007f5e97107eb0
R13: 00007f5e97108338 R14: 00007f5e97107ea8 R15: 0000000000000019
</TASK>
Allocated by task 13:
kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:38
kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:434 [inline]
__kasan_slab_alloc+0x90/0xc0 mm/kasan/common.c:467
kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:259 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:519 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3234 [inline]
slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3242 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc+0x202/0x3a0 mm/slub.c:3247
dst_alloc+0x146/0x1f0 net/core/dst.c:92
rt_dst_alloc+0x73/0x430 net/ipv4/route.c:1613
ip_route_input_slow+0x1817/0x3a20 net/ipv4/route.c:234
---truncated---
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 3.6 | 4.9.331 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 5.15.15-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 5.15.15-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | linux | 5.15.15-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +22 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux | 5.4.0-139.156 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-aws | 5.4.0-1096.104 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-azure | 5.4.0-1103.109 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-bluefield | 5.4.0-1058.64 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gcp | 5.4.0-1100.109 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +26 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.4.0-1064.68 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-ibm | 5.4.0-1044.49 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-iot | 5.4.0-1012.14 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-kvm | 5.4.0-1086.92 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-oracle | 5.4.0-1093.102 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-raspi | 5.4.0-1080.91 | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-xilinx-zynqmp | 5.4.0-1021.25 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux | 4.15.0-204.215 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-aws | 4.15.0-1150.163 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-aws-5.4 | 5.4.0-1096.104~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-azure-4.15 | 4.15.0-1161.176 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-azure-5.4 | 5.4.0-1103.109~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp-4.15 | 4.15.0-1145.161 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp-5.4 | 5.4.0-1100.109~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-hwe-5.4 | 5.4.0-139.156~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-ibm-5.4 | 5.4.0-1044.49~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-kvm | 4.15.0-1135.140 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-oracle | 4.15.0-1114.125 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-oracle-5.4 | 5.4.0-1093.102~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-raspi-5.4 | 5.4.0-1080.91~18.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
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| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS | linux-fips +3 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS | linux-fips +3 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS | linux-fips | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS | linux-aws-fips | 5.4.0-1096.104+fips1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS | linux-azure-fips | 5.4.0-1103.109+fips1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS | linux-fips | 5.4.0-1072.81 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS | linux-gcp-fips | 5.4.0-1100.109+fips1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS | linux-aws-fips | 4.15.0-2089.95 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS | linux-azure-fips | 4.15.0-2070.76 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS | linux-fips | 4.15.0-1107.118 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp-fips | 4.15.0-2054.59 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS | linux-fips | 4.4.0-1111.118 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux | 4.4.0-266.300 | USN-7332-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-aws | 4.4.0-1179.194 | USN-7332-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-aws-hwe | 4.15.0-1151.164~16.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-azure | 4.15.0-1162.177~16.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-gcp | 4.15.0-1146.162~16.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe | 4.15.0-206.217~16.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-kvm | 4.4.0-1142.153 | USN-7332-2 |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | linux-oracle | 4.15.0-1115.126~16.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | linux | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | linux-aws | 4.4.0-1141.147 | USN-7332-1 |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | linux-azure | 4.15.0-1162.177~14.04.1 | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | linux-lts-xenial | 4.4.0-266.300~14.04.1 | USN-7332-3 |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 9 | perf +29 | 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 | RHSA-2022:8267 |
| RHEL 8 | perf +26 | 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8 | RHSA-2022:7683 |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP5 | kernel-64kb +5 | 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1 |
| SLES 15 SP5 | kernel-azure +2 | 5.14.21-150500.33.63.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1 |
| SLES 15 SP5 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 | SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1 |
| SLES 15 SP5 | kernel-docs | 5.14.21-150500.55.73.2 | SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1 |
| SLES 12 SP5 | kernel-azure +2 | 4.12.14-16.191.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2360-1 |
| SLES 12 SP5 | kernel-docs +4 | 4.12.14-122.222.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1 |
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| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 12 SP5 | kernel-azure +2 | 4.12.14-16.191.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2360-1 |
| SLES for SAP 12 SP5 | kernel-syms +2 | 4.12.14-122.222.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1 |
| SLE Real Time 12 SP5 | kernel-rt +3 | 4.12.14-10.191.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2381-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.5 | kernel-default | 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.5 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 | SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1 |
| SLE Micro 5.5 | kernel-rt +1 | 5.14.21-150500.13.64.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 | kernel-default | 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 | kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_17 +1 | 1-150500.11.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1, SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 | kernel-default | 4.12.14-122.222.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 | kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_58 | 1-8.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1 |
| SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 | kernel-rt +3 | 5.14.21-150500.13.64.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | dtb-aarch64 +9 | 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | kernel-azure +2 | 5.14.21-150500.33.63.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 | SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | kernel-docs | 5.14.21-150500.55.73.2 | SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | kernel-rt +3 | 5.14.21-150500.13.64.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1 |
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| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 | kernel-default | 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1 |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 | kernel-default-base | 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 | SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1 |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 | kernel-rt | 5.14.21-150500.13.64.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1 |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 | kernel-livepatch-4.14.296-222.539 | 1.0-0.amzn2 | ALAS2-2022-1876 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | perf +8 | 4.14.296-222.539.amzn2 | ALAS2-2022-1876 |
Advisories 13
- USN-7332-1 linux, linux-aws vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Oct 29, 2026
- USN-7332-2 linux-kvm vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Oct 29, 2026
- USN-7332-3 linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Oct 29, 2026
- RHSA-2022:8267 Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 17, 2026
- RHSA-2022:7683 Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 17, 2026
- WID-SEC-2024-0549 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Jun 1, 2026
- ALAS2-2022-1876 Important: kernel security update (Amazon Linux 2) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Feb 8, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2024:2360-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2024:2381-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 2, 2025
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68c34ce11ef23328692aa35fa6aaafdd75913100
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92e6e36ecd16808866ac6172b9491b5097cde449
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75a578000ae5e511e5d0e8433c94a14d9c99c412
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3bb4a7e8cbc984e1cdac0fe6af60e880214ed6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f039b43cbaea5e0700980c2f0052da05a70782e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0249a4b8a554f2eb6a27b62516fa50168584faa4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f905c0e7354ef261360fb7535ea079b1082c105