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net: tun: Fix use-after-free in tun_detach()

Published Oct 21, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

net: tun: Fix use-after-free in tun_detach()

syzbot reported use-after-free in tun_detach() [1]. This causes call
trace like below:

==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in notifier_call_chain+0x1ee/0x200 kernel/notifier.c:75
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88807324e2a8 by task syz-executor.0/3673

CPU: 0 PID: 3673 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc5-syzkaller-00044-gcc675d22e422 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0xd1/0x138 lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:284 [inline]
print_report+0x15e/0x461 mm/kasan/report.c:395
kasan_report+0xbf/0x1f0 mm/kasan/report.c:495
notifier_call_chain+0x1ee/0x200 kernel/notifier.c:75
call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x86/0x130 net/core/dev.c:1942
call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:1983 [inline]
call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:1997 [inline]
netdev_wait_allrefs_any net/core/dev.c:10237 [inline]
netdev_run_todo+0xbc6/0x1100 net/core/dev.c:10351
tun_detach drivers/net/tun.c:704 [inline]
tun_chr_close+0xe4/0x190 drivers/net/tun.c:3467
__fput+0x27c/0xa90 fs/file_table.c:320
task_work_run+0x16f/0x270 kernel/task_work.c:179
exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:38 [inline]
do_exit+0xb3d/0x2a30 kernel/exit.c:820
do_group_exit+0xd4/0x2a0 kernel/exit.c:950
get_signal+0x21b1/0x2440 kernel/signal.c:2858
arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x86/0x2300 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:869
exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:168 [inline]
exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x15f/0x250 kernel/entry/common.c:203
__syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:285 [inline]
syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:296
do_syscall_64+0x46/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

The cause of the issue is that sock_put() from __tun_detach() drops
last reference count for struct net, and then notifier_call_chain()
from netdev_state_change() accesses that struct net.

This patch fixes the issue by calling sock_put() from tun_detach()
after all necessary accesses for the struct net has done.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.17 4.19.268

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.

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Debian 14 linux 6.0.12-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.0.12-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.0.12-1 —
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Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1014.16 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-67.74 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1031.35 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1034.41 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1034.41.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1030.37 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1028.33 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1016.21 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1026.29 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1026.31 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1029.34 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1023.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1030.36 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1025.27 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +31 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-144.161 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1097.105 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1031.35~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1104.110 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1034.41~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1059.65 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1101.110 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1030.37~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1065.69 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0-1016.21~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-67.74~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1045.50 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1026.31~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1013.15 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1087.93 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1014.14~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1094.103 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1030.36~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1081.92 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1030.34~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1022.26 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1097.105~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1104.110~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1101.110~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-144.161~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1045.50~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1094.103~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1081.92~18.04.1 —
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1022.27 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1033.36 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1099.107+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1104.110+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1073.82 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1101.110+fips1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 rv +77 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 RHSA-2025:6966
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1.150500.6.39.4 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.141.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4131-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.141.1.150400.24.68.2 SUSE-SU-2024:4131-1
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SLES 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.182.1.150300.18.107.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4140-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-docs 5.3.18-150300.59.182.2 SUSE-SU-2024:4140-1
SLES 15 SP2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150200.24.209.1.150200.9.109.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4103-1
SLES 15 SP2 kernel-docs 5.3.18-150200.24.209.2 SUSE-SU-2024:4103-1
SLES 15 SP2 kernel-syms +4 5.3.18-150200.24.209.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4103-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.234.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0034-1
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SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.141.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4131-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.141.1.150400.24.68.2 SUSE-SU-2024:4131-1
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SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.141.1.150400.24.68.2 SUSE-SU-2024:4131-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.100.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4082-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.182.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4140-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.182.1.150300.18.107.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4140-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.191.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4081-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.182.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4140-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.182.1.150300.18.107.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4140-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.191.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4081-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
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