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Unscored CVE-2024-36938 EUVD-2024-36288

bpf, skmsg: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue

Published May 30, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

bpf, skmsg: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue

Fix NULL pointer data-races in sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue() which
syzbot reported [1].

[1]
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in sk_psock_drop / sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue

write to 0xffff88814b3278b8 of 8 bytes by task 10724 on cpu 1:
sk_psock_stop_verdict net/core/skmsg.c:1257 [inline]
sk_psock_drop+0x13e/0x1f0 net/core/skmsg.c:843
sk_psock_put include/linux/skmsg.h:459 [inline]
sock_map_close+0x1a7/0x260 net/core/sock_map.c:1648
unix_release+0x4b/0x80 net/unix/af_unix.c:1048
__sock_release net/socket.c:659 [inline]
sock_close+0x68/0x150 net/socket.c:1421
__fput+0x2c1/0x660 fs/file_table.c:422
__fput_sync+0x44/0x60 fs/file_table.c:507
__do_sys_close fs/open.c:1556 [inline]
__se_sys_close+0x101/0x1b0 fs/open.c:1541
__x64_sys_close+0x1f/0x30 fs/open.c:1541
do_syscall_64+0xd3/0x1d0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75

read to 0xffff88814b3278b8 of 8 bytes by task 10713 on cpu 0:
sk_psock_data_ready include/linux/skmsg.h:464 [inline]
sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue+0x32d/0x390 net/core/skmsg.c:555
sk_psock_skb_ingress_self+0x185/0x1e0 net/core/skmsg.c:606
sk_psock_verdict_apply net/core/skmsg.c:1008 [inline]
sk_psock_verdict_recv+0x3e4/0x4a0 net/core/skmsg.c:1202
unix_read_skb net/unix/af_unix.c:2546 [inline]
unix_stream_read_skb+0x9e/0xf0 net/unix/af_unix.c:2682
sk_psock_verdict_data_ready+0x77/0x220 net/core/skmsg.c:1223
unix_stream_sendmsg+0x527/0x860 net/unix/af_unix.c:2339
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x140/0x180 net/socket.c:745
____sys_sendmsg+0x312/0x410 net/socket.c:2584
___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2638 [inline]
__sys_sendmsg+0x1e9/0x280 net/socket.c:2667
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2676 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2674 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x46/0x50 net/socket.c:2674
do_syscall_64+0xd3/0x1d0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75

value changed: 0xffffffff83d7feb0 -> 0x0000000000000000

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 PID: 10713 Comm: syz-executor.4 Tainted: G W 6.8.0-syzkaller-08951-gfe46a7dd189e #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/29/2024

Prior to this, commit 4cd12c6065df ("bpf, sockmap: Fix NULL pointer
dereference in sk_psock_verdict_data_ready()") fixed one NULL pointer
similarly due to no protection of saved_data_ready. Here is another
different caller causing the same issue because of the same reason. So
we should protect it with sk_callback_lock read lock because the writer
side in the sk_psock_drop() uses "write_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);".

To avoid errors that could happen in future, I move those two pairs of
lock into the sk_psock_data_ready(), which is suggested by John Fastabend.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.20 5.10.223

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.8.11-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.8.11-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.94-1 —
Debian 11 linux 5.10.223-1 DSA-5747-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1050.52 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-40.40 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1013.14 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1012.14 USN-6952-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1012.13 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1008.11 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm +2 6.8.0-1010.10 USN-6955-1, USN-6952-1, USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1011.11 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1011.11.1 USN-6952-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1009.10 USN-6949-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 6.8.0-40.40.1 USN-6949-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-118.128 USN-6950-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1067.73 USN-6950-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1013.14~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1070.79 USN-6956-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1012.14~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1070.79.1 USN-6956-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1066.74 USN-6950-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1012.13~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1064.70 USN-6950-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1050.57 USN-6950-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-40.40~22.04.3 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1060.63 USN-6950-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 +1 6.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1062.68 USN-6950-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1064.69 USN-6950-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1062.63 USN-6950-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1 USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1027.27 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1015.15 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1065.71 USN-6950-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +31 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 +1 6.8.0-40.40.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1035.39 USN-7019-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-202.222 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1136.146 USN-7159-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1067.73~20.04.1 USN-6950-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1142.149 USN-7195-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1070.79~20.04.1 USN-6956-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1070.79~20.04.1.1 USN-6956-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1096.103 USN-7159-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1140.149 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1066.74~20.04.1 USN-6950-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +27 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0-1050.57~20.04.1 USN-6950-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-118.128~20.04.1 USN-6950-4, USN-6950-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1083.88 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1060.63~20.04.1 USN-6950-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1062.68~20.04.1 USN-6950-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1045.46 USN-7159-4
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1124.132 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1027.27~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1135.144 USN-7159-3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1065.71~20.04.1 USN-6957-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1120.132 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1063.67~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1055.59 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2008.8 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1006.6 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1060.62 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1068.76 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1006.6~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1067.73+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1070.79+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-118.128+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1066.74+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1136.146+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1142.149+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1110.120 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1140.149+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1136.146~18.04.1 USN-7159-2
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1142.149~18.04.1 USN-7195-2
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1140.149~18.04.1 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-202.222~18.04.1 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1083.88~18.04.1 USN-7159-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1135.144~18.04.1 USN-7159-3
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1120.132~18.04.1 USN-7159-5
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb 6.4.0-150600.23.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.8.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2.150600.12.4.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs +5 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.8.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.57.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2019-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1.150500.6.31.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
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
Show 9 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-17.1.1.51 SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-9.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-18.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1.150500.6.31.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_1 1-150600.1.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_2 1-150600.13.3.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_15 +1 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1, SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1
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 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +1 6.4.0-150600.23.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.8.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2.150600.12.4.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-docs +8 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.8.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dtb-aarch64 +10 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.57.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2019-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.68.1.150500.6.31.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2190-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.58.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2008-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.91-99.172 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-643
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.91-99.172.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-643

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.35.1-4 —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel 5.15.158.2-1 —

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