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Unscored CVE-2024-49946 EUVD-2024-43627GHSA-jq7w-hcx7-gm2r

ppp: do not assume bh is held in ppp_channel_bridge_input()

Published Oct 21, 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-5.8 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-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 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-azure-nvidia 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-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 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-5.8 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-6.8 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 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-6.11 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-6.11 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-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi 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 Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

ppp: do not assume bh is held in ppp_channel_bridge_input()

Networking receive path is usually handled from BH handler.
However, some protocols need to acquire the socket lock, and
packets might be stored in the socket backlog is the socket was
owned by a user process.

In this case, release_sock(), __release_sock(), and sk_backlog_rcv()
might call the sk->sk_backlog_rcv() handler in process context.

sybot caught ppp was not considering this case in
ppp_channel_bridge_input() :

WARNING: inconsistent lock state
6.11.0-rc7-syzkaller-g5f5673607153 #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------
inconsistent {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} usage.
ksoftirqd/1/24 [HC0[0]:SC1[1]:HE1:SE0] takes:
ffff0000db7f11e0 (&pch->downl){+.?.}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
ffff0000db7f11e0 (&pch->downl){+.?.}-{2:2}, at: ppp_channel_bridge_input drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2272 [inline]
ffff0000db7f11e0 (&pch->downl){+.?.}-{2:2}, at: ppp_input+0x16c/0x854 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2304
{SOFTIRQ-ON-W} state was registered at:
lock_acquire+0x240/0x728 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5759
__raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:133 [inline]
_raw_spin_lock+0x48/0x60 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154
spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
ppp_channel_bridge_input drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2272 [inline]
ppp_input+0x16c/0x854 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2304
pppoe_rcv_core+0xfc/0x314 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:379
sk_backlog_rcv include/net/sock.h:1111 [inline]
__release_sock+0x1a8/0x3d8 net/core/sock.c:3004
release_sock+0x68/0x1b8 net/core/sock.c:3558
pppoe_sendmsg+0xc8/0x5d8 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:903
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]
__sys_sendto+0x374/0x4f4 net/socket.c:2204
__do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2216 [inline]
__se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2212 [inline]
__arm64_sys_sendto+0xd8/0xf8 net/socket.c:2212
__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2b8 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
el0_svc_common+0x130/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
el0_svc+0x54/0x168 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:712
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xfc arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:730
el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:598
irq event stamp: 282914
hardirqs last enabled at (282914): [<ffff80008b42e30c>] __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:151 [inline]
hardirqs last enabled at (282914): [<ffff80008b42e30c>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x38/0x98 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
hardirqs last disabled at (282913): [<ffff80008b42e13c>] __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:108 [inline]
hardirqs last disabled at (282913): [<ffff80008b42e13c>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x2c/0x7c kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
softirqs last enabled at (282904): [<ffff8000801f8e88>] softirq_handle_end kernel/softirq.c:400 [inline]
softirqs last enabled at (282904): [<ffff8000801f8e88>] handle_softirqs+0xa3c/0xbfc kernel/softirq.c:582
softirqs last disabled at (282909): [<ffff8000801fbdf8>] run_ksoftirqd+0x70/0x158 kernel/softirq.c:928

other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:

CPU0
----
lock(&pch->downl);
<Interrupt>
lock(&pch->downl);

*** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by ksoftirqd/1/24:
#0: ffff80008f74dfa0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x10/0x4c include/linux/rcupdate.h:325

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 24 Comm: ksoftirqd/1 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7-syzkaller-g5f5673607153 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0x1b8/0x1e4 arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:319
show_stack+0x2c/0x3c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:326
__dump_sta
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.11 5.15.168

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 6.11.4-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.11.4-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.115-1 —
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.119-1~deb11u1 DLA-4008-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1057.59 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-54.56 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1023.25 USN-7311-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1025.30 USN-7384-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.11 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1014.15 USN-7468-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1024.26 USN-7304-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke +1 6.8.0-1019.23 USN-7304-1, USN-7303-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1006.8 USN-7304-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1022.22 USN-7385-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-54.56.1 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1022.25 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1022.25.2 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1015.15 USN-7310-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1024.24 USN-7386-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1020.21 USN-7303-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv 6.8.0-53.55.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-127.137 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1073.79 USN-7166-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1 USN-7311-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1078.87 USN-7186-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1 USN-7384-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1078.87.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1072.80 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1 USN-7303-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1070.76 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1056.63 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-57.59~22.04.1 USN-7403-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1066.69 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1023.23~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1070.75 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-54.56.1~22.04.1 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1068.69 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1022.25~22.04.2 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1032.32 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1020.20 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle +1 5.15.0-1071.77 USN-7186-1, USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1020.21~22.04.1 USN-7303-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +31 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-53.55.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1039.43 USN-7166-4
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1073.79~20.04.1 USN-7166-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1078.87~20.04.1 USN-7194-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1072.80~20.04.1 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-127.137~20.04.1 USN-7166-3, USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1066.69~20.04.1 USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1032.32~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 +1 5.15.0-1071.77~20.04.1 USN-7186-2, USN-7166-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1069.73~20.04.1 —
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 6.8.0-2018.19 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1016.17 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1066.68 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1074.82 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1016.17~22.04.1 —
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 5.15.0-1073.79+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1078.87+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-127.137+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1072.80+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 rv +77 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 RHSA-2025:6966
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.17.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.9.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4387-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1.150600.12.12.6 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.17.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.72.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3983-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1.150500.6.39.4 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-24.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-24.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1.150500.6.39.4 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.76.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_5 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3986-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_6 1-150600.13.3.5 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_22 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_21 1-150500.11.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.17.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3986-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.76.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source 6.11.8-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source-longterm 6.12.11-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.17.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1.150600.12.12.6 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.17.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3986-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-syms-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.17.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.72.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3983-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.76.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.76.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel 5.15.173.1-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 bpftool 7.5.0-802.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966
Oracle Linux 9 rv +28 5.14.0-570.12.1.0.1.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966
Oracle Linux 8 bpftool +13 5.15.0-303.171.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2024-12887

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