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High · 7.8 CVE-2024-53139 EUVD-2024-51811GHSA-p28q-ghm8-cw23

sctp: fix possible UAF in sctp_v6_available()

Published Dec 4, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 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-5.19 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-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 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-nvidia Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 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-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-5.19 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-6.8 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency 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-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-5.3 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-5.19 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-xilinx Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

sctp: fix possible UAF in sctp_v6_available()

A lockdep report [1] with CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_LIST=y hints
that sctp_v6_available() is calling dev_get_by_index_rcu()
and ipv6_chk_addr() without holding rcu.

[1]
=============================
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
6.12.0-rc5-virtme #1216 Tainted: G W
-----------------------------
net/core/dev.c:876 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!

other info that might help us debug this:

rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
1 lock held by sctp_hello/31495:
#0: ffff9f1ebbdb7418 (sk_lock-AF_INET6){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: sctp_bind (./arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27 net/sctp/socket.c:315) sctp

stack backtrace:
CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 31495 Comm: sctp_hello Tainted: G W 6.12.0-rc5-virtme #1216
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:123)
lockdep_rcu_suspicious (kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6822)
dev_get_by_index_rcu (net/core/dev.c:876 (discriminator 7))
sctp_v6_available (net/sctp/ipv6.c:701) sctp
sctp_do_bind (net/sctp/socket.c:400 (discriminator 1)) sctp
sctp_bind (net/sctp/socket.c:320) sctp
inet6_bind_sk (net/ipv6/af_inet6.c:465)
? security_socket_bind (security/security.c:4581 (discriminator 1))
__sys_bind (net/socket.c:1848 net/socket.c:1869)
? do_user_addr_fault (./include/linux/rcupdate.h:347 ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:880 ./include/linux/mm.h:729 arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1340)
? do_user_addr_fault (./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:84 (discriminator 13) ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:98 (discriminator 13) ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:882 (discriminator 13) ./include/linux/mm.h:729 (discriminator 13) arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1340 (discriminator 13))
__x64_sys_bind (net/socket.c:1877 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:1875 (discriminator 1) net/socket.c:1875 (discriminator 1))
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 (discriminator 1))
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)
RIP: 0033:0x7f59b934a1e7
Code: 44 00 00 48 8b 15 39 8c 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff eb bd 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 00 b8 31 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 09 8c 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
All code
========
0: 44 00 00 add %r8b,(%rax)
3: 48 8b 15 39 8c 0c 00 mov 0xc8c39(%rip),%rdx # 0xc8c43
a: f7 d8 neg %eax
c: 64 89 02 mov %eax,%fs:(%rdx)
f: b8 ff ff ff ff mov $0xffffffff,%eax
14: eb bd jmp 0xffffffffffffffd3
16: 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 cs nopw 0x0(%rax,%rax,1)
1d: 00 00 00
20: 0f 1f 00 nopl (%rax)
23: b8 31 00 00 00 mov $0x31,%eax
28: 0f 05 syscall
2a:* 48 3d 01 f0 ff ff cmp $0xfffffffffffff001,%rax <-- trapping instruction
30: 73 01 jae 0x33
32: c3 ret
33: 48 8b 0d 09 8c 0c 00 mov 0xc8c09(%rip),%rcx # 0xc8c43
3a: f7 d8 neg %eax
3c: 64 89 01 mov %eax,%fs:(%rcx)
3f: 48 rex.W

Code starting with the faulting instruction
===========================================
0: 48 3d 01 f0 ff ff cmp $0xfffffffffffff001,%rax
6: 73 01 jae 0x9
8: c3 ret
9: 48 8b 0d 09 8c 0c 00 mov 0xc8c09(%rip),%rcx # 0xc8c19
10: f7 d8 neg %eax
12: 64 89 01 mov %eax,%fs:(%rcx)
15: 48 rex.W
RSP: 002b:00007ffe2d0ad398 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000031
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ffe2d0ad3d0 RCX: 00007f59b934a1e7
RDX: 000000000000001c RSI: 00007ffe2d0ad3d0 RDI: 0000000000000005
RBP: 0000000000000005 R08: 1999999999999999 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 00007f59b9253298 R11: 000000000000
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.2 6.6.63

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 6.11.10-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.11.10-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-58.60 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1027.29 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1027.32 USN-7449-1
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 6.8.0-1028.30 USN-7450-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.11 6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1023.27 USN-7450-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1010.12 USN-7450-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1024.24 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1026.29 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.11 6.11.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1026.29.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1008.8 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1015.15 USN-7310-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1026.26 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1024.25 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1028.32 USN-7524-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 6.8.0-58.60.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1027.29~22.04.1 USN-7451-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1027.32~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1028.30~22.04.1 USN-7452-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-58.60~22.04.1 USN-7449-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1024.24~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1026.29~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1024.25~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 +1 6.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1 USN-7449-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2023.24 USN-7523-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1020.21 USN-7453-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1020.21~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01967-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1.150700.17.2.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01707-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1.150600.12.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-28.1.21.6 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_7 1-1.3 SUSE-SU-2025:20283-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-30.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20283-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-28.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20270-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-28.1.21.6 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_7 1-1.3 SUSE-SU-2025:20206-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_6 1-3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-30.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20206-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-28.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20192-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_1 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01951-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_11 1-150600.1.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_11 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01707-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1.150600.12.22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01614-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01964-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.64.2-1 —

Advisories 21

References