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Linux Linux — netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: acquire rcu_read_lock() in instance_destroy_rcu()
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0028 20.2 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 9872bec773c2e8503fec480c1e8a0c732517e257 – —
Linux 2.6.25 – 4.19.316
TIMELINE
Jun 21 Reserved by Linux
Jun 21 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-36286 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: acquire rcu_read_lock() in instance_destroy_rcu()
syzbot reported that nf_reinject() could be called without rcu_read_lock() :
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
6.9.0-rc7-syzkaller-02060-g5c1672705a1a #0 Not tainted
net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:263 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
other info that might help us debug this:
rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
2 locks held by syz-executor.4/13427:
#0: ffffffff8e334f60 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:329 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8e334f60 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2190 [inline]
#0: ffffffff8e334f60 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_core+0xa86/0x1830 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2471
#1: ffff88801ca92958 (&inst->lock){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:356 [inline]
#1: ffff88801ca92958 (&inst->lock){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: nfqnl_flush net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:405 [inline]
#1: ffff88801ca92958 (&inst->lock){+.-.}-{2:2}, at: instance_destroy_rcu+0x30/0x220 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:172
stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 13427 Comm: syz-executor.4 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc7-syzkaller-02060-g5c1672705a1a #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/02/2024
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:114
lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x221/0x340 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6712
nf_reinject net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:323 [inline]
nfqnl_reinject+0x6ec/0x1120 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:397
nfqnl_flush net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:410 [inline]
instance_destroy_rcu+0x1ae/0x220 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c:172
rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2196 [inline]
rcu_core+0xafd/0x1830 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2471
handle_softirqs+0x2d6/0x990 kernel/softirq.c:554
__do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:588 [inline]
invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:428 [inline]
__irq_exit_rcu+0xf4/0x1c0 kernel/softirq.c:637
irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:649
instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1043 [inline]
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa6/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1043
</IRQ>
<TASK>
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| June 21, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| June 21, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-36286 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 9872bec773c2e8503fec480c1e8a0c732517e257 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 2.6.25 | 4.19.316 |
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