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Linux Linux — xfrm: Fix input error path memory access
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U H N H 7.1 .0041 34.5 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 304b44f0d5a4c2f91f82f7c31538d00485fb484c – —
Linux 6.10 – 6.10.3
TIMELINE
Aug 17 Reserved by Linux
Aug 21 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2024-43878 (Linux). CVSS 8.1 → 7.1 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfrm: Fix input error path memory access
When there is a misconfiguration of input state slow path
KASAN report error. Fix this error.
west login:
[ 52.987278] eth1: renamed from veth11
[ 53.078814] eth1: renamed from veth21
[ 53.181355] eth1: renamed from veth31
[ 54.921702] ==================================================================
[ 54.922602] BUG: KASAN: wild-memory-access in xfrmi_rcv_cb+0x2d/0x295
[ 54.923393] Read of size 8 at addr 6b6b6b6b00000000 by task ping/512
[ 54.924169]
[ 54.924386] CPU: 0 PID: 512 Comm: ping Not tainted 6.9.0-08574-gcd29a4313a1b #25
[ 54.925290] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 54.926401] Call Trace:
[ 54.926731] <IRQ>
[ 54.927009] dump_stack_lvl+0x2a/0x3b
[ 54.927478] kasan_report+0x84/0xa6
[ 54.927930] ? xfrmi_rcv_cb+0x2d/0x295
[ 54.928410] xfrmi_rcv_cb+0x2d/0x295
[ 54.928872] ? xfrm4_rcv_cb+0x3d/0x5e
[ 54.929354] xfrm4_rcv_cb+0x46/0x5e
[ 54.929804] xfrm_rcv_cb+0x7e/0xa1
[ 54.930240] xfrm_input+0x1b3a/0x1b96
[ 54.930715] ? xfrm_offload+0x41/0x41
[ 54.931182] ? raw_rcv+0x292/0x292
[ 54.931617] ? nf_conntrack_confirm+0xa2/0xa2
[ 54.932158] ? skb_sec_path+0xd/0x3f
[ 54.932610] ? xfrmi_input+0x90/0xce
[ 54.933066] xfrm4_esp_rcv+0x33/0x54
[ 54.933521] ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xd7/0x1b2
[ 54.934089] ip_local_deliver_finish+0x110/0x120
[ 54.934659] ? ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x1b2/0x1b2
[ 54.935248] NF_HOOK.constprop.0+0xf8/0x138
[ 54.935767] ? ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x68/0x68
[ 54.936317] ? secure_tcpv6_ts_off+0x23/0x168
[ 54.936859] ? ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x1b2/0x1b2
[ 54.937454] ? __xfrm_policy_check2.constprop.0+0x18d/0x18d
[ 54.938135] NF_HOOK.constprop.0+0xf8/0x138
[ 54.938663] ? ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x68/0x68
[ 54.939220] ? __xfrm_policy_check2.constprop.0+0x18d/0x18d
[ 54.939904] ? ip_local_deliver_finish+0x120/0x120
[ 54.940497] __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0xc9/0x107
[ 54.941121] ? __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x1c2/0x1c2
[ 54.941771] ? blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues+0xc7/0xf9
[ 54.942413] ? blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queue+0x38/0x38
[ 54.943044] ? virtqueue_get_buf_ctx+0x295/0x46b
[ 54.943618] process_backlog+0xb3/0x187
[ 54.944102] __napi_poll.constprop.0+0x57/0x1a7
[ 54.944669] net_rx_action+0x1cb/0x380
[ 54.945150] ? __napi_poll.constprop.0+0x1a7/0x1a7
[ 54.945744] ? vring_new_virtqueue+0x17a/0x17a
[ 54.946300] ? note_interrupt+0x2cd/0x367
[ 54.946805] handle_softirqs+0x13c/0x2c9
[ 54.947300] do_softirq+0x5f/0x7d
[ 54.947727] </IRQ>
[ 54.948014] <TASK>
[ 54.948300] __local_bh_enable_ip+0x48/0x62
[ 54.948832] __neigh_event_send+0x3fd/0x4ca
[ 54.949361] neigh_resolve_output+0x1e/0x210
[ 54.949896] ip_finish_output2+0x4bf/0x4f0
[ 54.950410] ? __ip_finish_output+0x171/0x1b8
[ 54.950956] ip_send_skb+0x25/0x57
[ 54.951390] raw_sendmsg+0xf95/0x10c0
[ 54.951850] ? check_new_pages+0x45/0x71
[ 54.952343] ? raw_hash_sk+0x21b/0x21b
[ 54.952815] ? kernel_init_pages+0x42/0x51
[ 54.953337] ? prep_new_page+0x44/0x51
[ 54.953811] ? get_page_from_freelist+0x72b/0x915
[ 54.954390] ? signal_pending_state+0x77/0x77
[ 54.954936] ? preempt_count_sub+0x14/0xb3
[ 54.955450] ? __might_resched+0x8a/0x240
[ 54.955951] ? __might_sleep+0x25/0xa0
[ 54.956424] ? first_zones_zonelist+0x2c/0x43
[ 54.956977] ? __rcu_read_lock+0x2d/0x3a
[ 54.957476] ? __pte_offset_map+0x32/0xa4
[ 54.957980] ? __might_resched+0x8a/0x240
[ 54.958483] ? __might_sleep+0x25/0xa0
[ 54.958963] ? inet_send_prepare+0x54/0x54
[ 54.959478] ? sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x42/0x6c
[ 54.960000] sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x42/0x6c
[ 54.960502] __sys_sendto+0x15d/0x1cc
[ 54.960966] ? __x64_sys_getpeername+0x44/0x44
[ 54.961522] ? __handle_mm_fault+0x679/0xae4
[ 54.962068] ? find_vma+0x6b/0x
---truncated---
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| August 17, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| August 21, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2024-43878 (Linux). CVSS 8.1 → 7.1 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 304b44f0d5a4c2f91f82f7c31538d00485fb484c | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.10 | 6.10.3 |
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