CVE-2024-41006

Published: 12 July 2024

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netrom: Fix a memory leak in nr_heartbeat_expiry() syzbot reported a memory leak in nr_create() [0]. Commit 409db27e3a2e ("netrom: Fix use-after-free of a listening socket.") added sock_hold() to the nr_heartbeat_expiry() function, where a) a socket has a SOCK_DESTROY flag or b) a listening socket has a SOCK_DEAD flag. But in the case "a," when the SOCK_DESTROY flag is set, the file descriptor has already been closed and the nr_release() function has been called. So it makes no sense to hold the reference count because no one will call another nr_destroy_socket() and put it as in the case "b." nr_connect nr_establish_data_link nr_start_heartbeat nr_release switch (nr->state) case NR_STATE_3 nr->state = NR_STATE_2 sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DESTROY); nr_rx_frame nr_process_rx_frame switch (nr->state) case NR_STATE_2 nr_state2_machine() nr_disconnect() nr_sk(sk)->state = NR_STATE_0 sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD) nr_heartbeat_expiry switch (nr->state) case NR_STATE_0 if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DESTROY) || (sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN && sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD))) sock_hold() // ( !!! ) nr_destroy_socket() To fix the memory leak, let's call sock_hold() only for a listening socket. Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller. [0]: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d327a1f3b12e1e206c16

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References

• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41006
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/0b9130247f3b6a1122478471ff0e014ea96bb735 (6.10-rc5)
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d616876256b38ecf9a1a1c7d674192c5346bc69c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e07a9c2a850cdebf625e7a1b8171bd23a8554313
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5391f9db2cab5ef1cb411be1ab7dbec728078fba
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/280cf1173726a7059b628c610c71050d5c0b6937
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a02fd5d775cf9787ee7698c797e20f2fa13d2e2b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6ebe4fed73eedeb73f4540f8edc4871945474c8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d377f5a28332954b19e373d36823e59830ab1712
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b9130247f3b6a1122478471ff0e014ea96bb735
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian