CVE-2024-53119
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
02/12/2024
Last modified:
03/11/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
virtio/vsock: Fix accept_queue memory leak<br />
<br />
As the final stages of socket destruction may be delayed, it is possible<br />
that virtio_transport_recv_listen() will be called after the accept_queue<br />
has been flushed, but before the SOCK_DONE flag has been set. As a result,<br />
sockets enqueued after the flush would remain unremoved, leading to a<br />
memory leak.<br />
<br />
vsock_release<br />
__vsock_release<br />
lock<br />
virtio_transport_release<br />
virtio_transport_close<br />
schedule_delayed_work(close_work)<br />
sk_shutdown = SHUTDOWN_MASK<br />
(!) flush accept_queue<br />
release<br />
virtio_transport_recv_pkt<br />
vsock_find_bound_socket<br />
lock<br />
if flag(SOCK_DONE) return<br />
virtio_transport_recv_listen<br />
child = vsock_create_connected<br />
(!) vsock_enqueue_accept(child)<br />
release<br />
close_work<br />
lock<br />
virtio_transport_do_close<br />
set_flag(SOCK_DONE)<br />
virtio_transport_remove_sock<br />
vsock_remove_sock<br />
vsock_remove_bound<br />
release<br />
<br />
Introduce a sk_shutdown check to disallow vsock_enqueue_accept() during<br />
socket destruction.<br />
<br />
unreferenced object 0xffff888109e3f800 (size 2040):<br />
comm "kworker/5:2", pid 371, jiffies 4294940105<br />
hex dump (first 32 bytes):<br />
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................<br />
28 00 0b 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 (..@............<br />
backtrace (crc 9e5f4e84):<br />
[] kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x2c1/0x360<br />
[] sk_prot_alloc+0x30/0x120<br />
[] sk_alloc+0x2c/0x4b0<br />
[] __vsock_create.constprop.0+0x2a/0x310<br />
[] virtio_transport_recv_pkt+0x4dc/0x9a0<br />
[] vsock_loopback_work+0xfd/0x140<br />
[] process_one_work+0x20c/0x570<br />
[] worker_thread+0x1bf/0x3a0<br />
[] kthread+0xdd/0x110<br />
[] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50<br />
[] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.10 (including) | 6.1.119 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.2 (including) | 6.6.63 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 (including) | 6.11.10 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2415345042245de7601dcc6eafdbe3a3dcc9e379
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4310902c766e371359e6c6311056ae80b5beeac9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/897617a413e0bf1c6380e3b34b2f28f450508549
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/946c7600fa2207cc8d3fbc86a518ec56f98a5813
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7b0ff5a866724c3ad21f2628c22a63336deec3f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e26fa236758e8baa61a82cfd9fd4388d2e8d6a4c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html



