CVE-2024-41048
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
29/07/2024
Last modified:
03/11/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
skmsg: Skip zero length skb in sk_msg_recvmsg<br />
<br />
When running BPF selftests (./test_progs -t sockmap_basic) on a Loongarch<br />
platform, the following kernel panic occurs:<br />
<br />
[...]<br />
Oops[#1]:<br />
CPU: 22 PID: 2824 Comm: test_progs Tainted: G OE 6.10.0-rc2+ #18<br />
Hardware name: LOONGSON Dabieshan/Loongson-TC542F0, BIOS Loongson-UDK2018<br />
... ...<br />
ra: 90000000048bf6c0 sk_msg_recvmsg+0x120/0x560<br />
ERA: 9000000004162774 copy_page_to_iter+0x74/0x1c0<br />
CRMD: 000000b0 (PLV0 -IE -DA +PG DACF=CC DACM=CC -WE)<br />
PRMD: 0000000c (PPLV0 +PIE +PWE)<br />
EUEN: 00000007 (+FPE +SXE +ASXE -BTE)<br />
ECFG: 00071c1d (LIE=0,2-4,10-12 VS=7)<br />
ESTAT: 00010000 [PIL] (IS= ECode=1 EsubCode=0)<br />
BADV: 0000000000000040<br />
PRID: 0014c011 (Loongson-64bit, Loongson-3C5000)<br />
Modules linked in: bpf_testmod(OE) xt_CHECKSUM xt_MASQUERADE xt_conntrack<br />
Process test_progs (pid: 2824, threadinfo=0000000000863a31, task=...)<br />
Stack : ...<br />
Call Trace:<br />
[] copy_page_to_iter+0x74/0x1c0<br />
[] sk_msg_recvmsg+0x120/0x560<br />
[] tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser+0x170/0x4e0<br />
[] inet_recvmsg+0x54/0x100<br />
[] sock_recvmsg+0x7c/0xe0<br />
[] __sys_recvfrom+0x108/0x1c0<br />
[] sys_recvfrom+0x1c/0x40<br />
[] do_syscall+0x8c/0xc0<br />
[] handle_syscall+0xc4/0x160<br />
Code: ...<br />
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---<br />
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception<br />
Kernel relocated by 0x3510000<br />
.text @ 0x9000000003710000<br />
.data @ 0x9000000004d70000<br />
.bss @ 0x9000000006469400<br />
---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception ]---<br />
[...]<br />
<br />
This crash happens every time when running sockmap_skb_verdict_shutdown<br />
subtest in sockmap_basic.<br />
<br />
This crash is because a NULL pointer is passed to page_address() in the<br />
sk_msg_recvmsg(). Due to the different implementations depending on the<br />
architecture, page_address(NULL) will trigger a panic on Loongarch<br />
platform but not on x86 platform. So this bug was hidden on x86 platform<br />
for a while, but now it is exposed on Loongarch platform. The root cause<br />
is that a zero length skb (skb->len == 0) was put on the queue.<br />
<br />
This zero length skb is a TCP FIN packet, which was sent by shutdown(),<br />
invoked in test_sockmap_skb_verdict_shutdown():<br />
<br />
shutdown(p1, SHUT_WR);<br />
<br />
In this case, in sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue(), num_sge is zero, and no<br />
page is put to this sge (see sg_set_page in sg_set_page), but this empty<br />
sge is queued into ingress_msg list.<br />
<br />
And in sk_msg_recvmsg(), this empty sge is used, and a NULL page is got by<br />
sg_page(sge). Pass this NULL page to copy_page_to_iter(), which passes it<br />
to kmap_local_page() and to page_address(), then kernel panics.<br />
<br />
To solve this, we should skip this zero length skb. So in sk_msg_recvmsg(),<br />
if copy is zero, that means it&#39;s a zero length skb, skip invoking<br />
copy_page_to_iter(). We are using the EFAULT return triggered by<br />
copy_page_to_iter to check for is_fin in tcp_bpf.c.
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.20 (including) | 5.15.163 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 6.1.100 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.2 (including) | 6.6.41 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 (including) | 6.9.10 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10: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/195b7bcdfc5adc5b2468f279dd9eb7eebd2e7632
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b180739b45a38b4caa88fe16bb5273072e6613dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0c18025693707ec344a70b6887f7450bf4c826b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8bd689f37f4198a4c61c4684f591ba639595b97
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb61d7b9fb6ef0032de469499a54dab4c7260d0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/195b7bcdfc5adc5b2468f279dd9eb7eebd2e7632
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b180739b45a38b4caa88fe16bb5273072e6613dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0c18025693707ec344a70b6887f7450bf4c826b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8bd689f37f4198a4c61c4684f591ba639595b97
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb61d7b9fb6ef0032de469499a54dab4c7260d0d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html



