CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-49944

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.28%

19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability was resolved in sctp_listen_start where sk_state is not set back to CLOSED if autobind fails. This leads to a NULL pointer dereference of bind_hash on subsequent sctp_inet_listen calls, causing a crash (KASAN: null-ptr-deref).

Risk Assessment

Can lead to system crash (kernel panic) via local invocation of listen on an SCTP socket with SCTP_REUSE_PORT set. This may cause denial of service.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that sets sk_state back to CLOSED on autobind failure.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: set sk_state back to CLOSED if autobind fails in sctp_listen_start In sctp_listen_start() invoked by sctp_inet_listen(), it should set the sk_state back to CLOSED if sctp_autobind() fails due to whatever reason. Otherwise, next time when calling sctp_inet_listen(), if sctp_sk(sk)->reuse is already set via setsockopt(SCTP_REUSE_PORT), sctp_sk(sk)->bind_hash will be dereferenced as sk_state is LISTENING, which causes a crash as bind_hash is NULL. KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] RIP: 0010:sctp_inet_listen+0x7f0/0xa20 net/sctp/socket.c:8617 Call Trace: <TASK> __sys_listen_socket net/socket.c:1883 [inline] __sys_listen+0x1b7/0x230 net/socket.c:1894 __do_sys_listen net/socket.c:1902 [inline]

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