Upstream information

CVE-2024-56644 at MITRE

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/ipv6: release expired exception dst cached in socket

Dst objects get leaked in ip6_negative_advice() when this function is
executed for an expired IPv6 route located in the exception table. There
are several conditions that must be fulfilled for the leak to occur:
* an ICMPv6 packet indicating a change of the MTU for the path is received,
resulting in an exception dst being created
* a TCP connection that uses the exception dst for routing packets must
start timing out so that TCP begins retransmissions
* after the exception dst expires, the FIB6 garbage collector must not run
before TCP executes ip6_negative_advice() for the expired exception dst

When TCP executes ip6_negative_advice() for an exception dst that has
expired and if no other socket holds a reference to the exception dst, the
refcount of the exception dst is 2, which corresponds to the increment
made by dst_init() and the increment made by the TCP socket for which the
connection is timing out. The refcount made by the socket is never
released. The refcount of the dst is decremented in sk_dst_reset() but
that decrement is counteracted by a dst_hold() intentionally placed just
before the sk_dst_reset() in ip6_negative_advice(). After
ip6_negative_advice() has finished, there is no other object tied to the
dst. The socket lost its reference stored in sk_dst_cache and the dst is
no longer in the exception table. The exception dst becomes a leaked
object.

As a result of this dst leak, an unbalanced refcount is reported for the
loopback device of a net namespace being destroyed under kernels that do
not contain e5f80fcf869a ("ipv6: give an IPv6 dev to blackhole_netdev"):
unregister_netdevice: waiting for lo to become free. Usage count = 2

Fix the dst leak by removing the dst_hold() in ip6_negative_advice(). The
patch that introduced the dst_hold() in ip6_negative_advice() was
92f1655aa2b22 ("net: fix __dst_negative_advice() race"). But 92f1655aa2b22
merely refactored the code with regards to the dst refcount so the issue
was present even before 92f1655aa2b22. The bug was introduced in
54c1a859efd9f ("ipv6: Don't drop cache route entry unless timer actually
expired.") where the expired cached route is deleted and the sk_dst_cache
member of the socket is set to NULL by calling dst_negative_advice() but
the refcount belonging to the socket is left unbalanced.

The IPv4 version - ipv4_negative_advice() - is not affected by this bug.
When the TCP connection times out ipv4_negative_advice() merely resets the
sk_dst_cache of the socket while decrementing the refcount of the
exception dst.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  SUSE
Base Score 2.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
  SUSE
Base Score 2
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements Present
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1235133 [NEW]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-rt Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 kernel-source-rt Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-rt Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 kernel-source-rt Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-rt Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-source-rt Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-rt Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-source-rt Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-source Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 kernel-source-azure Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS kernel-source-azure Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 kernel-source-azure Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 kernel-source Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform Toolchain 3 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP2 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP2 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 kernel-source-rt Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 kernel-source-rt Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-default Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 kernel-default Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 kernel-source Already fixed
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 kernel-source Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 kernel-source Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 kernel-source Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 kernel-source Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 kernel-source Affected
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP3 kernel-source-rt Affected
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP4 kernel-source-rt Affected
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-source-rt Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.3 kernel-source Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 kernel-source-rt Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 kernel-source Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 kernel-source-azure Unsupported
openSUSE Leap 15.4 kernel-source-rt Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-default Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-source Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-source-azure Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-source-rt Already fixed


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Jan 6 22:05:24 2025
CVE page last modified: Tue Jan 7 01:04:13 2025