CVE-2024-40942

2024-07-1213:15:16

Linux

web.nvd.nist.gov

linux kernel

wifi

mesh_preq_queue

objects

leak

vulnerability

cve-2024-40942

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

13.4%

JSON

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

wifi: mac80211: mesh: Fix leak of mesh_preq_queue objects

The hwmp code use objects of type mesh_preq_queue, added to a list in
ieee80211_if_mesh, to keep track of mpath we need to resolve. If the mpath
gets deleted, ex mesh interface is removed, the entries in that list will
never get cleaned. Fix this by flushing all corresponding items of the
preq_queue in mesh_path_flush_pending().

This should take care of KASAN reports like this:

unreferenced object 0xffff00000668d800 (size 128):
comm “kworker/u8:4”, pid 67, jiffies 4295419552 (age 1836.444s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 1f 05 09 00 00 ff ff 00 d5 68 06 00 00 ff ff …h…
8e 97 ea eb 3e b8 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 …>…
backtrace:
[<000000007302a0b6>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1e0/0x35c
[<00000000049bd418>] kmalloc_trace+0x34/0x80
[<0000000000d792bb>] mesh_queue_preq+0x44/0x2a8
[<00000000c99c3696>] mesh_nexthop_resolve+0x198/0x19c
[<00000000926bf598>] ieee80211_xmit+0x1d0/0x1f4
[<00000000fc8c2284>] __ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0x30c/0x764
[<000000005926ee38>] ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0x9c/0x7a4
[<000000004c86e916>] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x174/0x440
[<0000000023495647>] __dev_queue_xmit+0xe24/0x111c
[<00000000cfe9ca78>] batadv_send_skb_packet+0x180/0x1e4
[<000000007bacc5d5>] batadv_v_elp_periodic_work+0x2f4/0x508
[<00000000adc3cd94>] process_one_work+0x4b8/0xa1c
[<00000000b36425d1>] worker_thread+0x9c/0x634
[<0000000005852dd5>] kthread+0x1bc/0x1c4
[<000000005fccd770>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
unreferenced object 0xffff000009051f00 (size 128):
comm “kworker/u8:4”, pid 67, jiffies 4295419553 (age 1836.440s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
90 d6 92 0d 00 00 ff ff 00 d8 68 06 00 00 ff ff …h…
36 27 92 e4 02 e0 01 00 00 58 79 06 00 00 ff ff 6’…Xy…
backtrace:
[<000000007302a0b6>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1e0/0x35c
[<00000000049bd418>] kmalloc_trace+0x34/0x80
[<0000000000d792bb>] mesh_queue_preq+0x44/0x2a8
[<00000000c99c3696>] mesh_nexthop_resolve+0x198/0x19c
[<00000000926bf598>] ieee80211_xmit+0x1d0/0x1f4
[<00000000fc8c2284>] __ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0x30c/0x764
[<000000005926ee38>] ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0x9c/0x7a4
[<000000004c86e916>] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x174/0x440
[<0000000023495647>] __dev_queue_xmit+0xe24/0x111c
[<00000000cfe9ca78>] batadv_send_skb_packet+0x180/0x1e4
[<000000007bacc5d5>] batadv_v_elp_periodic_work+0x2f4/0x508
[<00000000adc3cd94>] process_one_work+0x4b8/0xa1c
[<00000000b36425d1>] worker_thread+0x9c/0x634
[<0000000005852dd5>] kthread+0x1bc/0x1c4
[<000000005fccd770>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Affected configurations

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange2.6.26–4.19.317

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.20.0–5.4.279

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.5.0–5.10.221

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.11.0–5.15.162

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.16.0–6.1.95

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.2.0–6.6.35

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.7.0–6.9.6

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.10.0≥

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "050ac52cbe1f",
        "lessThan": "377dbb220edc",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "050ac52cbe1f",
        "lessThan": "ec79670eae43",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "050ac52cbe1f",
        "lessThan": "7518e20a189f",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "050ac52cbe1f",
        "lessThan": "c4c865f971fd",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "050ac52cbe1f",
        "lessThan": "617dadbfb2d3",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "050ac52cbe1f",
        "lessThan": "63d5f89bb566",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "050ac52cbe1f",
        "lessThan": "d81e244af521",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "050ac52cbe1f",
        "lessThan": "b7d7f11a2918",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "2.6.26",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "2.6.26",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "4.19.317",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.19.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.4.279",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.10.221",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.15.162",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.1.95",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6.35",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.9.6",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.9.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.10",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]