CVE-2024-56751

Published: Dic 29, 2024 Last Modified: Nov 03, 2025 EU-VD ID: EUVD-2024-53394
ExploitDB:
Other exploit source:
Google Dorks:
MEDIUM 5,5
Attack Vector: local
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: low
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high

Description

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

ipv6: release nexthop on device removal

The CI is hitting some aperiodic hangup at device removal time in the
pmtu.sh self-test:

unregister_netdevice: waiting for veth_A-R1 to become free. Usage count = 6
ref_tracker: veth_A-R1@ffff888013df15d8 has 1/5 users at
dst_init+0x84/0x4a0
dst_alloc+0x97/0x150
ip6_dst_alloc+0x23/0x90
ip6_rt_pcpu_alloc+0x1e6/0x520
ip6_pol_route+0x56f/0x840
fib6_rule_lookup+0x334/0x630
ip6_route_output_flags+0x259/0x480
ip6_dst_lookup_tail.constprop.0+0x5c2/0x940
ip6_dst_lookup_flow+0x88/0x190
udp_tunnel6_dst_lookup+0x2a7/0x4c0
vxlan_xmit_one+0xbde/0x4a50 [vxlan]
vxlan_xmit+0x9ad/0xf20 [vxlan]
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x10e/0x360
__dev_queue_xmit+0xf95/0x18c0
arp_solicit+0x4a2/0xe00
neigh_probe+0xaa/0xf0

While the first suspect is the dst_cache, explicitly tracking the dst
owing the last device reference via probes proved such dst is held by
the nexthop in the originating fib6_info.

Similar to commit f5b51fe804ec ('ipv6: route: purge exception on
removal'), we need to explicitly release the originating fib info when
disconnecting a to-be-removed device from a live ipv6 dst: move the
fib6_info cleanup into ip6_dst_ifdown().

Tested running:

./pmtu.sh cleanup_ipv6_exception

in a tight loop for more than 400 iterations with no spat, running an
unpatched kernel I observed a splat every ~10 iterations.

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System)

Trend Analysis

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System)

Prevede la probabilità di sfruttamento basata su intelligence sulle minacce e sulle caratteristiche della vulnerabilità.

EPSS Score
0,0004
Percentile
0,1th
Updated

EPSS Score Trend (Last 90 Days)

Operating System

Linux Kernel by Linux

Version Range Affected
From 5.3 (inclusive)
To 6.1.120 (exclusive)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Common Platform Enumeration - Standardized vulnerability identification
Operating System

Linux Kernel by Linux

Version Range Affected
From 6.7 (inclusive)
To 6.11.11 (exclusive)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Common Platform Enumeration - Standardized vulnerability identification
Operating System

Linux Kernel by Linux

Version Range Affected
From 6.2 (inclusive)
To 6.6.64 (exclusive)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Common Platform Enumeration - Standardized vulnerability identification
Operating System

Linux Kernel by Linux

Version Range Affected
From 6.12 (inclusive)
To 6.12.2 (exclusive)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Common Platform Enumeration - Standardized vulnerability identification
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e4c6faaef8a24b762a24ffb767280e263ef8e10
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43e25adc80269f917d2a195f0d59f74cdd182955
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77aa9855a878fb43f547ddfbda3127a1e88ad31a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3c3f8a4d025acc8c857246ec2b812c59102487a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2f26a27ea3f72f75d18330f76f5d1007c791848
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb02688c5c45c3e7af7e71f036a7144f5639cbfe
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html