UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50045
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: br_netfilter: fix panic with metadata_dst skb Fix a kernel panic in the br_netfilter module when sending untagged traffic via a VxLAN device. This happens during the check for fragmentation in br_nf_dev_queue_xmit. It is dependent on: 1) the br_netfilter module being loaded; 2) net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables set to 1; 3) a bridge with a VxLAN (single-vxlan-device) netdevice as a bridge port; 4) untagged frames with size higher than the VxLAN MTU forwarded/flooded When forwarding the untagged packet to the VxLAN bridge port, before the netfilter hooks are called, br_handle_egress_vlan_tunnel is called and changes the skb_dst to the tunnel dst. The tunnel_dst is a metadata type of dst, i.e., skb_valid_dst(skb) is false, and metadata->dst.dev is NULL. Then in the br_netfilter hooks, in br_nf_dev_queue_xmit, there's a check for frames that needs to be fragmented: frames with higher MTU than the VxLAN device end up calling br_nf_ip_fragment, which in turns call ip_skb_dst_mtu. The ip_dst_mtu tries to use the skb_dst(skb) as if it was a valid dst with valid dst->dev, thus the crash. This case was never supported in the first place, so drop the packet instead. PING 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2) from 0.0.0.0 h1-eth0: 2000(2028) bytes of data. [ 176.291791] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000110 [ 176.292101] Mem abort info: [ 176.292184] ESR = 0x0000000096000004 [ 176.292322] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 176.292530] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 176.292709] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 176.292862] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault [ 176.293013] Data abort info: [ 176.293104] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000 [ 176.293488] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 [ 176.293787] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 [ 176.293995] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000043ef5000 [ 176.294166] [0000000000000110] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 [ 176.294827] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 176.295252] Modules linked in: vxlan ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel veth br_netfilter bridge stp llc ipv6 crct10dif_ce [ 176.295923] CPU: 0 PID: 188 Comm: ping Not tainted 6.8.0-rc3-g5b3fbd61b9d1 #2 [ 176.296314] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) [ 176.296535] pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 176.296808] pc : br_nf_dev_queue_xmit+0x390/0x4ec [br_netfilter] [ 176.297382] lr : br_nf_dev_queue_xmit+0x2ac/0x4ec [br_netfilter] [ 176.297636] sp : ffff800080003630 [ 176.297743] x29: ffff800080003630 x28: 0000000000000008 x27: ffff6828c49ad9f8 [ 176.298093] x26: ffff6828c49ad000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 00000000000003e8 [ 176.298430] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffff6828c4960b40 x21: ffff6828c3b16d28 [ 176.298652] x20: ffff6828c3167048 x19: ffff6828c3b16d00 x18: 0000000000000014 [ 176.298926] x17: ffffb0476322f000 x16: ffffb7e164023730 x15: 0000000095744632 [ 176.299296] x14: ffff6828c3f1c880 x13: 0000000000000002 x12: ffffb7e137926a70 [ 176.299574] x11: 0000000000000001 x10: ffff6828c3f1c898 x9 : 0000000000000000 [ 176.300049] x8 : ffff6828c49bf070 x7 : 0008460f18d5f20e x6 : f20e0100bebafeca [ 176.300302] x5 : ffff6828c7f918fe x4 : ffff6828c49bf070 x3 : 0000000000000000 [ 176.300586] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff6828c3c7ad00 x0 : ffff6828c7f918f0 [ 176.300889] Call trace: [ 176.301123] br_nf_dev_queue_xmit+0x390/0x4ec [br_netfilter] [ 176.301411] br_nf_post_routing+0x2a8/0x3e4 [br_netfilter] [ 176.301703] nf_hook_slow+0x48/0x124 [ 176.302060] br_forward_finish+0xc8/0xe8 [bridge] [ 176.302371] br_nf_hook_thresh+0x124/0x134 [br_netfilter] [ 176.302605] br_nf_forward_finish+0x118/0x22c [br_netfilter] [ 176.302824] br_nf_forward_ip.part.0+0x264/0x290 [br_netfilter] [ 176.303136] br_nf_forward+0x2b8/0x4e0 [br_netfilter] [ 176.303359] nf_hook_slow+0x48/0x124 [ 176.303 ---truncated---
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: br_netfilter: fix panic with metadata_dst skb Fix a kernel panic in the br_netfilter module when sending untagged traffic via a VxLAN device. This happens during the check for fragmentation in br_nf_dev_queue_xmit. It is dependent on: 1) the br_netfilter module being loaded; 2) net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables set to 1; 3) a bridge with a VxLAN (single-vxlan-device) netdevice as a bridge port; 4) untagged frames with size higher than the VxLAN MTU forwarded/flooded When forwarding the untagged packet to the VxLAN bridge port, before the netfilter hooks are called, br_handle_egress_vlan_tunnel is called and changes the skb_dst to the tunnel dst. The tunnel_dst is a metadata type of dst, i.e., skb_valid_dst(skb) is false, and metadata->dst.dev is NULL. Then in the br_netfilter hooks, in br_nf_dev_queue_xmit, there's a check for frames that needs to be fragmented: frames with higher MTU than the VxLAN device end up calling br_nf_ip_fragment, which in turns call ip_skb_dst_mtu. The ip_dst_mtu tries to use the skb_dst(skb) as if it was a valid dst with valid dst->dev, thus the crash. This case was never supported in the first place, so drop the packet instead. PING 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2) from 0.0.0.0 h1-eth0: 2000(2028) bytes of data. [ 176.291791] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000110 [ 176.292101] Mem abort info: [ 176.292184] ESR = 0x0000000096000004 [ 176.292322] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 176.292530] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 176.292709] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 176.292862] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault [ 176.293013] Data abort info: [ 176.293104] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000 [ 176.293488] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 [ 176.293787] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 [ 176.293995] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000043ef5000 [ 176.294166] [0000000000000110] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 [ 176.294827] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 176.295252] Modules linked in: vxlan ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel veth br_netfilter bridge stp llc ipv6 crct10dif_ce [ 176.295923] CPU: 0 PID: 188 Comm: ping Not tainted 6.8.0-rc3-g5b3fbd61b9d1 #2 [ 176.296314] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) [ 176.296535] pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 176.296808] pc : br_nf_dev_queue_xmit+0x390/0x4ec [br_netfilter] [ 176.297382] lr : br_nf_dev_queue_xmit+0x2ac/0x4ec [br_netfilter] [ 176.297636] sp : ffff800080003630 [ 176.297743] x29: ffff800080003630 x28: 0000000000000008 x27: ffff6828c49ad9f8 [ 176.298093] x26: ffff6828c49ad000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 00000000000003e8 [ 176.298430] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffff6828c4960b40 x21: ffff6828c3b16d28 [ 176.298652] x20: ffff6828c3167048 x19: ffff6828c3b16d00 x18: 0000000000000014 [ 176.298926] x17: ffffb0476322f000 x16: ffffb7e164023730 x15: 0000000095744632 [ 176.299296] x14: ffff6828c3f1c880 x13: 0000000000000002 x12: ffffb7e137926a70 [ 176.299574] x11: 0000000000000001 x10: ffff6828c3f1c898 x9 : 0000000000000000 [ 176.300049] x8 : ffff6828c49bf070 x7 : 0008460f18d5f20e x6 : f20e0100bebafeca [ 176.300302] x5 : ffff6828c7f918fe x4 : ffff6828c49bf070 x3 : 0000000000000000 [ 176.300586] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff6828c3c7ad00 x0 : ffff6828c7f918f0 [ 176.300889] Call trace: [ 176.301123] br_nf_dev_queue_xmit+0x390/0x4ec [br_netfilter] [ 176.301411] br_nf_post_routing+0x2a8/0x3e4 [br_netfilter] [ 176.301703] nf_hook_slow+0x48/0x124 [ 176.302060] br_forward_finish+0xc8/0xe8 [bridge] [ 176.302371] br_nf_hook_thresh+0x124/0x134 [br_netfilter] [ 176.302605] br_nf_forward_finish+0x118/0x22c [br_netfilter] [ 176.302824] br_nf_forward_ip.part.0+0x264/0x290 [br_netfilter] [ 176.303136] br_nf_forward+0x2b8/0x4e0 [br_netfilter] [ 176.303359] nf_hook_slow+0x48/0x124 [ 176.303 ---truncated---
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/f9ff7665cd128012868098bbd07e28993e314fdb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3453f5839420bfbb85c86c61e49f49ffd0f041c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78ed917133b118661e1fe62d4a85d5d428ee9568
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/915717e0bb9837cc5c101bc545af487bd787239e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95c0cff5a1a5d28bf623b92eb5d1a8f56ed30803
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cce8419b8168f6e7eb637103a47f916f3de8bc81
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9ff7665cd128012868098bbd07e28993e314fdb
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-50045
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7166-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7166-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7166-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7166-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7186-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7186-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7194-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7276-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7277-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7293-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7294-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7294-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7294-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7294-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7295-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7310-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7383-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7383-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7384-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7384-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7385-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7386-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7393-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7401-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7403-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7413-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7451-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7468-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7523-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7524-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7539-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7540-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50045