CVE-2024-36938

bpf, skmsg: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue

Published May 30, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf, skmsg: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue

Fix NULL pointer data-races in sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue() which
syzbot reported [1].

[1]
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in sk_psock_drop / sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue

write to 0xffff88814b3278b8 of 8 bytes by task 10724 on cpu 1:
sk_psock_stop_verdict net/core/skmsg.c:1257 [inline]
sk_psock_drop+0x13e/0x1f0 net/core/skmsg.c:843
sk_psock_put include/linux/skmsg.h:459 [inline]
sock_map_close+0x1a7/0x260 net/core/sock_map.c:1648
unix_release+0x4b/0x80 net/unix/af_unix.c:1048
__sock_release net/socket.c:659 [inline]
sock_close+0x68/0x150 net/socket.c:1421
__fput+0x2c1/0x660 fs/file_table.c:422
__fput_sync+0x44/0x60 fs/file_table.c:507
__do_sys_close fs/open.c:1556 [inline]
__se_sys_close+0x101/0x1b0 fs/open.c:1541
__x64_sys_close+0x1f/0x30 fs/open.c:1541
do_syscall_64+0xd3/0x1d0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75

read to 0xffff88814b3278b8 of 8 bytes by task 10713 on cpu 0:
sk_psock_data_ready include/linux/skmsg.h:464 [inline]
sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue+0x32d/0x390 net/core/skmsg.c:555
sk_psock_skb_ingress_self+0x185/0x1e0 net/core/skmsg.c:606
sk_psock_verdict_apply net/core/skmsg.c:1008 [inline]
sk_psock_verdict_recv+0x3e4/0x4a0 net/core/skmsg.c:1202
unix_read_skb net/unix/af_unix.c:2546 [inline]
unix_stream_read_skb+0x9e/0xf0 net/unix/af_unix.c:2682
sk_psock_verdict_data_ready+0x77/0x220 net/core/skmsg.c:1223
unix_stream_sendmsg+0x527/0x860 net/unix/af_unix.c:2339
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x140/0x180 net/socket.c:745
____sys_sendmsg+0x312/0x410 net/socket.c:2584
___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2638 [inline]
__sys_sendmsg+0x1e9/0x280 net/socket.c:2667
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2676 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2674 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x46/0x50 net/socket.c:2674
do_syscall_64+0xd3/0x1d0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75

value changed: 0xffffffff83d7feb0 -> 0x0000000000000000

Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 PID: 10713 Comm: syz-executor.4 Tainted: G W 6.8.0-syzkaller-08951-gfe46a7dd189e #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/29/2024

Prior to this, commit 4cd12c6065df ("bpf, sockmap: Fix NULL pointer
dereference in sk_psock_verdict_data_ready()") fixed one NULL pointer
similarly due to no protection of saved_data_ready. Here is another
different caller causing the same issue because of the same reason. So
we should protect it with sk_callback_lock read lock because the writer
side in the sk_psock_drop() uses "write_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);".

To avoid errors that could happen in future, I move those two pairs of
lock into the sk_psock_data_ready(), which is suggested by John Fastabend.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5747-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6949-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6949-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6950-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6950-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6950-3 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6950-4 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6952-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6955-1 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6956-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6957-1 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7019-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7159-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7159-2 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7159-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7159-4 Linux kernel (IoT) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7159-5 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7195-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7195-2 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00011}

epss

{'score': 0.0001}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 8:17 PM
Reserved
May 30, 2024, 3:25 PM
Status
Modified
Published
May 30, 2024, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:37 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
May 30, 2024, 12:00 AM