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GHSA-68WQ-8VPF-V9V8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-12 15:31 – Updated: 2026-05-12 12:32
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xfrm6: check ip6_dst_idev() return value in xfrm6_get_saddr()

ip6_dst_idev() can return NULL, xfrm6_get_saddr() must act accordingly.

syzbot reported:

Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] CPU: 1 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/u8:1 Not tainted 6.10.0-rc2-syzkaller-00383-gb8481381d4e2 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/02/2024 Workqueue: wg-kex-wg1 wg_packet_handshake_send_worker RIP: 0010:xfrm6_get_saddr+0x93/0x130 net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c:64 Code: df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 97 00 00 00 4c 8b ab d8 00 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 89 ea 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 86 00 00 00 4d 8b 6d 00 e8 ca 13 47 01 48 b8 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc90000117378 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff88807b079dc0 RCX: ffffffff89a0d6d7 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff89a0d6e9 RDI: ffff88807b079e98 RBP: ffff88807ad73248 R08: 0000000000000007 R09: fffffffffffff000 R10: ffff88807b079dc0 R11: 0000000000000007 R12: ffffc90000117480 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9300000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f4586d00440 CR3: 0000000079042000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: xfrm_get_saddr net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:2452 [inline] xfrm_tmpl_resolve_one net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:2481 [inline] xfrm_tmpl_resolve+0xa26/0xf10 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:2541 xfrm_resolve_and_create_bundle+0x140/0x2570 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:2835 xfrm_bundle_lookup net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:3070 [inline] xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0x4d1/0x1e60 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:3201 xfrm_lookup net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:3298 [inline] xfrm_lookup_route+0x3b/0x200 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:3309 ip6_dst_lookup_flow+0x15c/0x1d0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1256 send6+0x611/0xd20 drivers/net/wireguard/socket.c:139 wg_socket_send_skb_to_peer+0xf9/0x220 drivers/net/wireguard/socket.c:178 wg_socket_send_buffer_to_peer+0x12b/0x190 drivers/net/wireguard/socket.c:200 wg_packet_send_handshake_initiation+0x227/0x360 drivers/net/wireguard/send.c:40 wg_packet_handshake_send_worker+0x1c/0x30 drivers/net/wireguard/send.c:51 process_one_work+0x9fb/0x1b60 kernel/workqueue.c:3231 process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3312 [inline] worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf70 kernel/workqueue.c:3393 kthread+0x2c1/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x45/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-40959"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-07-12T13:15:17Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfrm6: check ip6_dst_idev() return value in xfrm6_get_saddr()\n\nip6_dst_idev() can return NULL, xfrm6_get_saddr() must act accordingly.\n\nsyzbot reported:\n\nOops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]\nCPU: 1 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/u8:1 Not tainted 6.10.0-rc2-syzkaller-00383-gb8481381d4e2 #0\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/02/2024\nWorkqueue: wg-kex-wg1 wg_packet_handshake_send_worker\n RIP: 0010:xfrm6_get_saddr+0x93/0x130 net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c:64\nCode: df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 97 00 00 00 4c 8b ab d8 00 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 89 ea 48 c1 ea 03 \u003c80\u003e 3c 02 00 0f 85 86 00 00 00 4d 8b 6d 00 e8 ca 13 47 01 48 b8 00\nRSP: 0018:ffffc90000117378 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff88807b079dc0 RCX: ffffffff89a0d6d7\nRDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff89a0d6e9 RDI: ffff88807b079e98\nRBP: ffff88807ad73248 R08: 0000000000000007 R09: fffffffffffff000\nR10: ffff88807b079dc0 R11: 0000000000000007 R12: ffffc90000117480\nR13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000\nFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9300000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00007f4586d00440 CR3: 0000000079042000 CR4: 00000000003506f0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n  xfrm_get_saddr net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:2452 [inline]\n  xfrm_tmpl_resolve_one net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:2481 [inline]\n  xfrm_tmpl_resolve+0xa26/0xf10 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:2541\n  xfrm_resolve_and_create_bundle+0x140/0x2570 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:2835\n  xfrm_bundle_lookup net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:3070 [inline]\n  xfrm_lookup_with_ifid+0x4d1/0x1e60 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:3201\n  xfrm_lookup net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:3298 [inline]\n  xfrm_lookup_route+0x3b/0x200 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:3309\n  ip6_dst_lookup_flow+0x15c/0x1d0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1256\n  send6+0x611/0xd20 drivers/net/wireguard/socket.c:139\n  wg_socket_send_skb_to_peer+0xf9/0x220 drivers/net/wireguard/socket.c:178\n  wg_socket_send_buffer_to_peer+0x12b/0x190 drivers/net/wireguard/socket.c:200\n  wg_packet_send_handshake_initiation+0x227/0x360 drivers/net/wireguard/send.c:40\n  wg_packet_handshake_send_worker+0x1c/0x30 drivers/net/wireguard/send.c:51\n  process_one_work+0x9fb/0x1b60 kernel/workqueue.c:3231\n  process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3312 [inline]\n  worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf70 kernel/workqueue.c:3393\n  kthread+0x2c1/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:389\n  ret_from_fork+0x45/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147\n  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244",
  "id": "GHSA-68wq-8vpf-v9v8",
  "modified": "2026-05-12T12:32:02Z",
  "published": "2024-07-12T15:31:28Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40959"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-613116.html"
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    {
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/600a62b4232ac027f788c3ca395bc2333adeaacf"
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
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}



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