GHSA-QRHX-X8X3-MM5Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-09 12:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: Fix use-after-free in get_info()
ip6table_nat module unload has refcnt warning for UAF. call trace is:
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 379 at kernel/module/main.c:853 module_put+0x6f/0x80 Modules linked in: ip6table_nat(-) CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 379 Comm: ip6tables Not tainted 6.12.0-rc4-00047-gc2ee9f594da8-dirty #205 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:module_put+0x6f/0x80 Call Trace: get_info+0x128/0x180 do_ip6t_get_ctl+0x6a/0x430 nf_getsockopt+0x46/0x80 ipv6_getsockopt+0xb9/0x100 rawv6_getsockopt+0x42/0x190 do_sock_getsockopt+0xaa/0x180 __sys_getsockopt+0x70/0xc0 __x64_sys_getsockopt+0x20/0x30 do_syscall_64+0xa2/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Concurrent execution of module unload and get_info() trigered the warning. The root cause is as follows:
cpu0 cpu1 module_exit //mod->state = MODULE_STATE_GOING ip6table_nat_exit xt_unregister_template kfree(t) //removed from templ_list getinfo() t = xt_find_table_lock list_for_each_entry(tmpl, &xt_templates[af]...) if (strcmp(tmpl->name, name)) continue; //table not found try_module_get list_for_each_entry(t, &xt_net->tables[af]...) return t; //not get refcnt module_put(t->me) //uaf unregister_pernet_subsys //remove table from xt_net list
While xt_table module was going away and has been removed from xt_templates list, we couldnt get refcnt of xt_table->me. Check module in xt_net->tables list re-traversal to fix it.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-50257"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-416"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-11-09T11:15:11Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: Fix use-after-free in get_info()\n\nip6table_nat module unload has refcnt warning for UAF. call trace is:\n\nWARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 379 at kernel/module/main.c:853 module_put+0x6f/0x80\nModules linked in: ip6table_nat(-)\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 379 Comm: ip6tables Not tainted 6.12.0-rc4-00047-gc2ee9f594da8-dirty #205\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996),\nBIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:module_put+0x6f/0x80\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n get_info+0x128/0x180\n do_ip6t_get_ctl+0x6a/0x430\n nf_getsockopt+0x46/0x80\n ipv6_getsockopt+0xb9/0x100\n rawv6_getsockopt+0x42/0x190\n do_sock_getsockopt+0xaa/0x180\n __sys_getsockopt+0x70/0xc0\n __x64_sys_getsockopt+0x20/0x30\n do_syscall_64+0xa2/0x1a0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nConcurrent execution of module unload and get_info() trigered the warning.\nThe root cause is as follows:\n\ncpu0\t\t\t\t cpu1\nmodule_exit\n//mod-\u003estate = MODULE_STATE_GOING\n ip6table_nat_exit\n xt_unregister_template\n\tkfree(t)\n\t//removed from templ_list\n\t\t\t\t getinfo()\n\t\t\t\t\t t = xt_find_table_lock\n\t\t\t\t\t\tlist_for_each_entry(tmpl, \u0026xt_templates[af]...)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (strcmp(tmpl-\u003ename, name))\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcontinue; //table not found\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttry_module_get\n\t\t\t\t\t\tlist_for_each_entry(t, \u0026xt_net-\u003etables[af]...)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn t; //not get refcnt\n\t\t\t\t\t module_put(t-\u003eme) //uaf\n unregister_pernet_subsys\n //remove table from xt_net list\n\nWhile xt_table module was going away and has been removed from\nxt_templates list, we couldnt get refcnt of xt_table-\u003eme. Check\nmodule in xt_net-\u003etables list re-traversal to fix it.",
"id": "GHSA-qrhx-x8x3-mm5q",
"modified": "2025-11-04T00:32:01Z",
"published": "2024-11-09T12:30:49Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50257"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a1f088f9807f5166f58902d26246d0b88da03a8"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba22ea01348384df19cc1fabc7964be6e7189749"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bab3bb35c03b263c486833d50d50c081d9e9832b"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb7c388b5967946f097afdb759b7c860305f2d96"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f48d258f0ac540f00fa617dac496c4c18b5dc2fa"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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