{"id":"CVE-2024-50035","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nppp: fix ppp_async_encode() illegal access\n\nsyzbot reported an issue in ppp_async_encode() [1]\n\nIn this case, pppoe_sendmsg() is called with a zero size.\nThen ppp_async…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nppp: fix ppp_async_encode() illegal access\n\nsyzbot reported an issue in ppp_async_encode() [1]\n\nIn this case, pppoe_sendmsg() is called with a zero size.\nThen ppp_async…","severity":"high","cvss":7.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-908"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 2.6.12, < 5.10.227","linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.168","linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.113","linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.57","linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.11.4","linux_kernel = 6.12"],"patched":["linux_kernel 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Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nppp: fix ppp_async_encode() illegal access\n\nsyzbot reported an issue in ppp_async_encode() [1]\n\nIn this case, pppoe_sendmsg() is called with a zero size.\nThen ppp_async_encode() is called with an empty skb.\n\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_async_encode drivers/net/ppp/ppp_async.c:545 [inline]\n BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ppp_async_push+0xb4f/0x2660 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_async.c:675\n  ppp_async_encode drivers/net/ppp/ppp_async.c:545 [inline]\n  ppp_async_push+0xb4f/0x2660 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_async.c:675\n  ppp_async_send+0x130/0x1b0 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_async.c:634\n  ppp_channel_bridge_input drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2280 [inline]\n  ppp_input+0x1f1/0xe60 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2304\n  pppoe_rcv_core+0x1d3/0x720 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:379\n  sk_backlog_rcv+0x13b/0x420 include/net/sock.h:1113\n  __release_sock+0x1da/0x330 net/core/sock.c:3072\n  release_sock+0x6b/0x250 net/core/sock.c:3626\n  pppoe_sendmsg+0x2b8/0xb90 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:903\n  sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:729 [inline]\n  __sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:744\n  ____sys_sendmsg+0x903/0xb60 net/socket.c:2602\n  ___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2656\n  __sys_sendmmsg+0x3c1/0x960 net/socket.c:2742\n  __do_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2771 [inline]\n  __se_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2768 [inline]\n  __x64_sys_sendmmsg+0xbc/0x120 net/socket.c:2768\n  x64_sys_call+0xb6e/0x3ba0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:308\n  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n  do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nUninit was created at:\n  slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4092 [inline]\n  slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4135 [inline]\n  kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x6bf/0xb80 mm/slub.c:4187\n  kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:587\n  __alloc_skb+0x363/0x7b0 net/core/skbuff.c:678\n  alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1322 [inline]\n  sock_wmalloc+0xfe/0x1a0 net/core/sock.c:2732\n  pppoe_sendmsg+0x3a7/0xb90 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:867\n  sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:729 [inline]\n  __sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:744\n  ____sys_sendmsg+0x903/0xb60 net/socket.c:2602\n  ___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2656\n  __sys_sendmmsg+0x3c1/0x960 net/socket.c:2742\n  __do_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2771 [inline]\n  __se_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2768 [inline]\n  __x64_sys_sendmmsg+0xbc/0x120 net/socket.c:2768\n  x64_sys_call+0xb6e/0x3ba0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:308\n  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n  do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5411 Comm: syz.1.14 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc1-syzkaller-00165-g360c1f1f24c6 #0\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 2.6.12, < 5.10.227`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.168`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.113`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.57`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.11.4`\n- `linux_kernel = 6.12`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.11.4`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":39,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":39.1,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}