--- id: CVE-2024-35886 title: |- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix infinite recursion in fib6_dump_done(). syzkaller reported infinite recursive calls of fib6_dump_done() during netlink socket destruction summary: |- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix infinite recursion in fib6_dump_done(). syzkaller reported infinite recursive calls of fib6_dump_done() during netlink socket destruction. [1] From the log… severity: high cvss: 7.8 cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H' cwe: - CWE-674 - CWE-787 vendor: linux product: linux_kernel affected: - 'linux_kernel >= 2.6.13, < 4.19.312' - 'linux_kernel >= 4.20, < 5.4.274' - 'linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.215' - 'linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.154' - 'linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.85' - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.26' - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.8.5' - linux_kernel = 2.6.12 - linux_kernel = 6.9 - debian_linux = 10.0 patched: - linux_kernel 6.8.5 published: '2024-05-19' updated: '2026-10-15' sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T01:17:49.830' source: NVD sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35886' references: - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/167d4b47a9bdcb01541dfa29e9f3cbb8edd3dfd2' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40a344b2ddc06c1a2caa7208a43911f39c662778' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a7c465a5dcd657d59d25bf4815e19ac05c13061' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9472d07cd095cbd3294ac54c42f304a38fbe9bfe' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c5258196182c25b55c33167cd72fdd9bbf08985' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d21d40605bca7bd5fc23ef03d4c1ca1f48bc2cae' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2dd75e57285f49e34af1a5b6cd8945c08243776' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd307f2d91d40fa7bc55df3e2cd1253fabf8a2d6' label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/167d4b47a9bdcb01541dfa29e9f3cbb8edd3dfd2' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40a344b2ddc06c1a2caa7208a43911f39c662778' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a7c465a5dcd657d59d25bf4815e19ac05c13061' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9472d07cd095cbd3294ac54c42f304a38fbe9bfe' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c5258196182c25b55c33167cd72fdd9bbf08985' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d21d40605bca7bd5fc23ef03d4c1ca1f48bc2cae' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2dd75e57285f49e34af1a5b6cd8945c08243776' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd307f2d91d40fa7bc55df3e2cd1253fabf8a2d6' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html' label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e tags: - nvd - cve.org epss: 0.00284 epssPercentile: 0.20847 ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T03:30:12.683Z' ssvc: exploitation: none automatable: 'no' technicalImpact: partial timestamp: '2024-05-20T15:12:24.428695Z' --- ## Overview In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix infinite recursion in fib6_dump_done(). syzkaller reported infinite recursive calls of fib6_dump_done() during netlink socket destruction. [1] From the log, syzkaller sent an AF_UNSPEC RTM_GETROUTE message, and then the response was generated. The following recvmmsg() resumed the dump for IPv6, but the first call of inet6_dump_fib() failed at kzalloc() due to the fault injection. [0] 12:01:34 executing program 3: r0 = socket$nl_route(0x10, 0x3, 0x0) sendmsg$nl_route(r0, ... snip ...) recvmmsg(r0, ... snip ...) (fail_nth: 8) Here, fib6_dump_done() was set to nlk_sk(sk)->cb.done, and the next call of inet6_dump_fib() set it to nlk_sk(sk)->cb.args[3]. syzkaller stopped receiving the response halfway through, and finally netlink_sock_destruct() called nlk_sk(sk)->cb.done(). fib6_dump_done() calls fib6_dump_end() and nlk_sk(sk)->cb.done() if it is still not NULL. fib6_dump_end() rewrites nlk_sk(sk)->cb.done() by nlk_sk(sk)->cb.args[3], but it has the same function, not NULL, calling itself recursively and hitting the stack guard page. To avoid the issue, let's set the destructor after kzalloc(). [0]: FAULT_INJECTION: forcing a failure. name failslab, interval 1, probability 0, space 0, times 0 CPU: 1 PID: 432110 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 6.8.0-12821-g537c2e91d354-dirty #11 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:117) should_fail_ex (lib/fault-inject.c:52 lib/fault-inject.c:153) should_failslab (mm/slub.c:3733) kmalloc_trace (mm/slub.c:3748 mm/slub.c:3827 mm/slub.c:3992) inet6_dump_fib (./include/linux/slab.h:628 ./include/linux/slab.h:749 net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:662) rtnl_dump_all (net/core/rtnetlink.c:4029) netlink_dump (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2269) netlink_recvmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1988) ____sys_recvmsg (net/socket.c:1046 net/socket.c:2801) ___sys_recvmsg (net/socket.c:2846) do_recvmmsg (net/socket.c:2943) __x64_sys_recvmmsg (net/socket.c:3041 net/socket.c:3034 net/socket.c:3034) [1]: BUG: TASK stack guard page was hit at 00000000f2fa9af1 (stack is 00000000b7912430..000000009a436beb) stack guard page: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN CPU: 1 PID: 223719 Comm: kworker/1:3 Not tainted 6.8.0-12821-g537c2e91d354-dirty #11 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 Workqueue: events netlink_sock_destruct_work RIP: 0010:fib6_dump_done (net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:570) Code: 3c 24 e8 f3 e9 51 fd e9 28 fd ff ff 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 55 48 89 fd <53> 48 8d 5d 60 e8 b6 4d 07 fd 48 89 da 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff RSP: 0018:ffffc9000d980000 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff84405990 RCX: ffffffff844059d3 RDX: ffff8881028e0000 RSI: ffffffff84405ac2 RDI: ffff88810c02f358 RBP: ffff88810c02f358 R08: 0000000000000007 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000224 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffff888007c82c78 R14: ffff888007c82c68 R15: ffff888007c82c68 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88811b100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: ffffc9000d97fff8 CR3: 0000000102309002 CR4: 0000000000770ef0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <#DF> fib6_dump_done (net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:572 (discriminator 1)) fib6_dump_done (net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:572 (discriminator 1)) ... fib6_dump_done (net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:572 (discriminator 1)) fib6_dump_done (net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:572 (discriminator 1)) netlink_sock_destruct (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:401) __sk_destruct (net/core/sock.c:2177 (discriminator 2)) sk_destruct (net/core/sock.c:2224) __sk_free (net/core/sock.c:2235) sk_free (net/core/sock.c:2246) process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3259) worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3329 kernel/workqueue. ---truncated--- ## Affected - `linux_kernel >= 2.6.13, < 4.19.312` - `linux_kernel >= 4.20, < 5.4.274` - `linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.215` - `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.154` - `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.85` - `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.26` - `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.8.5` - `linux_kernel = 2.6.12` - `linux_kernel = 6.9` - `debian_linux = 10.0` ## Remediation Upgrade past the affected range: - `linux_kernel 6.8.5`