GHSA-7533-C28P-JP9P
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-01 06:31 – Updated: 2026-05-12 12:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mac802154: fix llsec key resources release in mac802154_llsec_key_del
mac802154_llsec_key_del() can free resources of a key directly without following the RCU rules for waiting before the end of a grace period. This may lead to use-after-free in case llsec_lookup_key() is traversing the list of keys in parallel with a key deletion:
refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 16000 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0x162/0x2a0 Modules linked in: CPU: 4 PID: 16000 Comm: wpan-ping Not tainted 6.7.0 #19 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.16.2-1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x162/0x2a0 Call Trace: llsec_lookup_key.isra.0+0x890/0x9e0 mac802154_llsec_encrypt+0x30c/0x9c0 ieee802154_subif_start_xmit+0x24/0x1e0 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x13e/0x690 sch_direct_xmit+0x2ae/0xbc0 __dev_queue_xmit+0x11dd/0x3c20 dgram_sendmsg+0x90b/0xd60 __sys_sendto+0x466/0x4c0 __x64_sys_sendto+0xe0/0x1c0 do_syscall_64+0x45/0xf0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76
Also, ieee802154_llsec_key_entry structures are not freed by mac802154_llsec_key_del():
unreferenced object 0xffff8880613b6980 (size 64): comm "iwpan", pid 2176, jiffies 4294761134 (age 60.475s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 78 0d 8f 18 80 88 ff ff 22 01 00 00 00 00 ad de x......."....... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 cd ab 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1e2/0x2d0 [] kmalloc_trace+0x25/0xc0 [] mac802154_llsec_key_add+0xac9/0xcf0 [] ieee802154_add_llsec_key+0x5a/0x80 [] nl802154_add_llsec_key+0x426/0x5b0 [] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1fe/0x2f0 [] genl_rcv_msg+0x531/0x7d0 [] netlink_rcv_skb+0x169/0x440 [] genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 [] netlink_unicast+0x53c/0x820 [] netlink_sendmsg+0x93b/0xe60 [] _syssendmsg+0xac5/0xca0 [] _sys_sendmsg+0x11d/0x1c0 [] __sys_sendmsg+0xfa/0x1d0 [] do_syscall_64+0x45/0xf0 [] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76
Handle the proper resource release in the RCU callback function mac802154_llsec_key_del_rcu().
Note that if llsec_lookup_key() finds a key, it gets a refcount via llsec_key_get() and locally copies key id from key_entry (which is a list element). So it's safe to call llsec_key_put() and free the list entry after the RCU grace period elapses.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-26961"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-416"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-05-01T06:15:12Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmac802154: fix llsec key resources release in mac802154_llsec_key_del\n\nmac802154_llsec_key_del() can free resources of a key directly without\nfollowing the RCU rules for waiting before the end of a grace period. This\nmay lead to use-after-free in case llsec_lookup_key() is traversing the\nlist of keys in parallel with a key deletion:\n\nrefcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.\nWARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 16000 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0x162/0x2a0\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 4 PID: 16000 Comm: wpan-ping Not tainted 6.7.0 #19\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.16.2-1 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x162/0x2a0\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n llsec_lookup_key.isra.0+0x890/0x9e0\n mac802154_llsec_encrypt+0x30c/0x9c0\n ieee802154_subif_start_xmit+0x24/0x1e0\n dev_hard_start_xmit+0x13e/0x690\n sch_direct_xmit+0x2ae/0xbc0\n __dev_queue_xmit+0x11dd/0x3c20\n dgram_sendmsg+0x90b/0xd60\n __sys_sendto+0x466/0x4c0\n __x64_sys_sendto+0xe0/0x1c0\n do_syscall_64+0x45/0xf0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76\n\nAlso, ieee802154_llsec_key_entry structures are not freed by\nmac802154_llsec_key_del():\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880613b6980 (size 64):\n comm \"iwpan\", pid 2176, jiffies 4294761134 (age 60.475s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 78 0d 8f 18 80 88 ff ff 22 01 00 00 00 00 ad de x.......\".......\n 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 cd ab 00 00 00 00 ................\n backtrace:\n [\u003cffffffff81dcfa62\u003e] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1e2/0x2d0\n [\u003cffffffff81c43865\u003e] kmalloc_trace+0x25/0xc0\n [\u003cffffffff88968b09\u003e] mac802154_llsec_key_add+0xac9/0xcf0\n [\u003cffffffff8896e41a\u003e] ieee802154_add_llsec_key+0x5a/0x80\n [\u003cffffffff8892adc6\u003e] nl802154_add_llsec_key+0x426/0x5b0\n [\u003cffffffff86ff293e\u003e] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1fe/0x2f0\n [\u003cffffffff86ff46d1\u003e] genl_rcv_msg+0x531/0x7d0\n [\u003cffffffff86fee7a9\u003e] netlink_rcv_skb+0x169/0x440\n [\u003cffffffff86ff1d88\u003e] genl_rcv+0x28/0x40\n [\u003cffffffff86fec15c\u003e] netlink_unicast+0x53c/0x820\n [\u003cffffffff86fecd8b\u003e] netlink_sendmsg+0x93b/0xe60\n [\u003cffffffff86b91b35\u003e] ____sys_sendmsg+0xac5/0xca0\n [\u003cffffffff86b9c3dd\u003e] ___sys_sendmsg+0x11d/0x1c0\n [\u003cffffffff86b9c65a\u003e] __sys_sendmsg+0xfa/0x1d0\n [\u003cffffffff88eadbf5\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x45/0xf0\n [\u003cffffffff890000ea\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76\n\nHandle the proper resource release in the RCU callback function\nmac802154_llsec_key_del_rcu().\n\nNote that if llsec_lookup_key() finds a key, it gets a refcount via\nllsec_key_get() and locally copies key id from key_entry (which is a\nlist element). So it\u0027s safe to call llsec_key_put() and free the list\nentry after the RCU grace period elapses.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).",
"id": "GHSA-7533-c28p-jp9p",
"modified": "2026-05-12T12:31:43Z",
"published": "2024-05-01T06:31:42Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26961"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/068ab2759bc0b4daf0b964de61b2731449c86531"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20d3e1c8a1847497269f04d874b2a5818ec29e2d"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49c8951680d7b76fceaee89dcfbab1363fb24fd1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/640297c3e897bd7e1481466a6a5cb9560f1edb88"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3d858650933d44ac12c1f31337e7110c2071821"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcd51ab42b7a0431575689c5f74b8b6efd45fc2f"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8a1e58345cf40b7b272e08ac7b32328b2543e40"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.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"
}
]
}
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.