CVE-2024-26863: hsr: Fix uninit-value access in hsr_get_node()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hsr: Fix uninit-value access in hsr_get_node()

KMSAN reported the following uninit-value access issue [1]:

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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in hsr_get_node+0xa2e/0xa40 net/hsr/hsr_framereg.c:246
hsr_get_node+0xa2e/0xa40 net/hsr/hsr_framereg.c:246
fill_frame_info net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:577 [inline]
hsr_forward_skb+0xe12/0x30e0 net/hsr/hsr_forward.c:615
hsr_dev_xmit+0x1a1/0x270 net/hsr/hsr_device.c:223
__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4940 [inline]
netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4954 [inline]
xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3548 [inline]
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x247/0xa10 net/core/dev.c:3564
__dev_queue_xmit+0x33b8/0x5130 net/core/dev.c:4349
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3134 [inline]
packet_xmit+0x9c/0x6b0 net/packet/af_packet.c:276
packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3087 [inline]
packet_sendmsg+0x8b1d/0x9f30 net/packet/af_packet.c:3119
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]
__sys_sendto+0x735/0xa10 net/socket.c:2191
__do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2203 [inline]
__se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2199 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendto+0x125/0x1c0 net/socket.c:2199
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x140 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b

Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook+0x129/0xa70 mm/slab.h:768
slab_al...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-26863

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.08% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

Timeline

2024-12-20 00:34:33 UTC
CVE

hsr: Fix uninit-value access in hsr_get_node()