CVE-2024-27395: net: openvswitch: Fix Use-After-Free in ovs_ct_exit

Description

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

net: openvswitch: Fix Use-After-Free in ovs_ct_exit

Since kfree_rcu, which is called in the hlist_for_each_entry_rcu traversal
of ovs_ct_limit_exit, is not part of the RCU read critical section, it
is possible that the RCU grace period will pass during the traversal and
the key will be free.

To prevent this, it should be changed to hlist_for_each_entry_safe.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-27395

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 5.06% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2db9a8c0a01fa1c762c1e61a13c212c492752994
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/589523cf0b384164e445dd5db8d5b1bf97982424
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35880c3fa6f8fe281a19975d2992644588ca33d3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9048616553c65e750d43846f225843ed745ec0d4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bca6fa2d9a9f560e6b89fd5190b05cc2f5d422c1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eaa5e164a2110d2fb9e16c8a29e4501882235137
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edee0758747d7c219e29db9ed1d4eb33e8d32865
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ea7b72d4fac2fdbc0425cd8f2ea33abe95235b2

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