Description

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

netfilter: nf_tables: flush pending destroy work before exit_net release

Similar to 2c9f0293280e ("netfilter: nf_tables: flush pending destroy
work before netlink notifier") to address a race between exit_net and
the destroy workqueue.

The trace below shows an element to be released via destroy workqueue
while exit_net path (triggered via module removal) has already released
the set that is used in such transaction.

[ 1360.547789] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x3f5/0x590 [nf_tables]
[ 1360.547861] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888140500cc0 by task kworker/4:1/152465
[ 1360.547870] CPU: 4 PID: 152465 Comm: kworker/4:1 Not tainted 6.8.0+ #359
[ 1360.547882] Workqueue: events nf_tables_trans_destroy_work [nf_tables]
[ 1360.547984] Call Trace:
[ 1360.547991]
[ 1360.547998] dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70
[ 1360.548014] print_report+0xc4/0x610
[ 1360.548026] ? __virt_addr_valid+0xba/0x160
[ 1360.548040] ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
[ 1360.548054] ? nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x3f5/0x590 [nf_tables]
[ 1360.548176] kasan_report+0xae/0xe0
[ 1360.548189] ? nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x3f5/0x590 [nf_tables]
[ 1360.548312] nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x3f5/0x590 [nf_tables]
[ 1360.548447] ? __pfx_nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x10/0x10 [nf_tables]
[ 1360.548577] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x18/0x30
[ 1360.548591] process_one_work+0x2f1/0x670
[ 1360.548610] worker...

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-35899

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 12.41% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

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

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4e14695fe805eb0f0cb36e0ad6a560b9f985e86
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46c4481938e2ca62343b16ea83ab28f4c1733d31
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7e3c88cc2a977c2b9a8aa52c1ce689e7b394e49
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e8447a9a3d367b5065a0b7abe101da6e0037b6e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/333b5085522cf1898d5a0d92616046b414f631a7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2c9eb19fc3b11caebafde4c30a76a49203d18a6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24cea9677025e0de419989ecb692acd4bb34cac2

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