CVE-2024-26731
Published: Apr 3, 2024
Modified: May 23, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sk_psock_verdict_data_ready() syzbot reported the following NULL pointer dereference issue [1]: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [...] RIP: 0010:0x0 [...] Call Trace: <TASK> sk_psock_verdict_data_ready+0x232/0x340 net/core/skmsg.c:1230 unix_stream_sendmsg+0x9b4/0x1230 net/unix/af_unix.c:2293 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745 ____sys_sendmsg+0x525/0x7d0 net/socket.c:2584 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2638 [inline] __sys_sendmsg+0x2b0/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2667 do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x240 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77 If sk_psock_verdict_data_ready() and sk_psock_stop_verdict() are called concurrently, psock->saved_data_ready can be NULL, causing the above issue. This patch fixes this issue by calling the appropriate data ready function using the sk_psock_data_ready() helper and protecting it from concurrency with sk->sk_callback_lock.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected dd628fc697ee59b76bd3877c4bd13f07ccc3776f - < 4588b13abcbd561ec67f5b3c1cb2eff690990a54affected 6df7f764cd3cf5a03a4a47b23be47e57e41fcd85 - < 9b099ed46dcaf1403c531ff02c3d7400fa37fa26affected 6df7f764cd3cf5a03a4a47b23be47e57e41fcd85 - < d61608a4e394f23e0dca099df9eb8e555453d949affected 6df7f764cd3cf5a03a4a47b23be47e57e41fcd85 - < 4cd12c6065dfcdeba10f49949bffcf383b3952d8affected d3cbd7c571446a876aefd8320500300b2c951c58+2 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.4unaffected 0 - < 6.4unaffected 6.1.80 - <= 6.1.*unaffected 6.6.19 - <= 6.6.*unaffected 6.7.7 - <= 6.7.*+1 more versions |
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