CVE-2024-26740

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: act_mirred: use the backlog for mirred ingress The test Davide added in commit ca22da2fbd69 ("act_mirred: use the backlog for nested calls to mirred ingress") hangs our testing VMs every 10 or so runs, with the familiar tcp_v4_rcv -> tcp_v4_rcv deadlock reported by lockdep. The problem as previously described by Davide (see Link) is that if we reverse flow of traffic with the redirect (egress -> ingress) we may reach the same socket which generated the packet. And we may still be holding its socket lock. The common solution to such deadlocks is to put the packet in the Rx backlog, rather than run the Rx path inline. Do that for all egress -> ingress reversals, not just once we started to nest mirred calls. In the past there was a concern that the backlog indirection will lead to loss of error reporting / less accurate stats. But the current workaround does not seem to address the issue.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

17 Mar 2025, 16:03

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
CWE CWE-667
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52f671db18823089a02f07efc04efdb2272ddc17 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52f671db18823089a02f07efc04efdb2272ddc17 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60ddea1600bc476e0f5e02bce0e29a460ccbf0be - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60ddea1600bc476e0f5e02bce0e29a460ccbf0be - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c787888d164689da8b1b115f3ef562c1e843af4 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c787888d164689da8b1b115f3ef562c1e843af4 - Patch

Information

Published : 2024-04-03 17:15

Updated : 2025-03-17 16:03


NVD link : CVE-2024-26740

Mitre link : CVE-2024-26740

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-26740


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-667

Improper Locking