SB2024031241 - Denial of service in Linux kernel llc
Published: March 12, 2024 Updated: May 14, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024031241
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26625)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in net/llc/af_llc.c when handling orphan sockets. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b950c712a9a05cdda4aea7fcb2848766576c11b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64babb17e8150771c58575d8f93a35c5296b499f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0b5b1f12429df3cd9751ab8b2f53729b77733b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbc1b89981f9c5360277071d33d7f04a43ffda4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c333d9891f34cea8af1b229dc754552304c8eee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3151051b787f7cd7e3329ea0016eb9113c248812
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e51f084b5716653f19e291ed5f026791d4b3ed4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa2b2eb3934859904c287bf5434647ba72e14c1c
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.307
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.210
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.149
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.269
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.77
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.16
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.7.4
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8