Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-26582

Vulnerability identifier: #VU89002

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26582

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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/tls/tls_sw.c during partial reads and async decrypt. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
Amazon Linux AMI
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Ubuntu
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt (Red Hat package)
kernel
linux (Debian package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-41-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-41-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1017-laptop (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-laptop-23.10 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1021-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1021-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.5 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-6.5 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.5.0-1022-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04d (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04c (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04b (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-22.04a (Ubuntu package)
IBM Storage Scale System

Install updates from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.1.79
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - update to 4.15.10
kernel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 5.14.0-284.62.1.el9_2, 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4
kernel-rt (Red Hat package) - update to 5.14.0-284.62.1.rt14.347.el9_2
IBM Storage Scale System - addressed in versions 6.1.9.3, 6.2.0.0
kernel - update to 6.1.79-99.164
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.1.85-1
linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.41.41~22.04.2
linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.41.41~22.04.2
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.41.41~22.04.2
linux-image-6.5.0-41-generic-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-41.41~22.04.2
linux-image-6.5.0-41-generic (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-41.41~22.04.2
linux-image-6.5.0-1017-laptop (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1017.20
linux-image-laptop-23.10 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1017.20
linux-image-6.5.0-1021-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1021.22
linux-image-6.5.0-1021-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1021.22
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.5 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1021.29
linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1021.29
linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1021.29
linux-image-nvidia-6.5 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1021.29
linux-image-6.5.0-1022-oem (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0-1022.23
linux-image-oem-22.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1022.24
linux-image-oem-22.04d (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1022.24
linux-image-oem-22.04c (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1022.24
linux-image-oem-22.04b (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1022.24
linux-image-oem-22.04a (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.5.0.1022.24

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32b55c5ff9103b8508c1e04bfa5a08c64e7a925f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20b4ed034872b4d024b26e2bc1092c3f80e5db96
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d684763534b969cca1022e2a28645c7cc91f7fa5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/754c9bab77a1b895b97bd99d754403c505bc79df

• Use-after-free in Linux kernel TLS implementation
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support update for kernel-rt
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support update for kernel
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel
• Debian update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-6.5
• Ubuntu update for linux-laptop
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-6.5
• Ubuntu update for linux-hwe-6.5
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Scale System
• Amazon Linux AMI update for kernel