# CVE-2024-26663: tipc: Check the bearer type before calling tipc_udp_nl_bearer_add()

> A local attacker can cause a kernel crash by sending a specific netlink message to the TIPC subsystem, leading to a denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 2 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-26663, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26663, GHSA-jg3j-8qg2-gph3, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26663

## What is CVE-2024-26663?

CVE-2024-26663 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 2 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

tipc: Check the bearer type before calling tipc_udp_nl_bearer_add()

syzbot reported the following general protection fault [1]:

general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000010: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000080-0x0000000000000087]
...
RIP: 0010:tipc_udp_is_known_peer+0x9c/0x250 net/tipc/udp_media.c:291
...
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 tipc_udp_nl_bearer_add+0x212/0x2f0 net/tipc/udp_media.c:646
 tipc_nl_bearer_add+0x21e/0x360 net/tipc/bearer.c:1089
 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1fc/0x2e0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:972
 genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1052 [inline]
 genl_rcv_msg+0x561/0x800 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1067
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x16b/0x440 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2544
 genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1076
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1341 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x53b/0x810 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1367
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8b7/0xd70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1909
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg+0xd5/0x180 net/socket.c:745
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x6ac/0x940 net/socket.c:2584
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x135/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2638
 __sys_sendmsg+0x117/0x1e0 net/socket.c:2667
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x40/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b

The cause of this issue is that when tipc_nl_bearer_add() is called with
the TIPC_NLA_BEARER_UDP_OPTS attribute, tipc_udp_nl_bearer_add() is called
even if the bearer is not UDP.

tipc_udp_is_known_peer() called by tipc_udp_nl_bearer_add() assumes that
the media_ptr field of the tipc_bearer has an udp_bearer type object, so
the function goes crazy for non-UDP bearers.

This patch fixes the issue by checking the bearer type before calling
tipc_udp_nl_bearer_add() in tipc_nl_bearer_add().

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26663?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-26663?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-26663 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26663 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26663 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-26663 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 2 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26663 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26663/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26663/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26663
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26663
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26663

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