CVE-2024-27395 net: openvswitch: Fix Use-After-Free in ovs_ct_exit

What is CVE-2024-27395?

CVE-2024-27395 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 9 May 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:

net: openvswitch: Fix Use-After-Free in ovs_ct_exit

Since kfree_rcu, which is called in the hlist_for_each_entry_rcu traversal of ovs_ct_limit_exit, is not part of the RCU read critical section, it is possible that the RCU grace period will pass during the traversal and the key will be free.

To prevent this, it should be changed to hlist_for_each_entry_safe.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27395?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-27395?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2024-27395 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27395 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-27395, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27395, GHSA-97fh-3x83-fvh6, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27395.