# CVE-2024-41041: udp: Set SOCK_RCU_FREE earlier in udp_lib_get_port().

> A race condition in the Linux kernel UDP subsystem can trigger a kernel warning and potential denial of service during socket lookup.

- **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:** 29 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-41041, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41041, GHSA-rfw5-xwqf-r29q, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41041

## What is CVE-2024-41041?

CVE-2024-41041 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 Jul 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:

udp: Set SOCK_RCU_FREE earlier in udp_lib_get_port().

syzkaller triggered the warning [0] in udp_v4_early_demux().

In udp_v[46]_early_demux() and sk_lookup(), we do not touch the refcount
of the looked-up sk and use sock_pfree() as skb->destructor, so we check
SOCK_RCU_FREE to ensure that the sk is safe to access during the RCU grace
period.

Currently, SOCK_RCU_FREE is flagged for a bound socket after being put
into the hash table.  Moreover, the SOCK_RCU_FREE check is done too early
in udp_v[46]_early_demux() and sk_lookup(), so there could be a small race
window:

  CPU1                                 CPU2
  ----                                 ----
  udp_v4_early_demux()                 udp_lib_get_port()
  |                                    |- hlist_add_head_rcu()
  |- sk = __udp4_lib_demux_lookup()    |
  |- DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(sk_is_refcounted(sk));
                                       `- sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_RCU_FREE)

We had the same bug in TCP and fixed it in commit 871019b22d1b ("net:
set SOCK_RCU_FREE before inserting socket into hashtable").

Let's apply the same fix for UDP.

[0]:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11198 at net/ipv4/udp.c:2599 udp_v4_early_demux+0x481/0xb70 net/ipv4/udp.c:2599
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 11198 Comm: syz-executor.1 Not tainted 6.9.0-g93bda33046e7 #13
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:udp_v4_early_demux+0x481/0xb70 net/ipv4/udp.c:2599
Code: c5 7a 15 fe bb 01 00 00 00 44 89 e9 31 ff d3 e3 81 e3 bf ef ff ff 89 de e8 2c 74 15 fe 85 db 0f 85 02 06 00 00 e8 9f 7a 15 fe <0f> 0b e8 98 7a 15 fe 49 8d 7e 60 e8 4f 39 2f fe 49 c7 46 60 20 52
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000ce3fa58 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff8318c92c
RDX: ffff888036ccde00 RSI: ffffffff8318c2f1 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffff88805a2dd6e0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0001ffffffffffff R12: ffff88805a2dd680
R13: 0000000000000007 R14: ffff88800923f900 R15: ffff88805456004e
FS:  00007fc449127640(0000) GS:ffff88807dc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fc449126e38 CR3: 000000003de4b002 CR4: 0000000000770ef0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ip_rcv_finish_core.constprop.0+0xbdd/0xd20 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:349
 ip_rcv_finish+0xda/0x150 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:447
 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:314 [inline]
 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:308 [inline]
 ip_rcv+0x16c/0x180 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:569
 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0xb3/0xe0 net/core/dev.c:5624
 __netif_receive_skb+0x21/0xd0 net/core/dev.c:5738
 netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:5824 [inline]
 netif_receive_skb+0x271/0x300 net/core/dev.c:5884
 tun_rx_batched drivers/net/tun.c:1549 [inline]
 tun_get_user+0x24db/0x2c50 drivers/net/tun.c:2002
 tun_chr_write_iter+0x107/0x1a0 drivers/net/tun.c:2048
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:497 [inline]
 vfs_write+0x76f/0x8d0 fs/read_write.c:590
 ksys_write+0xbf/0x190 fs/read_write.c:643
 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:655 [inline]
 __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:652 [inline]
 __x64_sys_write+0x41/0x50 fs/read_write.c:652
 x64_sys_call+0xe66/0x1990 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:2
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4b/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
RIP: 0033:0x7fc44a68bc1f
Code: 89 54 24 18 48 89 74 24 10 89 7c 24 08 e8 e9 cf f5 ff 48 8b 54 24 18 48 8b 74 24 10 41 89 c0 8b 7c 24 08 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 31 44 89 c7 48 89 44 24 08 e8 3c d0 f5 ff 48
RSP: 002b:00007fc449126c90 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00000000004bc050 RCX: 00007fc44a68bc1f
R
---truncated---

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41041?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-41041?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-41041 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41041 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-41041 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-41041 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 Jul 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-2024-41041 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. 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-2024-41041/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41041/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41041
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41041
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-41041

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.