# CVE-2024-50110: xfrm: fix one more kernel-infoleak in algo dumping

> A local attacker can read uninitialized kernel memory via xfrm algorithm dumping, potentially exposing sensitive data.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 5 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-52479, AZL-52526, BELL-CVE-2024-50110, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50110, GHSA-xfw2-qh29-p3mm, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50110

## What is CVE-2024-50110?

CVE-2024-50110 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 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:

xfrm: fix one more kernel-infoleak in algo dumping

During fuzz testing, the following issue was discovered:

BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_iter+0x598/0x2a30
 _copy_to_iter+0x598/0x2a30
 __skb_datagram_iter+0x168/0x1060
 skb_copy_datagram_iter+0x5b/0x220
 netlink_recvmsg+0x362/0x1700
 sock_recvmsg+0x2dc/0x390
 __sys_recvfrom+0x381/0x6d0
 __x64_sys_recvfrom+0x130/0x200
 x64_sys_call+0x32c8/0x3cc0
 do_syscall_64+0xd8/0x1c0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x79/0x81

Uninit was stored to memory at:
 copy_to_user_state_extra+0xcc1/0x1e00
 dump_one_state+0x28c/0x5f0
 xfrm_state_walk+0x548/0x11e0
 xfrm_dump_sa+0x1e0/0x840
 netlink_dump+0x943/0x1c40
 __netlink_dump_start+0x746/0xdb0
 xfrm_user_rcv_msg+0x429/0xc00
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x613/0x780
 xfrm_netlink_rcv+0x77/0xc0
 netlink_unicast+0xe90/0x1280
 netlink_sendmsg+0x126d/0x1490
 __sock_sendmsg+0x332/0x3d0
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x863/0xc30
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x285/0x3e0
 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x2d6/0x560
 x64_sys_call+0x1316/0x3cc0
 do_syscall_64+0xd8/0x1c0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x79/0x81

Uninit was created at:
 __kmalloc+0x571/0xd30
 attach_auth+0x106/0x3e0
 xfrm_add_sa+0x2aa0/0x4230
 xfrm_user_rcv_msg+0x832/0xc00
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x613/0x780
 xfrm_netlink_rcv+0x77/0xc0
 netlink_unicast+0xe90/0x1280
 netlink_sendmsg+0x126d/0x1490
 __sock_sendmsg+0x332/0x3d0
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x863/0xc30
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x285/0x3e0
 __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x2d6/0x560
 x64_sys_call+0x1316/0x3cc0
 do_syscall_64+0xd8/0x1c0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x79/0x81

Bytes 328-379 of 732 are uninitialized
Memory access of size 732 starts at ffff88800e18e000
Data copied to user address 00007ff30f48aff0

CPU: 2 PID: 18167 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.8.11 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014

Fixes copying of xfrm algorithms where some random
data of the structure fields can end up in userspace.
Padding in structures may be filled with random (possibly sensitve)
data and should never be given directly to user-space.

A similar issue was resolved in the commit
8222d5910dae ("xfrm: Zero padding when dumping algos and encap")

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

Weakness: CWE-908 (Use of Uninitialized Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50110?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50110?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-50110 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50110 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-50110 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50110 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 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-2024-50110 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-2024-50110/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50110/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50110
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50110
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50110

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