CVE-2024-53183 um: net: Do not use drvdata in release
A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel UML network driver causes a kernel panic when removing a network device.
- 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
What is CVE-2024-53183?
CVE-2024-53183 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Dec 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:
um: net: Do not use drvdata in release
The drvdata is not available in release. Let's just use container_of() to get the uml_net instance. Otherwise, removing a network device will result in a crash:
RIP: 0033:net_device_release+0x10/0x6f RSP: 00000000e20c7c40 EFLAGS: 00010206 RAX: 000000006002e4e7 RBX: 00000000600f1baf RCX: 00000000624074e0 RDX: 0000000062778000 RSI: 0000000060551c80 RDI: 00000000627af028 RBP: 00000000e20c7c50 R08: 00000000603ad594 R09: 00000000e20c7b70 R10: 000000000000135a R11: 00000000603ad422 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000062c7af00 R14: 0000000062406d60 R15: 00000000627700b6 Kernel panic - not syncing: Segfault with no mm CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 29 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6-g59b723cd2adb #1 Workqueue: events mc_work_proc Stack: 627af028 62c7af00 e20c7c80 60276fcd 62778000 603f5820 627af028 00000000 e20c7cb0 603a2bcd 627af000 62770010 Call Trace: [<60276fcd>] device_release+0x70/0xba [<603a2bcd>] kobject_put+0xba/0xe7 [<60277265>] put_device+0x19/0x1c [<60281266>] platform_device_put+0x26/0x29 [<60281e5f>] platform_device_unregister+0x2c/0x2e [<6002ec9c>] net_remove+0x63/0x69 [<60031316>] ? mconsole_reply+0x0/0x50 [<600310c8>] mconsole_remove+0x160/0x1cc [<60087d40>] ? __remove_hrtimer+0x38/0x74 [<60087ff8>] ? hrtimer_try_to_cancel+0x8c/0x98 [<6006b3cf>] ? dl_server_stop+0x3f/0x48 [<6006b390>] ? dl_server_stop+0x0/0x48 [<600672e8>] ? dequeue_entities+0x327/0x390 [<60038fa6>] ? um_set_signals+0x0/0x43 [<6003070c>] mc_work_proc+0x77/0x91 [<60057664>] process_scheduled_works+0x1b3/0x2dd [<60055f32>] ? assign_work+0x0/0x58 [<60057f0a>] worker_thread+0x1e9/0x293 [<6005406f>] ? set_pf_worker+0x0/0x64 [<6005d65d>] ? arch_local_irq_save+0x0/0x2d [<6005d748>] ? kthread_exit+0x0/0x3a [<60057d21>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x293 [<6005dbf1>] kthread+0x126/0x12b [<600219c5>] new_thread_handler+0x85/0xb6
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53183?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-53183?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2024-53183 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53183 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-53183, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53183, GHSA-m83p-mf5j-38hm, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53183.