# CVE-2024-53211: net/l2tp: fix warning in l2tp_exit_net found by syzbot

> A logic error in the Linux kernel L2TP module can trigger a warning and potential instability during network namespace exit, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:** 27 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-53211, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53211, GHSA-f4g2-c45m-rq74, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53211

## What is CVE-2024-53211?

CVE-2024-53211 is a medium-severity denial of service 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:

net/l2tp: fix warning in l2tp_exit_net found by syzbot

In l2tp's net exit handler, we check that an IDR is empty before
destroying it:

	WARN_ON_ONCE(!idr_is_empty(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_idr));
	idr_destroy(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_idr);

By forcing memory allocation failures in idr_alloc_32, syzbot is able
to provoke a condition where idr_is_empty returns false despite there
being no items in the IDR. This turns out to be because the radix tree
of the IDR contains only internal radix-tree nodes and it is this that
causes idr_is_empty to return false. The internal nodes are cleaned by
idr_destroy.

Use idr_for_each to check that the IDR is empty instead of
idr_is_empty to avoid the problem.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53211?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-53211?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-53211 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53211 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [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-2024-53211 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-53211 is a medium-severity denial of service 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53211 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-2024-53211/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53211/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53211
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53211
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53211

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53211/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.