# CVE-2024-57901: af_packet: fix vlan_get_protocol_dgram() vs MSG_PEEK

> A flaw in the Linux kernel's af_packet module allows a local attacker to cause a system crash via a specific packet handling race condition.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/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:** 15 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-57901, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57901, GHSA-j9xh-8839-85hc, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57901

## What is CVE-2024-57901?

CVE-2024-57901 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 15 Jan 2025. 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:

af_packet: fix vlan_get_protocol_dgram() vs MSG_PEEK

Blamed commit forgot MSG_PEEK case, allowing a crash [1] as found
by syzbot.

Rework vlan_get_protocol_dgram() to not touch skb at all,
so that it can be used from many cpus on the same skb.

Add a const qualifier to skb argument.

[1]
skbuff: skb_under_panic: text:ffffffff8a8ccd05 len:29 put:14 head:ffff88807fc8e400 data:ffff88807fc8e3f4 tail:0x11 end:0x140 dev:<NULL>
------------[ cut here ]------------
 kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:206 !
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5892 Comm: syz-executor883 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc4-syzkaller-00054-gd6ef8b40d075 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
 RIP: 0010:skb_panic net/core/skbuff.c:206 [inline]
 RIP: 0010:skb_under_panic+0x14b/0x150 net/core/skbuff.c:216
Code: 0b 8d 48 c7 c6 86 d5 25 8e 48 8b 54 24 08 8b 0c 24 44 8b 44 24 04 4d 89 e9 50 41 54 41 57 41 56 e8 5a 69 79 f7 48 83 c4 20 90 <0f> 0b 0f 1f 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3
RSP: 0018:ffffc900038d7638 EFLAGS: 00010282
RAX: 0000000000000087 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: 609ffd18ea660600
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000080000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff88802483c8d0 R08: ffffffff817f0a8c R09: 1ffff9200071ae60
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff5200071ae61 R12: 0000000000000140
R13: ffff88807fc8e400 R14: ffff88807fc8e3f4 R15: 0000000000000011
FS:  00007fbac5e006c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fbac5e00d58 CR3: 000000001238e000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
  skb_push+0xe5/0x100 net/core/skbuff.c:2636
  vlan_get_protocol_dgram+0x165/0x290 net/packet/af_packet.c:585
  packet_recvmsg+0x948/0x1ef0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3552
  sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1033 [inline]
  sock_recvmsg+0x22f/0x280 net/socket.c:1055
  ____sys_recvmsg+0x1c6/0x480 net/socket.c:2803
  ___sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2845 [inline]
  do_recvmmsg+0x426/0xab0 net/socket.c:2940
  __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3014 [inline]
  __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3037 [inline]
  __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3030 [inline]
  __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x199/0x250 net/socket.c:3030
  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
  do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57901?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-57901?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-57901 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57901 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [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-2024-57901 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-57901 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 15 Jan 2025. 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-2024-57901 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-2024-57901/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-57901/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-57901
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57901
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-57901

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-57901/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.