# CVE-2024-57902: af_packet: fix vlan_get_tci() 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 socket operation.

- **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-2024-57902, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57902, GHSA-fr76-33m7-w46w, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57902

## What is CVE-2024-57902?

CVE-2024-57902 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_tci() vs MSG_PEEK

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

Rework vlan_get_tci() 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:ffffffff8a8da482 len:32 put:14 head:ffff88807a1d5800 data:ffff88807a1d5810 tail:0x14 end:0x140 dev:<NULL>
------------[ cut here ]------------
 kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:206 !
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5880 Comm: syz-executor172 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc3-syzkaller-00762-g9268abe611b0 #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 9e 6c 26 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 3a 5a 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:ffffc90003baf5b8 EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: 0000000000000087 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: 8565c1eec37aa000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000080000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: ffff88802616fb50 R08: ffffffff817f0a4c R09: 1ffff92000775e50
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff52000775e51 R12: 0000000000000140
R13: ffff88807a1d5800 R14: ffff88807a1d5810 R15: 0000000000000014
FS:  00007fa03261f6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007ffd65753000 CR3: 0000000031720000 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_tci+0x272/0x550 net/packet/af_packet.c:565
  packet_recvmsg+0x13c9/0x1ef0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3616
  sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1044 [inline]
  sock_recvmsg+0x22f/0x280 net/socket.c:1066
  ____sys_recvmsg+0x1c6/0x480 net/socket.c:2814
  ___sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2856 [inline]
  do_recvmmsg+0x426/0xab0 net/socket.c:2951
  __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3025 [inline]
  __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3048 [inline]
  __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3041 [inline]
  __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x199/0x250 net/socket.c:3041
  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
  do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57902?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-57902?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-57902 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57902 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-2024-57902 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-57902 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-2024-57902 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-2024-57902/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-57902/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-57902
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57902
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-57902

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-57902/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.