ipmr: fix kernel panic when forwarding mcast packets
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-476.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmr: fix kernel panic when forwarding mcast packets The stacktrace was: [ 86.305548] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000092 [ 86.306815] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 86.307717] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 86.308624] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 86.309091] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 86.309883] CPU: 2 PID: 3139 Comm: pimd Tainted: G U 6.8.0-6wind-knet #1 [ 86.311027] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.11.1-0-g0551a4be2c-prebuilt.qemu-project.org 04/01/2014 [ 86.312728] RIP: 0010:ip_mr_forward (/build/work/knet/net/ipv4/ipmr.c:1985) [ 86.313399] Code: f9 1f 0f 87 85 03 00 00 48 8d 04 5b 48 8d 04 83 49 8d 44 c5 00 48 8b 40 70 48 39 c2 0f 84 d9 00 00 00 49 8b 46 58 48 83 e0 fe <80> b8 92 00 00 00 00 0f 84 55 ff ff ff 49 83 47 38 01 45 85 e4 0f [ 86.316565] RSP: 0018:ffffad21c0583ae0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 86.317497] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 86.318596] RDX: ffff9559cb46c000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 [ 86.319627] RBP: ffffad21c0583b30 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 86.320650] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001 [ 86.321672] R13: ffff9559c093a000 R14: ffff9559cc00b800 R15: ffff9559c09c1d80 [ 86.322873] FS: 00007f85db661980(0000) GS:ffff955a79d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 86.324291] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 86.325314] CR2: 0000000000000092 CR3: 000000002f13a000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 [ 86.326589] Call Trace: [ 86.327036] <TASK> [ 86.327434] ? show_regs (/build/work/knet/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:479) [ 86.328049] ? __die (/build/work/knet/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:421 /build/work/knet/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:434) [ 86.328508] ? page_fault_oops (/build/work/knet/arch/x86/mm/fault.c:707) [ 86.329107] ? do_user_addr_fault (/build/work/knet/arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1264) [ 86.329756] ? srso_return_thunk (/build/work/knet/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:223) [ 86.330350] ? __irq_work_queue_local (/build/work/knet/kernel/irq_work.c:111 (discriminator 1)) [ 86.331013] ? exc_page_fault (/build/work/knet/./arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:693 /build/work/knet/arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1515 /build/work/knet/arch/x86/mm/fault.c:1563) [ 86.331702] ? asm_exc_page_fault (/build/work/knet/./arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:570) [ 86.332468] ? ip_mr_forward (/build/work/knet/net/ipv4/ipmr.c:1985) [ 86.333183] ? srso_return_thunk (/build/work/knet/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:223) [ 86.333920] ipmr_mfc_add (/build/work/knet/./include/linux/rcupdate.h:782 /build/work/knet/net/ipv4/ipmr.c:1009 /build/work/knet/net/ipv4/ipmr.c:1273) [ 86.334583] ? __pfx_ipmr_hash_cmp (/build/work/knet/net/ipv4/ipmr.c:363) [ 86.335357] ip_mroute_setsockopt (/build/work/knet/net/ipv4/ipmr.c:1470) [ 86.336135] ? srso_return_thunk (/build/work/knet/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:223) [ 86.336854] ? ip_mroute_setsockopt (/build/work/knet/net/ipv4/ipmr.c:1470) [ 86.337679] do_ip_setsockopt (/build/work/knet/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c:944) [ 86.338408] ? __pfx_unix_stream_read_actor (/build/work/knet/net/unix/af_unix.c:2862) [ 86.339232] ? srso_return_thunk (/build/work/knet/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:223) [ 86.339809] ? aa_sk_perm (/build/work/knet/security/apparmor/include/cred.h:153 /build/work/knet/security/apparmor/net.c:181) [ 86.340342] ip_setsockopt (/build/work/knet/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c:1415) [ 86.340859] raw_setsockopt (/build/work/knet/net/ipv4/raw.c:836) [ 86.341408] ? security_socket_setsockopt (/build/work/knet/security/security.c:4561 (discriminator 13)) [ 86.342116] sock_common_setsockopt (/build/work/knet/net/core/sock.c:3716) [ 86.342747] do_sock_setsockopt (/build/work/knet/net/socket.c:2313) [ 86.343363] __sys_setsockopt (/build/work/knet/./include/linux/file.h:32 /build/work/kn ---truncated---
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.1.75 to before 6.1.77; 6.6.14 to before 6.6.16; 6.7.2 to before 6.7.4 | 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.1.75 to before 6.1.77; 6.6.14 to before 6.6.16; 6.7.2 to before 6.7.4 Fixed in 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.1.75 to before 6.1.77; 6.6.14 to before 6.6.16; 6.7.2 to before 6.7.4 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.8 rc1 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.8 rc2 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.1.75 to before 6.1.77; 6.6.14 to before 6.6.16; 6.7.2 to before 6.7.4 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.8 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.8 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.77, 6.6.16, 6.7.4
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-26626
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6p64-gpr7-7mjm
- 2026-10-21 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Linux Kernel vulnerabilities
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- TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-26626 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-26626 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6p64-gpr7-7mjm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-26626 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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