netlink: terminate outstanding dump on socket close
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netlink: terminate outstanding dump on socket close Netlink supports iterative dumping of data. It provides the families the following ops: - start - (optional) kicks off the dumping process - dump - actual dump helper, keeps getting called until it returns 0 - done - (optional) pairs with .start, can be used for cleanup The whole process is asynchronous and the repeated calls to .dump don't actually happen in a tight loop, but rather are triggered in response to recvmsg() on the socket. This gives the user full control over the dump, but also means that the user can close the socket without getting to the end of the dump. To make sure .start is always paired with .done we check if there is an ongoing dump before freeing the socket, and if so call .done. The complication is that sockets can get freed from BH and .done is allowed to sleep. So we use a workqueue to defer the call, when needed. Unfortunately this does not work correctly. What we defer is not the cleanup but rather releasing a reference on the socket. We have no guarantee that we own the last reference, if someone else holds the socket they may release it in BH and we're back to square one. The whole dance, however, appears to be unnecessary. Only the user can interact with dumps, so we can clean up when socket is closed. And close always happens in process context. Some async code may still access the socket after close, queue notification skbs to it etc. but no dumps can start, end or otherwise make progress. Delete the workqueue and flush the dump state directly from the release handler. Note that further cleanup is possible in -next, for instance we now always call .done before releasing the main module reference, so dump doesn't have to take a reference of its own.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 4.4.38 to before 4.5; 4.8.14 to before 4.9 | 4.5, 4.9 | Patch available | CNA |
| Linux | Linux | 4.9 and later | 4.19.325, 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.119, 6.6.63, 6.11.10, 6.12 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.4.38 to before 4.5; 4.8.14 to before 4.9 Fixed in 4.5, 4.9 Patch available CNA
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.9 and later Fixed in 4.19.325, 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.119, 6.6.63, 6.11.10, 6.12 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.4.38 to before 4.5; 4.8.14 to before 4.9; 4.9 to before 6.1.119; 6.2 to before 6.6.63; 6.7 to before 6.11.10 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4.38 to before 4.5; 4.8.14 to before 4.9; 4.9 to before 6.1.119; 6.2 to before 6.6.63; 6.7 to before 6.11.10 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.5, 4.9
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.19.325, 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.119, 6.6.63, 6.11.10, 6.12
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-53140
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pc3w-52r9-h2g7
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Patch 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/114a61d8d94ae3a43b82446cf737fd757021b834
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e87a52133284afbd40fb522dbf96e258af52a98
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbc769d2fa1b8b368c5fbe013b5b096afa3c05ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/176c41b3ca9281a9736b67c6121b03dbf0c8c08f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1904fb9ebf911441f90a68e96b22aa73e4410505
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Sources
- CVE-2024-53140 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-53140 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pc3w-52r9-h2g7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-53140 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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