sched: act_ct: take care of padding in struct zones_ht_key
Blamed commit increased lookup key size from 2 bytes to 16 bytes,
because zones_ht_key got a struct net pointer.
Make sure rhashtable_lookup() is not using the padding bytes
which are not initialized.
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in rht_ptr_rcu include/linux/rhashtable.h:376 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:607 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:646 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in rhashtable_lookup_fast include/linux/rhashtable.h:672 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in tcf_ct_flow_table_get+0x611/0x2260 net/sched/act_ct.c:329
rht_ptr_rcu include/linux/rhashtable.h:376 [inline]
__rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:607 [inline]
rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:646 [inline]
rhashtable_lookup_fast include/linux/rhashtable.h:672 [inline]
tcf_ct_flow_table_get+0x611/0x2260 net/sched/act_ct.c:329
tcf_ct_init+0xa67/0x2890 net/sched/act_ct.c:1408
tcf_action_init_1+0x6cc/0xb30 net/sched/act_api.c:1425
tcf_action_init+0x458/0xf00 net/sched/act_api.c:1488
tcf_action_add net/sched/act_api.c:2061 [inline]
tc_ctl_action+0x4be/0x19d0 net/sched/act_api.c:2118
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x12fc/0x1410 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6647
netlink_rcv_skb+0x375/0x650 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550
rtnetlink_rcv+0x34/0x40 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6665
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1331 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0xf52/0x1260 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1357
netlink_sendmsg+0x10da/0x11e0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1901
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:745
____sys_sendmsg+0x877/0xb60 net/socket.c:2597
___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2651
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2680 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2689 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2687 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x4a0 net/socket.c:2687
x64_sys_call+0x2dd6/0x3c10 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:47
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Local variable key created at:
tcf_ct_flow_table_get+0x4a/0x2260 net/sched/act_ct.c:324
tcf_ct_init+0xa67/0x2890 net/sched/act_ct.c:1408
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Debian DLA |
DLA-3912-1 | linux security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-4008-1 | linux-6.1 security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7100-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7100-2 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7123-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7144-1 | Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7154-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7155-1 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7156-1 | Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7154-2 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7194-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7196-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Tue, 12 May 2026 12:30:00 +0000
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Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat rhel Eus |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat rhel Eus |
Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:00:00 +0000
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-908 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Linux linux Kernel |
Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000
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ssvc
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threat_severity
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cvssV3_1
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched: act_ct: take care of padding in struct zones_ht_key Blamed commit increased lookup key size from 2 bytes to 16 bytes, because zones_ht_key got a struct net pointer. Make sure rhashtable_lookup() is not using the padding bytes which are not initialized. BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in rht_ptr_rcu include/linux/rhashtable.h:376 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:607 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:646 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in rhashtable_lookup_fast include/linux/rhashtable.h:672 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in tcf_ct_flow_table_get+0x611/0x2260 net/sched/act_ct.c:329 rht_ptr_rcu include/linux/rhashtable.h:376 [inline] __rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:607 [inline] rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:646 [inline] rhashtable_lookup_fast include/linux/rhashtable.h:672 [inline] tcf_ct_flow_table_get+0x611/0x2260 net/sched/act_ct.c:329 tcf_ct_init+0xa67/0x2890 net/sched/act_ct.c:1408 tcf_action_init_1+0x6cc/0xb30 net/sched/act_api.c:1425 tcf_action_init+0x458/0xf00 net/sched/act_api.c:1488 tcf_action_add net/sched/act_api.c:2061 [inline] tc_ctl_action+0x4be/0x19d0 net/sched/act_api.c:2118 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x12fc/0x1410 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6647 netlink_rcv_skb+0x375/0x650 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550 rtnetlink_rcv+0x34/0x40 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6665 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1331 [inline] netlink_unicast+0xf52/0x1260 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1357 netlink_sendmsg+0x10da/0x11e0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1901 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:745 ____sys_sendmsg+0x877/0xb60 net/socket.c:2597 ___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2651 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2680 [inline] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2689 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2687 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x4a0 net/socket.c:2687 x64_sys_call+0x2dd6/0x3c10 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:47 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Local variable key created at: tcf_ct_flow_table_get+0x4a/0x2260 net/sched/act_ct.c:324 tcf_ct_init+0xa67/0x2890 net/sched/act_ct.c:1408 | |
| Title | sched: act_ct: take care of padding in struct zones_ht_key | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-12T11:56:43.232Z
Reserved: 2024-07-30T07:40:12.260Z
Link: CVE-2024-42272
Updated: 2025-11-03T22:03:10.064Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-08-17T09:15:08.370
Modified: 2026-05-12T12:17:05.243
Link: CVE-2024-42272
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