Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/tcp: Disable TCP-AO static key after RCU grace period

The lifetime of TCP-AO static_key is the same as the last
tcp_ao_info. On the socket destruction tcp_ao_info ceases to be
with RCU grace period, while tcp-ao static branch is currently deferred
destructed. The static key definition is
: DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_DEFERRED_FALSE(tcp_ao_needed, HZ);

which means that if RCU grace period is delayed by more than a second
and tcp_ao_needed is in the process of disablement, other CPUs may
yet see tcp_ao_info which atent dead, but soon-to-be.
And that breaks the assumption of static_key_fast_inc_not_disabled().

See the comment near the definition:
> * The caller must make sure that the static key can't get disabled while
> * in this function. It doesn't patch jump labels, only adds a user to
> * an already enabled static key.

Originally it was introduced in commit eb8c507296f6 ("jump_label:
Prevent key->enabled int overflow"), which is needed for the atomic
contexts, one of which would be the creation of a full socket from a
request socket. In that atomic context, it's known by the presence
of the key (md5/ao) that the static branch is already enabled.
So, the ref counter for that static branch is just incremented
instead of holding the proper mutex.
static_key_fast_inc_not_disabled() is just a helper for such usage
case. But it must not be used if the static branch could get disabled
in parallel as it's not protected by jump_label_mutex and as a result,
races with jump_label_update() implementation details.

Happened on netdev test-bot[1], so not a theoretical issue:

[] jump_label: Fatal kernel bug, unexpected op at tcp_inbound_hash+0x1a7/0x870 [ffffffffa8c4e9b7] (eb 50 0f 1f 44 != 66 90 0f 1f 00)) size:2 type:1
[] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[] kernel BUG at arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c:73!
[] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI
[] CPU: 3 PID: 243 Comm: kworker/3:3 Not tainted 6.10.0-virtme #1
[] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[] Workqueue: events jump_label_update_timeout
[] RIP: 0010:__jump_label_patch+0x2f6/0x350
...
[] Call Trace:
[] <TASK>
[] arch_jump_label_transform_queue+0x6c/0x110
[] __jump_label_update+0xef/0x350
[] __static_key_slow_dec_cpuslocked.part.0+0x3c/0x60
[] jump_label_update_timeout+0x2c/0x40
[] process_one_work+0xe3b/0x1670
[] worker_thread+0x587/0xce0
[] kthread+0x28a/0x350
[] ret_from_fork+0x31/0x70
[] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[] </TASK>
[] Modules linked in: veth
[] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
[] RIP: 0010:__jump_label_patch+0x2f6/0x350

[1]: https://netdev-3.bots.linux.dev/vmksft-tcp-ao-dbg/results/696681/5-connect-deny-ipv6/stderr
Published: 2024-08-26
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-362

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:00:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Thu, 05 Sep 2024 19:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

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Metrics threat_severity

Moderate

threat_severity

Low


Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:15:00 +0000

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References
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cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

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Mon, 26 Aug 2024 10:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/tcp: Disable TCP-AO static key after RCU grace period The lifetime of TCP-AO static_key is the same as the last tcp_ao_info. On the socket destruction tcp_ao_info ceases to be with RCU grace period, while tcp-ao static branch is currently deferred destructed. The static key definition is : DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_DEFERRED_FALSE(tcp_ao_needed, HZ); which means that if RCU grace period is delayed by more than a second and tcp_ao_needed is in the process of disablement, other CPUs may yet see tcp_ao_info which atent dead, but soon-to-be. And that breaks the assumption of static_key_fast_inc_not_disabled(). See the comment near the definition: > * The caller must make sure that the static key can't get disabled while > * in this function. It doesn't patch jump labels, only adds a user to > * an already enabled static key. Originally it was introduced in commit eb8c507296f6 ("jump_label: Prevent key->enabled int overflow"), which is needed for the atomic contexts, one of which would be the creation of a full socket from a request socket. In that atomic context, it's known by the presence of the key (md5/ao) that the static branch is already enabled. So, the ref counter for that static branch is just incremented instead of holding the proper mutex. static_key_fast_inc_not_disabled() is just a helper for such usage case. But it must not be used if the static branch could get disabled in parallel as it's not protected by jump_label_mutex and as a result, races with jump_label_update() implementation details. Happened on netdev test-bot[1], so not a theoretical issue: [] jump_label: Fatal kernel bug, unexpected op at tcp_inbound_hash+0x1a7/0x870 [ffffffffa8c4e9b7] (eb 50 0f 1f 44 != 66 90 0f 1f 00)) size:2 type:1 [] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [] kernel BUG at arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c:73! [] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI [] CPU: 3 PID: 243 Comm: kworker/3:3 Not tainted 6.10.0-virtme #1 [] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [] Workqueue: events jump_label_update_timeout [] RIP: 0010:__jump_label_patch+0x2f6/0x350 ... [] Call Trace: [] <TASK> [] arch_jump_label_transform_queue+0x6c/0x110 [] __jump_label_update+0xef/0x350 [] __static_key_slow_dec_cpuslocked.part.0+0x3c/0x60 [] jump_label_update_timeout+0x2c/0x40 [] process_one_work+0xe3b/0x1670 [] worker_thread+0x587/0xce0 [] kthread+0x28a/0x350 [] ret_from_fork+0x31/0x70 [] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 [] </TASK> [] Modules linked in: veth [] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [] RIP: 0010:__jump_label_patch+0x2f6/0x350 [1]: https://netdev-3.bots.linux.dev/vmksft-tcp-ao-dbg/results/696681/5-connect-deny-ipv6/stderr
Title net/tcp: Disable TCP-AO static key after RCU grace period
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T20:31:43.999Z

Reserved: 2024-08-17T09:11:59.288Z

Link: CVE-2024-43887

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-11T12:42:12.577Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-08-26T11:15:03.877

Modified: 2024-09-05T19:43:44.197

Link: CVE-2024-43887

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-08-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-43887 - Bugzilla

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