CVE-2024-43878 - Vulnerability Details

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

xfrm: Fix input error path memory access

When there is a misconfiguration of input state slow path
KASAN report error. Fix this error.
west login:
[ 52.987278] eth1: renamed from veth11
[ 53.078814] eth1: renamed from veth21
[ 53.181355] eth1: renamed from veth31
[ 54.921702] ==================================================================
[ 54.922602] BUG: KASAN: wild-memory-access in xfrmi_rcv_cb+0x2d/0x295
[ 54.923393] Read of size 8 at addr 6b6b6b6b00000000 by task ping/512
[ 54.924169]
[ 54.924386] CPU: 0 PID: 512 Comm: ping Not tainted 6.9.0-08574-gcd29a4313a1b #25
[ 54.925290] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 54.926401] Call Trace:
[ 54.926731] <IRQ>
[ 54.927009] dump_stack_lvl+0x2a/0x3b
[ 54.927478] kasan_report+0x84/0xa6
[ 54.927930] ? xfrmi_rcv_cb+0x2d/0x295
[ 54.928410] xfrmi_rcv_cb+0x2d/0x295
[ 54.928872] ? xfrm4_rcv_cb+0x3d/0x5e
[ 54.929354] xfrm4_rcv_cb+0x46/0x5e
[ 54.929804] xfrm_rcv_cb+0x7e/0xa1
[ 54.930240] xfrm_input+0x1b3a/0x1b96
[ 54.930715] ? xfrm_offload+0x41/0x41
[ 54.931182] ? raw_rcv+0x292/0x292
[ 54.931617] ? nf_conntrack_confirm+0xa2/0xa2
[ 54.932158] ? skb_sec_path+0xd/0x3f
[ 54.932610] ? xfrmi_input+0x90/0xce
[ 54.933066] xfrm4_esp_rcv+0x33/0x54
[ 54.933521] ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xd7/0x1b2
[ 54.934089] ip_local_deliver_finish+0x110/0x120
[ 54.934659] ? ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x1b2/0x1b2
[ 54.935248] NF_HOOK.constprop.0+0xf8/0x138
[ 54.935767] ? ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x68/0x68
[ 54.936317] ? secure_tcpv6_ts_off+0x23/0x168
[ 54.936859] ? ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x1b2/0x1b2
[ 54.937454] ? __xfrm_policy_check2.constprop.0+0x18d/0x18d
[ 54.938135] NF_HOOK.constprop.0+0xf8/0x138
[ 54.938663] ? ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x68/0x68
[ 54.939220] ? __xfrm_policy_check2.constprop.0+0x18d/0x18d
[ 54.939904] ? ip_local_deliver_finish+0x120/0x120
[ 54.940497] __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0xc9/0x107
[ 54.941121] ? __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x1c2/0x1c2
[ 54.941771] ? blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues+0xc7/0xf9
[ 54.942413] ? blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queue+0x38/0x38
[ 54.943044] ? virtqueue_get_buf_ctx+0x295/0x46b
[ 54.943618] process_backlog+0xb3/0x187
[ 54.944102] __napi_poll.constprop.0+0x57/0x1a7
[ 54.944669] net_rx_action+0x1cb/0x380
[ 54.945150] ? __napi_poll.constprop.0+0x1a7/0x1a7
[ 54.945744] ? vring_new_virtqueue+0x17a/0x17a
[ 54.946300] ? note_interrupt+0x2cd/0x367
[ 54.946805] handle_softirqs+0x13c/0x2c9
[ 54.947300] do_softirq+0x5f/0x7d
[ 54.947727] </IRQ>
[ 54.948014] <TASK>
[ 54.948300] __local_bh_enable_ip+0x48/0x62
[ 54.948832] __neigh_event_send+0x3fd/0x4ca
[ 54.949361] neigh_resolve_output+0x1e/0x210
[ 54.949896] ip_finish_output2+0x4bf/0x4f0
[ 54.950410] ? __ip_finish_output+0x171/0x1b8
[ 54.950956] ip_send_skb+0x25/0x57
[ 54.951390] raw_sendmsg+0xf95/0x10c0
[ 54.951850] ? check_new_pages+0x45/0x71
[ 54.952343] ? raw_hash_sk+0x21b/0x21b
[ 54.952815] ? kernel_init_pages+0x42/0x51
[ 54.953337] ? prep_new_page+0x44/0x51
[ 54.953811] ? get_page_from_freelist+0x72b/0x915
[ 54.954390] ? signal_pending_state+0x77/0x77
[ 54.954936] ? preempt_count_sub+0x14/0xb3
[ 54.955450] ? __might_resched+0x8a/0x240
[ 54.955951] ? __might_sleep+0x25/0xa0
[ 54.956424] ? first_zones_zonelist+0x2c/0x43
[ 54.956977] ? __rcu_read_lock+0x2d/0x3a
[ 54.957476] ? __pte_offset_map+0x32/0xa4
[ 54.957980] ? __might_resched+0x8a/0x240
[ 54.958483] ? __might_sleep+0x25/0xa0
[ 54.958963] ? inet_send_prepare+0x54/0x54
[ 54.959478] ? sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x42/0x6c
[ 54.960000] sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x42/0x6c
[ 54.960502] __sys_sendto+0x15d/0x1cc
[ 54.960966] ? __x64_sys_getpeername+0x44/0x44
[ 54.961522] ? __handle_mm_fault+0x679/0xae4
[ 54.962068] ? find_vma+0x6b/0x
---truncated---

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00078.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Linux

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`304b44f0d5a4c2f91f82f7c31538d00485fb484c`	affected	< a4c10813bc394ff2b5c61f913971be216f8f8834
`304b44f0d5a4c2f91f82f7c31538d00485fb484c`	affected	< 54fcc6189dfb822eea984fa2b3e477a02447279d

Linux

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.10`	affected	—
`0`	unaffected	< 6.10
`6.10.3`	unaffected	≤ 6.10.*
`6.11`	unaffected	≤ *

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54fcc6189dfb822eea984fa2b3e477a02447279d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4c10813bc394ff2b5c61f913971be216f8f8834
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024082137-CVE-2024-43878-2b2b@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43878
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43878

History

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses		CWE-125
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
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': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}`

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-99

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024082137-CVE-2024-43878-2b2b@gregkh/T https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43878 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43878
Metrics	threat_severity `None`	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 `Moderate`

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: Fix input error path memory access When there is a misconfiguration of input state slow path KASAN report error. Fix this error. west login: [ 52.987278] eth1: renamed from veth11 [ 53.078814] eth1: renamed from veth21 [ 53.181355] eth1: renamed from veth31 [ 54.921702] ================================================================== [ 54.922602] BUG: KASAN: wild-memory-access in xfrmi_rcv_cb+0x2d/0x295 [ 54.923393] Read of size 8 at addr 6b6b6b6b00000000 by task ping/512 [ 54.924169] [ 54.924386] CPU: 0 PID: 512 Comm: ping Not tainted 6.9.0-08574-gcd29a4313a1b #25 [ 54.925290] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 [ 54.926401] Call Trace: [ 54.926731] <IRQ> [ 54.927009] dump_stack_lvl+0x2a/0x3b [ 54.927478] kasan_report+0x84/0xa6 [ 54.927930] ? xfrmi_rcv_cb+0x2d/0x295 [ 54.928410] xfrmi_rcv_cb+0x2d/0x295 [ 54.928872] ? xfrm4_rcv_cb+0x3d/0x5e [ 54.929354] xfrm4_rcv_cb+0x46/0x5e [ 54.929804] xfrm_rcv_cb+0x7e/0xa1 [ 54.930240] xfrm_input+0x1b3a/0x1b96 [ 54.930715] ? xfrm_offload+0x41/0x41 [ 54.931182] ? raw_rcv+0x292/0x292 [ 54.931617] ? nf_conntrack_confirm+0xa2/0xa2 [ 54.932158] ? skb_sec_path+0xd/0x3f [ 54.932610] ? xfrmi_input+0x90/0xce [ 54.933066] xfrm4_esp_rcv+0x33/0x54 [ 54.933521] ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xd7/0x1b2 [ 54.934089] ip_local_deliver_finish+0x110/0x120 [ 54.934659] ? ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x1b2/0x1b2 [ 54.935248] NF_HOOK.constprop.0+0xf8/0x138 [ 54.935767] ? ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x68/0x68 [ 54.936317] ? secure_tcpv6_ts_off+0x23/0x168 [ 54.936859] ? ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x1b2/0x1b2 [ 54.937454] ? __xfrm_policy_check2.constprop.0+0x18d/0x18d [ 54.938135] NF_HOOK.constprop.0+0xf8/0x138 [ 54.938663] ? ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x68/0x68 [ 54.939220] ? __xfrm_policy_check2.constprop.0+0x18d/0x18d [ 54.939904] ? ip_local_deliver_finish+0x120/0x120 [ 54.940497] __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0xc9/0x107 [ 54.941121] ? __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x1c2/0x1c2 [ 54.941771] ? blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues+0xc7/0xf9 [ 54.942413] ? blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queue+0x38/0x38 [ 54.943044] ? virtqueue_get_buf_ctx+0x295/0x46b [ 54.943618] process_backlog+0xb3/0x187 [ 54.944102] __napi_poll.constprop.0+0x57/0x1a7 [ 54.944669] net_rx_action+0x1cb/0x380 [ 54.945150] ? __napi_poll.constprop.0+0x1a7/0x1a7 [ 54.945744] ? vring_new_virtqueue+0x17a/0x17a [ 54.946300] ? note_interrupt+0x2cd/0x367 [ 54.946805] handle_softirqs+0x13c/0x2c9 [ 54.947300] do_softirq+0x5f/0x7d [ 54.947727] </IRQ> [ 54.948014] <TASK> [ 54.948300] __local_bh_enable_ip+0x48/0x62 [ 54.948832] __neigh_event_send+0x3fd/0x4ca [ 54.949361] neigh_resolve_output+0x1e/0x210 [ 54.949896] ip_finish_output2+0x4bf/0x4f0 [ 54.950410] ? __ip_finish_output+0x171/0x1b8 [ 54.950956] ip_send_skb+0x25/0x57 [ 54.951390] raw_sendmsg+0xf95/0x10c0 [ 54.951850] ? check_new_pages+0x45/0x71 [ 54.952343] ? raw_hash_sk+0x21b/0x21b [ 54.952815] ? kernel_init_pages+0x42/0x51 [ 54.953337] ? prep_new_page+0x44/0x51 [ 54.953811] ? get_page_from_freelist+0x72b/0x915 [ 54.954390] ? signal_pending_state+0x77/0x77 [ 54.954936] ? preempt_count_sub+0x14/0xb3 [ 54.955450] ? __might_resched+0x8a/0x240 [ 54.955951] ? __might_sleep+0x25/0xa0 [ 54.956424] ? first_zones_zonelist+0x2c/0x43 [ 54.956977] ? __rcu_read_lock+0x2d/0x3a [ 54.957476] ? __pte_offset_map+0x32/0xa4 [ 54.957980] ? __might_resched+0x8a/0x240 [ 54.958483] ? __might_sleep+0x25/0xa0 [ 54.958963] ? inet_send_prepare+0x54/0x54 [ 54.959478] ? sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x42/0x6c [ 54.960000] sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x42/0x6c [ 54.960502] __sys_sendto+0x15d/0x1cc [ 54.960966] ? __x64_sys_getpeername+0x44/0x44 [ 54.961522] ? __handle_mm_fault+0x679/0xae4 [ 54.962068] ? find_vma+0x6b/0x ---truncated---
Title		xfrm: Fix input error path memory access
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54fcc6189dfb822eea984fa2b3e477a02447279d https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4c10813bc394ff2b5c61f913971be216f8f8834

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-08-21T00:06:30.412Z

Updated: 2025-05-04T09:28:23.174Z

Reserved: 2024-08-17T09:11:59.286Z

Link: CVE-2024-43878

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-11T12:42:22.606Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-08-21T01:15:12.093

Modified: 2025-09-26T18:37:52.457

Link: CVE-2024-43878

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-08-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-43878 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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