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medium 5.5

CVE-2024-50034 json

net/smc: fix lacks of icsk_syn_mss with IPPROTO_SMC

published 2024-10-21 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-44994

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

net/smc: fix lacks of icsk_syn_mss with IPPROTO_SMC

Eric report a panic on IPPROTO_SMC, and give the facts that when INET_PROTOSW_ICSK was set, icsk->icsk_sync_mss must be set too.

Bug: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x0000000086000005 EC = 0x21: IABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits SET = 0, FnV = 0 EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 FSC = 0x05: level 1 translation fault user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000001195d1000 [0000000000000000] pgd=0800000109c46003, p4d=0800000109c46003, pud=0000000000000000 Internal error: Oops: 0000000086000005 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 8037 Comm: syz.3.265 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7-syzkaller-g5f5673607153 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024 pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : 0x0 lr : cipso_v4_sock_setattr+0x2a8/0x3c0 net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c:1910 sp : ffff80009b887a90 x29: ffff80009b887aa0 x28: ffff80008db94050 x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 1fffe0001aa6f5b3 x25: dfff800000000000 x24: ffff0000db75da00 x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffff0000d8b78518 x21: 0000000000000000 x20: ffff0000d537ad80 x19: ffff0000d8b78000 x18: 1fffe000366d79ee x17: ffff8000800614a8 x16: ffff800080569b84 x15: 0000000000000001 x14: 000000008b336894 x13: 00000000cd96feaa x12: 0000000000000003 x11: 0000000000040000 x10: 00000000000020a3 x9 : 1fffe0001b16f0f1 x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000000000003f x5 : 0000000000000040 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000002 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff0000d8b78000 Call trace: 0x0 netlbl_sock_setattr+0x2e4/0x338 net/netlabel/netlabel_kapi.c:1000 smack_netlbl_add+0xa4/0x154 security/smack/smack_lsm.c:2593 smack_socket_post_create+0xa8/0x14c security/smack/smack_lsm.c:2973 security_socket_post_create+0x94/0xd4 security/security.c:4425 __sock_create+0x4c8/0x884 net/socket.c:1587 sock_create net/socket.c:1622 [inline] __sys_socket_create net/socket.c:1659 [inline] __sys_socket+0x134/0x340 net/socket.c:1706 __do_sys_socket net/socket.c:1720 [inline] __se_sys_socket net/socket.c:1718 [inline] __arm64_sys_socket+0x7c/0x94 net/socket.c:1718 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline] invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2b8 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49 el0_svc_common+0x130/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132 do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151 el0_svc+0x54/0x168 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:712 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xfc arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:730 el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:598 Code: ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? (????????) ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

This patch add a toy implementation that performs a simple return to prevent such panic. This is because MSS can be set in sock_create_kern or smc_setsockopt, similar to how it's done in AF_SMC. However, for AF_SMC, there is currently no way to synchronize MSS within __sys_connect_file. This toy implementation lays the groundwork for us to support such feature for IPPROTO_SMC in the future.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.11.4, 6.12
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.11.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50034

  • linux-gcp-6.11 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1
  • linux-oem-6.11 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.11.0-1015.15
  • linux-azure-6.11 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1
  • linux-nvidia-6.11 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.11.0-1007.7

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50034

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.8.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.8.1
  • kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.8.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
  • kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
  • kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1
  • kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:02333-1SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1SUSE-SU-2025:02254-1

  • kernel-source-longterm openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.12.11-1.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.11.8-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-50034 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: net/smc: fix lacks of icsk_syn_mss with IPPROTO_SMC

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
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References

Sources

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