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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2024-50293 json

net/smc: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in __smc_create()

published 2024-11-19 23 mo ago modified 2026-08-05 3 mo ago also EUVD-2024-44795

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

net/smc: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in __smc_create()

Thanks to commit 4bbd360a5084 ("socket: Print pf->create() when it does not clear sock->sk on failure."), syzbot found an issue with AF_SMC:

smc_create must clear sock->sk on failure, family: 43, type: 1, protocol: 0 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5827 at net/socket.c:1565 __sock_create+0x96f/0xa30 net/socket.c:1563 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5827 Comm: syz-executor259 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6-next-20241106-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024 RIP: 0010:__sock_create+0x96f/0xa30 net/socket.c:1563 Code: 03 00 74 08 4c 89 e7 e8 4f 3b 85 f8 49 8b 34 24 48 c7 c7 40 89 0c 8d 8b 54 24 04 8b 4c 24 0c 44 8b 44 24 08 e8 32 78 db f7 90 <0f> 0b 90 90 e9 d3 fd ff ff 89 e9 80 e1 07 fe c1 38 c1 0f 8c ee f7 RSP: 0018:ffffc90003e4fda0 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 099c6f938c7f4700 RBX: 1ffffffff1a595fd RCX: ffff888034823c00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: 00000000ffffffe9 R08: ffffffff81567052 R09: 1ffff920007c9f50 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff520007c9f51 R12: ffffffff8d2cafe8 R13: 1ffffffff1a595fe R14: ffffffff9a789c40 R15: ffff8880764298c0 FS: 000055557b518380(0000) GS:ffff8880b8600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fa62ff43225 CR3: 0000000031628000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> sock_create net/socket.c:1616 [inline] __sys_socket_create net/socket.c:1653 [inline] __sys_socket+0x150/0x3c0 net/socket.c:1700 __do_sys_socket net/socket.c:1714 [inline] __se_sys_socket net/socket.c:1712 [inline]

For reference, see commit 2d859aff775d ("Merge branch 'do-not-leave-dangling-sk-pointers-in-pf-create-functions'")

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.11.8, 6.12
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.11.9-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50293

  • linux-oem-6.11 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.11.0-1015.15

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50293

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

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-2024-50293 updated cvss 7.8

kernel: net/smc: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in __smc_create()

  • 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
total
Assessed
13 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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