In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/tls: Fix use-after-free after the TLS device goes down and up
When a netdev with active TLS offload goes down, tls_device_down is called to stop the offload and tear down the TLS context. However, the socket stays alive, and it still points to the TLS context, which is now deallocated. If a netdev goes up, while the connection is still active, and the data flow resumes after a number of TCP retransmissions, it will lead to a use-after-free of the TLS context.
This commit addresses this bug by keeping the context alive until its normal destruction, and implements the necessary fallbacks, so that the connection can resume in software (non-offloaded) kTLS mode.
On the TX side tls_sw_fallback is used to encrypt all packets. The RX side already has all the necessary fallbacks, because receiving non-decrypted packets is supported. The thing needed on the RX side is to block resync requests, which are normally produced after receiving non-decrypted packets.
The necessary synchronization is implemented for a graceful teardown: first the fallbacks are deployed, then the driver resources are released (it used to be possible to have a tls_dev_resync after tls_dev_del).
A new flag called TLS_RX_DEV_DEGRADED is added to indicate the fallback mode. It's used to skip the RX resync logic completely, as it becomes useless, and some objects may be released (for example, resync_async, which is allocated and freed by the driver).
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade python-perfUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernelUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade python-perf-debuginfo | Jun 11, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 30, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2024398 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Jan 13, 2026 | Sep 17, 2024 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2024408 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Jan 13, 2026 | Sep 26, 2024 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-tools | Jul 16, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade python3-perfUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel | Jul 23, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel | Jul 17, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-syms-azureUpgrade kernel-preempt-develUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-64kbUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-64kb-develUpgrade kernel-preemptUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-azure-develUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-azureUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-default-manUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-azure-baseUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade kernel-symsUpgrade kernel-default-base | Aug 9, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1048-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1129-oracleUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1041-iotUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-190-genericUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1133-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1089-bluefieldUpgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1117-kvmUpgrade linux-image-oem-osp1Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-bluefieldUpgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1076-ibmUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1129-awsUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-5.4Upgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-190-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1113-raspiUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1134-azureUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1114-raspiUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-190-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1096-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-oracle | Jul 31, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 |
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