In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
macsec: fix UAF bug for real_dev
Create a new macsec device but not get reference to real_dev. That can not ensure that real_dev is freed after macsec. That will trigger the UAF bug for real_dev as following:
================================================================== BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in macsec_get_iflink+0x5f/0x70 drivers/net/macsec.c:3662 Call Trace: ... macsec_get_iflink+0x5f/0x70 drivers/net/macsec.c:3662 dev_get_iflink+0x73/0xe0 net/core/dev.c:637 default_operstate net/core/link_watch.c:42 [inline] rfc2863_policy+0x233/0x2d0 net/core/link_watch.c:54 linkwatch_do_dev+0x2a/0x150 net/core/link_watch.c:161
Allocated by task 22209: ... alloc_netdev_mqs+0x98/0x1100 net/core/dev.c:10549 rtnl_create_link+0x9d7/0xc00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3235 veth_newlink+0x20e/0xa90 drivers/net/veth.c:1748
Freed by task 8: ... kfree+0xd6/0x4d0 mm/slub.c:4552 kvfree+0x42/0x50 mm/util.c:615 device_release+0x9f/0x240 drivers/base/core.c:2229 kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:673 [inline] kobject_release lib/kobject.c:704 [inline] kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline] kobject_put+0x1c8/0x540 lib/kobject.c:721 netdev_run_todo+0x72e/0x10b0 net/core/dev.c:10327
After commit faab39f63c1f ("net: allow out-of-order netdev unregistration") and commit e5f80fcf869a ("ipv6: give an IPv6 dev to blackhole_netdev"), we can add dev_hold_track() in macsec_dev_init() and dev_put_track() in macsec_free_netdev() to fix the problem.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kernel-develUpgrade python-perfUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade perfUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-livepatch-4.14.355-276.618Upgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernelUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.10.235-227.919Upgrade kernel-tools-devel | Apr 17, 2025 | Feb 26, 2025 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade kernel | Apr 18, 2025 | Feb 26, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Feb 27, 2025 | Feb 27, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade kernel-develUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernelUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-tools-libs-devel | Jul 11, 2025 | Feb 26, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | — | Upgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernel-tools | Jun 13, 2025 | Feb 26, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp12 | — | Upgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelists | Jun 11, 2025 | Feb 26, 2025 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp13 | — | Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelists | Jul 1, 2025 | Feb 26, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Feb 26, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1098-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1156-gcpUpgrade linux-image-aws-5.4Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-raspi2-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-igx-5.15Upgrade linux-image-gke-5.15Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-igx-rt-5.15Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-5.15Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15Upgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-5.15Upgrade linux-image-aws-4.15Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-4.15Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-4.15Upgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1149-oracleUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-igx-rtUpgrade linux-image-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-intelUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-5.4Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-164-genericUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1157-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-fips-5.4Upgrade linux-image-azure-fips-5.15Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-245-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1090-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-5.15Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1142-fipsUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1062-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-kvm-5.15Upgrade linux-image-fipsUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1071-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-gcp-5.15Upgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-5.15Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1099-ibmUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-164-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-2088-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1187-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1092-ibmUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp-5.4Upgrade linux-image-oem-20.04cUpgrade linux-image-aws-fips-5.15Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1039-nvidia-tegra-igx-rtUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-18.04Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1169-kvmUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1093-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1092-raspiUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-5.15Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1057-iotUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-5.15Upgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-5.4Upgrade linux-image-intel-iot-realtime-5.15Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-5.4Upgrade linux-image-ibm-5.15Upgrade linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1050-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1156-azureUpgrade linux-image-aws-fips-4.15Upgrade linux-image-oracle-4.15Upgrade linux-image-aws-5.15Upgrade linux-image-aws-fips-5.4Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1195-azureUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-5.15Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1127-fipsUpgrade linux-image-azure-4.15Upgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-5.15Upgrade linux-image-ibm-5.4Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-164-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1093-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1090-kvmUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-5.4Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-224-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1156-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1102-azureUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-5.15Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-164-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1140-kvmUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1098-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-5.15Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-kvm-5.4Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-224-genericUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04bUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-4.15.0-245-genericUpgrade linux-image-aws-hweUpgrade linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-snapdragon-5.4Upgrade linux-image-fips-5.15Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-generic-5.15Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1095-oracleUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-intel-iotg-5.15 | Jun 26, 2025 | Feb 26, 2025 |
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