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).
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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-headersUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade perfUpgrade 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 kernel-toolsUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-abi-stablelistsUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade python3-perf | Jul 16, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade perfUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-headers | Jul 23, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernelUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-tools | Jul 17, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade reiserfs-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-symsUpgrade kernel-azure-baseUpgrade kernel-default-baseUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-default-manUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-azure-develUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-64kb-develUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade kernel-azureUpgrade kernel-preemptUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-64kbUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-preempt-develUpgrade kernel-syms-azure | Aug 9, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-5.4Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1129-awsUpgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1134-azureUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1114-raspiUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-190-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1096-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1113-raspiUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1117-kvmUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1076-ibmUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-bluefieldUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-190-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-oem-osp1Upgrade linux-image-raspi-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1048-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1133-gcpUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1041-iotUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1089-bluefieldUpgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-5.4.0-1129-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.4.0-190-genericUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-snapdragon-hwe-18.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-18.04 | Jul 31, 2024 | Mar 15, 2024 |
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