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