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