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CVE-2024-47711: af_unix: Don't return OOB skb in manage_oob().

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: Linux Linux 4a7f9a2591a923bdde4bd7eac33490b6ae3b257c, 5aa57d9f2d5311f19434d95b2a81610aa263e23b, 6.10.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 4a7f9a2591a923bdde4bd7eac33490b6ae3b257c, 5aa57d9f2d5311f19434d95b2a81610aa263e23b, 6.10 or later.

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Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Don't return OOB skb in manage_oob(). syzbot reported use-after-free in unix_stream_recv_urg(). [0] The scenario is 1. send(MSG_OOB) 2. recv(MSG_OOB) -> The consumed OOB remains in recv queue 3. send(MSG_OOB) 4. recv() -> manage_oob() returns the next skb of the consumed OOB -> This is also OOB, but unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb is not cleared 5. recv(MSG_OOB) -> unix_sk(sk)->oob_skb is used but already freed The recent commit 8594d9b85c07 ("af_unix: Don't call skb_get() for OOB skb.") uncovered the issue. If the OOB skb is consumed and the next skb is peeked in manage_oob(), we still need to check if the skb is OOB. Let's do so by falling back to the following checks in manage_oob() and add the test case in selftest. Note that we need to add a similar check for SIOCATMARK. [0]: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in unix_stream_read_actor+0xa6/0xb0 net/unix/af_unix.c:2959 Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880326abcc4 by task syz-executor178/5235 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5235 Comm: syz-executor178 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc5-syzkaller-00742-gfbdaffe41adc #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:93 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:119 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:377 [inline] print_report+0x169/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:488 kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:601 unix_stream_read_actor+0xa6/0xb0 net/unix/af_unix.c:2959 unix_stream_recv_urg+0x1df/0x320 net/unix/af_unix.c:2640 unix_stream_read_generic+0x2456/0x2520 net/unix/af_unix.c:2778 unix_stream_recvmsg+0x22b/0x2c0 net/unix/af_unix.c:2996 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1046 [inline] sock_recvmsg+0x22f/0x280 net/socket.c:1068 ____sys_recvmsg+0x1db/0x470 net/socket.c:2816 ___sys_recvmsg net/socket.c:2858 [inline] __sys_recvmsg+0x2f0/0x3e0 net/socket.c:2888 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f5360d6b4e9 Code: 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 37 17 00 00 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007fff29b3a458 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002f RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fff29b3a638 RCX: 00007f5360d6b4e9 RDX: 0000000000002001 RSI: 0000000020000640 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00007f5360dde610 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001 R13: 00007fff29b3a628 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000001 </TASK> Allocated by task 5235: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68 unpoison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:312 [inline] __kasan_slab_alloc+0x66/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:338 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:201 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:3988 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4037 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x16b/0x320 mm/slub.c:4080 __alloc_skb+0x1c3/0x440 net/core/skbuff.c:667 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1320 [inline] alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc3/0x770 net/core/skbuff.c:6528 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0x91a/0xa60 net/core/sock.c:2815 sock_alloc_send_skb include/net/sock.h:1778 [inline] queue_oob+0x108/0x680 net/unix/af_unix.c:2198 unix_stream_sendmsg+0xd24/0xf80 net/unix/af_unix.c:2351 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:745 ____sys_sendmsg+0x525/0x7d0 net/socket.c:2597 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2651 [inline] __sys_sendmsg+0x2b0/0x3a0 net/socket.c:2680 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Freed by task 5235: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 ---truncated---

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Memory safety

BDU:2025-07239

Published: Oct 21, 2024
Updated: Aug 5, 2026
EPSS: 0.2% · 10th percentile
CWE: CWE-416

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 7.8
CNA · Linux: 7.8; agree

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Vendor	Product	CPE
linux	linux kernel	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

linux linux kernel6.9.8 and later · before 6.10
linux linux kernel6.10 and later · before 6.11.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Linux Linux
- 71f8d9a4f6e094bae951765d1d18b44827013001, 6.10affected
- 93c99f21db360957d49853e5666b5c147f593bda and later · before 4a7f9a2591a923bdde4bd7eac33490b6ae3b257caffected · git
- 93c99f21db360957d49853e5666b5c147f593bda and later · before 5aa57d9f2d5311f19434d95b2a81610aa263e23baffected · git
- 6.9.8 and later · before 6.10affected · semver
- before 6.10not affected · semver
- 6.11.2 and later · up to and including 6.11.*not affected · semver
- 6.12 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Debian:13	linux	before 6.11.2-1	6.11.2-1

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
Linux Linux	4a7f9a2591a923bdde4bd7eac33490b6ae3b257c	Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux	5aa57d9f2d5311f19434d95b2a81610aa263e23b	Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux	6.10	Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux	6.11.2-1 · Debian:13	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
A low-privileged account is enough.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-416 · Use After Free

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

After a memory region is freed, another reference pointing to it is still used. By then, the same region may have been allocated for different data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-416 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1free(dev->buf);
2/* ... another thread is still running ... */
3process(dev->buf);

Fixed

1lock(&dev->lock);
2free(dev->buf);
3dev->buf = NULL;
4unlock(&dev->lock);

Attack context

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:11 PM UTC

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References

git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a7f9a2591a923bdde4bd7eac33490b6ae3b257c

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/5aa57d9f2d5311f19434d95b2a81610aa263e23b

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