RDMA/rxe: Remove the direct link to net_device
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Remove the direct link to net_device The similar patch in siw is in the link: https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/16b87037b48889 This problem also occurred in RXE. The following analyze this problem. In the following Call Traces: " BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dev_get_flags+0x188/0x1d0 net/core/dev.c:8782 Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880554640b0 by task kworker/1:4/5295 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5295 Comm: kworker/1:4 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc3-syzkaller-00399-g9197b73fd7bb #0 Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024 Workqueue: infiniband ib_cache_event_task Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120 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 dev_get_flags+0x188/0x1d0 net/core/dev.c:8782 rxe_query_port+0x12d/0x260 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c:60 __ib_query_port drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:2111 [inline] ib_query_port+0x168/0x7d0 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c:2143 ib_cache_update+0x1a9/0xb80 drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c:1494 ib_cache_event_task+0xf3/0x1e0 drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c:1568 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa65/0x1850 kernel/workqueue.c:3310 worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391 kthread+0x2f2/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x4d/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244 </TASK> " 1). In the link [1], " infiniband syz2: set down " This means that on 839.350575, the event ib_cache_event_task was sent andi queued in ib_wq. 2). In the link [1], " team0 (unregistering): Port device team_slave_0 removed " It indicates that before 843.251853, the net device should be freed. 3). In the link [1], " BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dev_get_flags+0x188/0x1d0 " This means that on 850.559070, this slab-use-after-free problem occurred. In all, on 839.350575, the event ib_cache_event_task was sent and queued in ib_wq, before 843.251853, the net device veth was freed. on 850.559070, this event was executed, and the mentioned freed net device was called. Thus, the above call trace occurred. [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=12e7025f980000
- Published
- Jan 15, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 11th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-416
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Action score
31
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
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · Linux
- 7.8
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| 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 kernel4.8 and later · before 6.12.9
- linux linux kernel6.13
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
- 4.8affected
- 8700e3e7c4857d28ebaa824509934556da0b3e76 and later · before 32ca3557d968e662957131374a5f81c9c9cdbba8affected · git
- 8700e3e7c4857d28ebaa824509934556da0b3e76 and later · before 9f6f54e6a6863131442b40e14d1792b090c7ce21affected · git
- 8700e3e7c4857d28ebaa824509934556da0b3e76 and later · before 2ac5415022d16d63d912a39a06f32f1f51140261affected · git
- before 4.8not affected · semver
- 6.6.120 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
- 6.12.9 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
- 6.13 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:12 | linux | all versions | — |
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.9-1 | 6.12.9-1 |
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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 | 2ac5415022d16d63d912a39a06f32f1f51140261 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 32ca3557d968e662957131374a5f81c9c9cdbba8 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 9f6f54e6a6863131442b40e14d1792b090c7ce21 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.12.9-1 · 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 dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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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 FreeCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
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 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
free(dev->buf);/* ... another thread is still running ... */process(dev->buf);Fixed
lock(&dev->lock);free(dev->buf);dev->buf = NULL;unlock(&dev->lock);Attack context
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Noroxi analysis
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ac5415022d16d63d912a39a06f32f1f51140261
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/32ca3557d968e662957131374a5f81c9c9cdbba8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f6f54e6a6863131442b40e14d1792b090c7ce21
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.