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CVE-2024-49946
Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ppp: do not assume bh is held in ppp_channel_bridge_input()

Networking receive path is usually handled from BH handler.
However, some protocols need to acquire the socket lock, and
packets might be stored in the socket backlog is the socket was
owned by a user process.

In this case, release_sock(), __release_sock(), and sk_backlog_rcv()
might call the sk->sk_backlog_rcv() handler in process context.

sybot caught ppp was not considering this case in
ppp_channel_bridge_input() :

WARNING: inconsistent lock state
6.11.0-rc7-syzkaller-g5f5673607153 #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------
inconsistent {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} usage.
ksoftirqd/1/24 [HC0[0]:SC1[1]:HE1:SE0] takes:
ffff0000db7f11e0 (&pch->downl){+.?.}-{2:2}, at: spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
ffff0000db7f11e0 (&pch->downl){+.?.}-{2:2}, at: ppp_channel_bridge_input drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2272 [inline]
ffff0000db7f11e0 (&pch->downl){+.?.}-{2:2}, at: ppp_input+0x16c/0x854 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2304
{SOFTIRQ-ON-W} state was registered at:
lock_acquire+0x240/0x728 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5759
__raw_spin_lock include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:133 [inline]
_raw_spin_lock+0x48/0x60 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:154
spin_lock include/linux/spinlock.h:351 [inline]
ppp_channel_bridge_input drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2272 [inline]
ppp_input+0x16c/0x854 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2304
pppoe_rcv_core+0xfc/0x314 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:379
sk_backlog_rcv include/net/sock.h:1111 [inline]
__release_sock+0x1a8/0x3d8 net/core/sock.c:3004
release_sock+0x68/0x1b8 net/core/sock.c:3558
pppoe_sendmsg+0xc8/0x5d8 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:903
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]
__sys_sendto+0x374/0x4f4 net/socket.c:2204
__do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2216 [inline]
__se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2212 [inline]
__arm64_sys_sendto+0xd8/0xf8 net/socket.c:2212
__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2b8 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
el0_svc_common+0x130/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
el0_svc+0x54/0x168 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:712
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xfc arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:730
el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:598
irq event stamp: 282914
hardirqs last enabled at (282914): [<ffff80008b42e30c>] __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:151 [inline]
hardirqs last enabled at (282914): [<ffff80008b42e30c>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x38/0x98 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:194
hardirqs last disabled at (282913): [<ffff80008b42e13c>] __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:108 [inline]
hardirqs last disabled at (282913): [<ffff80008b42e13c>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x2c/0x7c kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
softirqs last enabled at (282904): [<ffff8000801f8e88>] softirq_handle_end kernel/softirq.c:400 [inline]
softirqs last enabled at (282904): [<ffff8000801f8e88>] handle_softirqs+0xa3c/0xbfc kernel/softirq.c:582
softirqs last disabled at (282909): [<ffff8000801fbdf8>] run_ksoftirqd+0x70/0x158 kernel/softirq.c:928

other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:

CPU0
----
lock(&pch->downl);
<Interrupt>
lock(&pch->downl);

*** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by ksoftirqd/1/24:
#0: ffff80008f74dfa0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: rcu_lock_acquire+0x10/0x4c include/linux/rcupdate.h:325

stack backtrace:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 24 Comm: ksoftirqd/1 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc7-syzkaller-g5f5673607153 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/06/2024
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0x1b8/0x1e4 arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:319
show_stack+0x2c/0x3c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:326
__dump_sta
---truncated---

Publication Date Oct. 22, 2024, 3:15 a.m.
Registration Date Oct. 22, 2024, 12:03 p.m.
Last Update Nov. 13, 2024, 6:37 a.m.
CVSS3.1 : MEDIUM
スコア 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
攻撃元区分(AV) ローカル
攻撃条件の複雑さ(AC)
攻撃に必要な特権レベル(PR)
利用者の関与(UI) 不要
影響の想定範囲(S) 変更なし
機密性への影響(C) なし
完全性への影響(I) なし
可用性への影響(A)
Affected software configurations
Configuration1 or higher or less more than less than
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.16 6.1.113
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.11 5.15.168
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.7 6.10.14
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.11 6.11.3
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.2 6.6.55
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JVN Vulnerability Information
Linux の Linux Kernel における脆弱性
Title Linux の Linux Kernel における脆弱性
Summary

Linux の Linux Kernel には、不特定の脆弱性が存在します。

Possible impacts サービス運用妨害 (DoS) 状態にされる可能性があります。 
Solution

ベンダより正式な対策が公開されています。ベンダ情報を参照して適切な対策を実施してください。

Publication Date Oct. 2, 2024, midnight
Registration Date Oct. 6, 2025, 5:55 p.m.
Last Update Oct. 6, 2025, 5:55 p.m.
Affected System
Linux
Linux Kernel 5.11 以上 5.15.168 未満
Linux Kernel 5.16 以上 6.1.113 未満
Linux Kernel 6.11 以上 6.11.3 未満
Linux Kernel 6.12
Linux Kernel 6.2 以上 6.6.55 未満
Linux Kernel 6.7 以上 6.10.14 未満
CVE (情報セキュリティ 共通脆弱性識別子)
CWE (共通脆弱性タイプ一覧)
ベンダー情報
Change Log
No Changed Details Date of change
1 [2025年10月06日]
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Oct. 6, 2025, 5:55 p.m.