CVE-2024-27414

Technical Description

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

rtnetlink: fix error logic of IFLA_BRIDGE_FLAGS writing back

In the commit d73ef2d69c0d ("rtnetlink: let rtnl_bridge_setlink checks

IFLA_BRIDGE_MODE length"), an adjustment was made to the old loop logic

in the function `rtnl_bridge_setlink` to enable the loop to also check

the length of the IFLA_BRIDGE_MODE attribute. However, this adjustment

removed the `break` statement and led to an error logic of the flags

writing back at the end of this function.

if (have_flags)

memcpy(nla_data(attr), &flags, sizeof(flags));

// attr should point to IFLA_BRIDGE_FLAGS NLA !!!

Before the mentioned commit, the `attr` is granted to be IFLA_BRIDGE_FLAGS.

However, this is not necessarily true fow now as the updated loop will let

the attr point to the last NLA, even an invalid NLA which could cause

overflow writes.

This patch introduces a new variable `br_flag` to save the NLA pointer

that points to IFLA_BRIDGE_FLAGS and use

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References