Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-37356)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2024-37356). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tcp: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in dctcp_update_alpha().
In dctcp_update_alpha(), we use a module parameter dctcp_shift_g
as follows:
alpha -= min_not_zero(alpha, alpha >> dctcp_shift_g);
...
delivered_ce <<= (10 - dctcp_shift_g);
It seems syzkaller started fuzzing module parameters and triggered
shift-out-of-bounds [0] by setting 100 to dctcp_shift_g:
memcpy((void*)0x20000080,
"/sys/module/tcp_dctcp/parameters/dctcp_shift_g\000", 47);
res = syscall(__NR_openat, /fd=/0xffffffffffffff9cul, /file=/0x20000080ul,
/flags=/2ul, /mode=/0ul);
memcpy((void*)0x20000000, "100\000", 4);
syscall(__NR_write, /fd=/r[0], /val=/0x20000000ul, /len=/4ul);
Let's limit the max value of dctcp_shift_g by param_set_uint_minmax().
With this patch:
echo 10 > /sys/module/tcp_dctcp/parameters/dctcp_shift_g
cat /sys/module/tcp_dctcp/parameters/dctcp_shift_g
10
echo 11 > /sys/module/tcp_dctcp/parameters/dctcp_shift_g
-bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
[0]:
UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c:143:12
shift exponent 100 is too large for 32-bit type 'u32' (aka 'unsigned int')
CPU: 0 PID: 8083 Comm: syz-executor345 Not tainted 6.9.0-05151-g1b294a1f3561 #2
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x201/0x300 lib/dump_stack.c:114…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-37356 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2024-37356" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-37356 (Linux kernel) — CWE-190 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-190) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2024-37356 linux Fixed in: 5.10.221-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2024-37356 linux-aws
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web lists.debian.org
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web github.com