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

netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: do not free live element

Pablo reports a crash with large batches of elements with a
back-to-back add/remove pattern. Quoting Pablo:

add_elem("00000000") timeout 100 ms
...
add_elem("0000000X") timeout 100 ms
del_elem("0000000X") <---------------- delete one that was just added
...
add_elem("00005000") timeout 100 ms

1) nft_pipapo_remove() removes element 0000000X
Then, KASAN shows a splat.

Looking at the remove function there is a chance that we will drop a
rule that maps to a non-deactivated element.

Removal happens in two steps, first we do a lookup for key k and return the
to-be-removed element and mark it as inactive in the next generation.
Then, in a second step, the element gets removed from the set/map.

The _remove function does not work correctly if we have more than one
element that share the same key.

This can happen if we insert an element into a set when the set already
holds an element with same key, but the element mapping to the existing
key has timed out or is not active in the next generation.

In such case its possible that removal will unmap the wrong element.
If this happens, we will leak the non-deactivated element, it becomes
unreachable.

The element that got deactivated (and will be freed later) will
remain reachable in the set data structure, this can result in
a crash when such an element is retrieved during lookup (stale
pointer).

Add a check that the fully matching key does in fact map to the element
that we have marked as inactive in the deactivation step.
If not, we need to continue searching.

Add a bug/warn trap at the end of the function as well, the remove
function must not ever be called with an invisible/unreachable/non-existent
element.

v2: avoid uneeded temporary variable (Stefano)
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00088}

epss

{'score': 0.00089}


Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Debian
Debian debian Linux
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Debian
Debian debian Linux

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000

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References

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:45:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:45:00 +0000

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References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T08:59:49.595Z

Reserved: 2024-02-19T14:20:24.194Z

Link: CVE-2024-26924

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:21:05.445Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-25T06:15:57.407

Modified: 2025-03-21T14:46:31.227

Link: CVE-2024-26924

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-04-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-26924 - Bugzilla

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