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

tipc: force a dst refcount before doing decryption

As it says in commit 3bc07321ccc2 ("xfrm: Force a dst refcount before
entering the xfrm type handlers"):

"Crypto requests might return asynchronous. In this case we leave the
rcu protected region, so force a refcount on the skb's destination
entry before we enter the xfrm type input/output handlers."

On TIPC decryption path it has the same problem, and skb_dst_force()
should be called before doing decryption to avoid a possible crash.

Shuang reported this issue when this warning is triggered:

[] WARNING: include/net/dst.h:337 tipc_sk_rcv+0x1055/0x1ea0 [tipc]
[] Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W --------- - - 4.18.0-496.el8.x86_64+debug
[] Workqueue: crypto cryptd_queue_worker
[] RIP: 0010:tipc_sk_rcv+0x1055/0x1ea0 [tipc]
[] Call Trace:
[] tipc_sk_mcast_rcv+0x548/0xea0 [tipc]
[] tipc_rcv+0xcf5/0x1060 [tipc]
[] tipc_aead_decrypt_done+0x215/0x2e0 [tipc]
[] cryptd_aead_crypt+0xdb/0x190
[] cryptd_queue_worker+0xed/0x190
[] process_one_work+0x93d/0x17e0
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00259}

epss

{'score': 0.00198}


Wed, 06 Nov 2024 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 22:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T09:19:19.684Z

Reserved: 2024-07-12T12:17:45.604Z

Link: CVE-2024-40983

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:39:56.020Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-07-12T13:15:19.893

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:32:00.260

Link: CVE-2024-40983

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-07-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-40983 - Bugzilla

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