CVE-2024-42321 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2024-42321
Vulnerability Scoring

Analysis In Progress
Analysis In Progress

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity:
    Attack Complexity Analysis In Progress
  • Attack Vector:
    Attack Vector Under Analysis
  • Privileges Required: None
    No authentication is required for exploitation.
  • Scope:
    Impact is confined to the initially vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2024-42321 Details

Status: Awaiting Analysis

Last updated: 🕧 19 Aug 2024, 12:59 UTC
Originally published on: 🕘 17 Aug 2024, 09:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 2 days

CVSS Release:

CVE-2024-42321 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-42321: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: flow_dissector: use DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE The following splat is easy to reproduce upstream as well as in -stable kernels. Florian Westphal provided the following commit: d1dab4f71d37 ("net: add and use __skb_get_hash_symmetric_net") but this complementary fix has been also suggested by Willem de Bruijn and it can be easily backported to -stable kernel which consists in using DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE instead to silence the following splat given __skb_get_hash() is used by the nftables tracing infrastructure to to identify packets in traces. [69133.561393] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [69133.561404] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 43576 at net/core/flow_dissector.c:1104 __skb_flow_dissect+0x134f/ [...] [69133.561944] CPU: 0 PID: 43576 Comm: socat Not tainted 6.10.0-rc7+ #379 [69133.561959] RIP: 0010:__skb_flow_dissect+0x134f/0x2ad0 [69133.561970] Code: 83 f9 04 0f 84 b3 00 00 00 45 85 c9 0f 84 aa 00 00 00 41 83 f9 02 0f 84 81 fc ff ff 44 0f b7 b4 24 80 00 00 00 e9 8b f9 ff ff <0f> 0b e9 20 f3 ff ff 41 f6 c6 20 0f 84 e4 ef ff ff 48 8d 7b 12 e8 [69133.561979] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000006fc0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [69133.561988] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff82f33e20 RCX: ffffffff81ab7e19 [69133.561994] RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffc90000007388 RDI: ffff888103a1b418 [69133.562001] RBP: ffffc90000007310 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [69133.562007] R10: ffffc90000007388 R11: ffffffff810cface R12: ffff888103a1b400 [69133.562013] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffffff82f33e2a R15: ffffffff82f33e28 [69133.562020] FS: 00007f40f7131740(0000) GS:ffff888390800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [69133.562027] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [69133.562033] CR2: 00007f40f7346ee0 CR3: 000000015d200001 CR4: 00000000001706f0 [69133.562040] Call Trace: [69133.562044] <IRQ> [69133.562049] ? __warn+0x9f/0x1a0 [ 1211.841384] ? __skb_flow_dissect+0x107e/0x2860 [...] [ 1211.841496] ? bpf_flow_dissect+0x160/0x160 [ 1211.841753] __skb_get_hash+0x97/0x280 [ 1211.841765] ? __skb_get_hash_symmetric+0x230/0x230 [ 1211.841776] ? mod_find+0xbf/0xe0 [ 1211.841786] ? get_stack_info_noinstr+0x12/0xe0 [ 1211.841798] ? bpf_ksym_find+0x56/0xe0 [ 1211.841807] ? __rcu_read_unlock+0x2a/0x70 [ 1211.841819] nft_trace_init+0x1b9/0x1c0 [nf_tables] [ 1211.841895] ? nft_trace_notify+0x830/0x830 [nf_tables] [ 1211.841964] ? get_stack_info+0x2b/0x80 [ 1211.841975] ? nft_do_chain_arp+0x80/0x80 [nf_tables] [ 1211.842044] nft_do_chain+0x79c/0x850 [nf_tables]

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2024-42321

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2024-42321 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2024-42321

No exploitability data is available for CVE-2024-42321.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2024-42321, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2024-42321, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2024-42321 does not compromise confidentiality.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2024-42321 does not impact data integrity.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2024-42321 does not affect system availability.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.045% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 18.4% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 81.6% of others.

CVE-2024-42321 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

Unknown

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