CVE-2024-56372 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2024-56372
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-2024-56372 Details

Status: Received on 11 Jan 2025, 13:15 UTC

Published on: 11 Jan 2025, 13:15 UTC

CVSS Release:

CVE-2024-56372 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-56372: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: tun: fix tun_napi_alloc_frags() syzbot reported the following crash [1] Issue came with the blamed commit. Instead of going through all the iov components, we keep using the first one and end up with a malformed skb. [1] kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:2849 ! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6230 Comm: syz-executor132 Not tainted 6.13.0-rc1-syzkaller-00407-g96b6fcc0ee41 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/25/2024 RIP: 0010:__pskb_pull_tail+0x1568/0x1570 net/core/skbuff.c:2848 Code: 38 c1 0f 8c 32 f1 ff ff 4c 89 f7 e8 92 96 74 f8 e9 25 f1 ff ff e8 e8 ae 09 f8 48 8b 5c 24 08 e9 eb fb ff ff e8 d9 ae 09 f8 90 <0f> 0b 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 RSP: 0018:ffffc90004cbef30 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: ffffffff8995c347 RBX: 00000000fffffff2 RCX: ffff88802cf45a00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000fffffff2 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff88807df0c06a R08: ffffffff8995b084 R09: 1ffff1100fbe185c R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100fbe185d R12: ffff888076e85d50 R13: ffff888076e85c80 R14: ffff888076e85cf4 R15: ffff888076e85c80 FS: 00007f0dca6ea6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f0dca6ead58 CR3: 00000000119da000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> skb_cow_data+0x2da/0xcb0 net/core/skbuff.c:5284 tipc_aead_decrypt net/tipc/crypto.c:894 [inline] tipc_crypto_rcv+0x402/0x24e0 net/tipc/crypto.c:1844 tipc_rcv+0x57e/0x12a0 net/tipc/node.c:2109 tipc_l2_rcv_msg+0x2bd/0x450 net/tipc/bearer.c:668 __netif_receive_skb_list_ptype net/core/dev.c:5720 [inline] __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x8b7/0x980 net/core/dev.c:5762 __netif_receive_skb_list net/core/dev.c:5814 [inline] netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0xa51/0xe30 net/core/dev.c:5905 gro_normal_list include/net/gro.h:515 [inline] napi_complete_done+0x2b5/0x870 net/core/dev.c:6256 napi_complete include/linux/netdevice.h:567 [inline] tun_get_user+0x2ea0/0x4890 drivers/net/tun.c:1982 tun_chr_write_iter+0x10d/0x1f0 drivers/net/tun.c:2057 do_iter_readv_writev+0x600/0x880 vfs_writev+0x376/0xba0 fs/read_write.c:1050 do_writev+0x1b6/0x360 fs/read_write.c:1096 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2024-56372

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2024-56372 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-2024-56372

No exploitability data is available for CVE-2024-56372.

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-2024-56372, 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-2024-56372, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2024-56372 does not compromise confidentiality.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2024-56372 does not impact data integrity.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2024-56372 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-2024-56372 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

Unknown

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