CVE-2024-57948 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2024-57948
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-2024-57948 Details

Status: Received on 31 Jan 2025, 12:15 UTC

Last updated: 🕚 02 Feb 2025, 11:15 UTC
Originally published on: 🕛 31 Jan 2025, 12:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 1 days

CVSS Release:

CVE-2024-57948 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-57948: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac802154: check local interfaces before deleting sdata list syzkaller reported a corrupted list in ieee802154_if_remove. [1] Remove an IEEE 802.15.4 network interface after unregister an IEEE 802.15.4 hardware device from the system. CPU0 CPU1 ==== ==== genl_family_rcv_msg_doit ieee802154_unregister_hw ieee802154_del_iface ieee802154_remove_interfaces rdev_del_virtual_intf_deprecated list_del(&sdata->list) ieee802154_if_remove list_del_rcu The net device has been unregistered, since the rcu grace period, unregistration must be run before ieee802154_if_remove. To avoid this issue, add a check for local->interfaces before deleting sdata list. [1] kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:58! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6277 Comm: syz-executor157 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6-syzkaller-00005-g557329bcecc2 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024 RIP: 0010:__list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0xf4/0x140 lib/list_debug.c:56 Code: e8 a1 7e 00 07 90 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 e0 37 60 8c 4c 89 fe e8 8f 7e 00 07 90 0f 0b 48 c7 c7 40 38 60 8c 4c 89 fe e8 7d 7e 00 07 90 <0f> 0b 48 c7 c7 a0 38 60 8c 4c 89 fe e8 6b 7e 00 07 90 0f 0b 48 c7 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000490f3d0 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 000000000000004e RBX: dead000000000122 RCX: d211eee56bb28d00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000080000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff88805b278dd8 R08: ffffffff8174a12c R09: 1ffffffff2852f0d R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffffbfff2852f0e R12: dffffc0000000000 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: dead000000000100 R15: ffff88805b278cc0 FS: 0000555572f94380(0000) GS:ffff8880b8600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000056262e4a3000 CR3: 0000000078496000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> __list_del_entry_valid include/linux/list.h:124 [inline] __list_del_entry include/linux/list.h:215 [inline] list_del_rcu include/linux/rculist.h:157 [inline] ieee802154_if_remove+0x86/0x1e0 net/mac802154/iface.c:687 rdev_del_virtual_intf_deprecated net/ieee802154/rdev-ops.h:24 [inline] ieee802154_del_iface+0x2c0/0x5c0 net/ieee802154/nl-phy.c:323 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115 [inline] genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline] genl_rcv_msg+0xb14/0xec0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e3/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2551 genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1331 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x7f6/0x990 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1357 netlink_sendmsg+0x8e4/0xcb0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1901 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:729 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x221/0x270 net/socket.c:744 ____sys_sendmsg+0x52a/0x7e0 net/socket.c:2607 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2661 [inline] __sys_sendmsg+0x292/0x380 net/socket.c:2690 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-2024-57948

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2024-57948 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-2024-57948

No exploitability data is available for CVE-2024-57948.

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-2024-57948, 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-2024-57948, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2024-57948 does not compromise confidentiality.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2024-57948 does not impact data integrity.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2024-57948 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: 0.044% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 12.92% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 87.08% of others.

CVE-2024-57948 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

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