{"id":"AZL-49749","summary":"CVE-2024-42272 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.167.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsched: act_ct: take care of padding in struct zones_ht_key\n\nBlamed commit increased lookup key size from 2 bytes to 16 bytes,\nbecause zones_ht_key got a struct net pointer.\n\nMake sure rhashtable_lookup() is not using the padding bytes\nwhich are not initialized.\n\n BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in rht_ptr_rcu include/linux/rhashtable.h:376 [inline]\n BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:607 [inline]\n BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:646 [inline]\n BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in rhashtable_lookup_fast include/linux/rhashtable.h:672 [inline]\n BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in tcf_ct_flow_table_get+0x611/0x2260 net/sched/act_ct.c:329\n  rht_ptr_rcu include/linux/rhashtable.h:376 [inline]\n  __rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:607 [inline]\n  rhashtable_lookup include/linux/rhashtable.h:646 [inline]\n  rhashtable_lookup_fast include/linux/rhashtable.h:672 [inline]\n  tcf_ct_flow_table_get+0x611/0x2260 net/sched/act_ct.c:329\n  tcf_ct_init+0xa67/0x2890 net/sched/act_ct.c:1408\n  tcf_action_init_1+0x6cc/0xb30 net/sched/act_api.c:1425\n  tcf_action_init+0x458/0xf00 net/sched/act_api.c:1488\n  tcf_action_add net/sched/act_api.c:2061 [inline]\n  tc_ctl_action+0x4be/0x19d0 net/sched/act_api.c:2118\n  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x12fc/0x1410 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6647\n  netlink_rcv_skb+0x375/0x650 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550\n  rtnetlink_rcv+0x34/0x40 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6665\n  netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1331 [inline]\n  netlink_unicast+0xf52/0x1260 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1357\n  netlink_sendmsg+0x10da/0x11e0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1901\n  sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]\n  __sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:745\n  ____sys_sendmsg+0x877/0xb60 net/socket.c:2597\n  ___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2651\n  __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2680 [inline]\n  __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2689 [inline]\n  __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2687 [inline]\n  __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x4a0 net/socket.c:2687\n  x64_sys_call+0x2dd6/0x3c10 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:47\n  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n  do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nLocal variable key created at:\n  tcf_ct_flow_table_get+0x4a/0x2260 net/sched/act_ct.c:324\n  tcf_ct_init+0xa67/0x2890 net/sched/act_ct.c:1408","modified":"2026-04-01T05:17:26.091724Z","published":"2024-08-17T09:15:08Z","upstream":["CVE-2024-42272"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42272"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:2","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.15.167.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-49749.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}