{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26805","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  netlink: Fix kernel-infoleak-after-free in __skb_datagram_iter  syzbot reported the following uninit-value access issue [1]:  netlink_to_full_skb() creates a new `skb` and puts the `skb-\u003edata` passed as a 1st arg of netlink_to_full_skb() onto new `skb`. The data size is specified as `len` and passed to skb_put_data(). This `len` is based on `skb-\u003eend` that is not data offset but buffer offset. The `skb-\u003eend` contains data and tailroom. Since the tailroom is not initialized when the new `skb` created, KMSAN detects uninitialized memory area when copying the data.  This patch resolved this issue by correct the len from `skb-\u003eend` to `skb-\u003elen`, which is the actual data offset.  BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak-after-free in instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak-after-free in copy_to_user_iter lib/iov_iter.c:24 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak-after-free in iterate_ubuf include/linux/iov_iter.h:29 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak-after-free in iterate_and_advance2 include/linux/iov_iter.h:245 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak-after-free in iterate_and_advance include/linux/iov_iter.h:271 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak-after-free in _copy_to_iter+0x364/0x2520 lib/iov_iter.c:186  instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline]  copy_to_user_iter lib/iov_iter.c:24 [inline]  iterate_ubuf include/linux/iov_iter.h:29 [inline]  iterate_and_advance2 include/linux/iov_iter.h:245 [inline]  iterate_and_advance include/linux/iov_iter.h:271 [inline]  _copy_to_iter+0x364/0x2520 lib/iov_iter.c:186  copy_to_iter include/linux/uio.h:197 [inline]  simple_copy_to_iter+0x68/0xa0 net/core/datagram.c:532  __skb_datagram_iter+0x123/0xdc0 net/core/datagram.c:420  skb_copy_datagram_iter+0x5c/0x200 net/core/datagram.c:546  skb_copy_datagram_msg include/linux/skbuff.h:3960 [inline]  packet_recvmsg+0xd9c/0x2000 net/packet/af_packet.c:3482  sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1044 [inline]  sock_recvmsg net/socket.c:1066 [inline]  sock_read_iter+0x467/0x580 net/socket.c:1136  call_read_iter include/linux/fs.h:2014 [inline]  new_sync_read fs/read_write.c:389 [inline]  vfs_read+0x8f6/0xe00 fs/read_write.c:470  ksys_read+0x20f/0x4c0 fs/read_write.c:613  __do_sys_read fs/read_write.c:623 [inline]  __se_sys_read fs/read_write.c:621 [inline]  __x64_sys_read+0x93/0xd0 fs/read_write.c:621  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]  do_syscall_64+0x44/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b  Uninit was stored to memory at:  skb_put_data include/linux/skbuff.h:2622 [inline]  netlink_to_full_skb net/netlink/af_netlink.c:181 [inline]  __netlink_deliver_tap_skb net/netlink/af_netlink.c:298 [inline]  __netlink_deliver_tap+0x5be/0xc90 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:325  netlink_deliver_tap net/netlink/af_netlink.c:338 [inline]  netlink_deliver_tap_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:347 [inline]  netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1341 [inline]  netlink_unicast+0x10f1/0x1250 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1368  netlink_sendmsg+0x1238/0x13d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1910  sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]  __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]  ____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 net/socket.c:2584  ___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2638  __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2667 [inline]  __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2676 [inline]  __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2674 [inline]  __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x490 net/socket.c:2674  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]  do_syscall_64+0x44/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b  Uninit was created at:  free_pages_prepare mm/page_alloc.c:1087 [inline]  free_unref_page_prepare+0xb0/0xa40 mm/page_alloc.c:2347  free_unref_page_list+0xeb/0x1100 mm/page_alloc.c:2533  release_pages+0x23d3/0x2410 mm/swap.c:1042  free_pages_and_swap_cache+0xd9/0xf0 mm/swap_state.c:316  tlb_batch_pages ---truncated---","modified":"2026-09-15T09:03:05.416071504Z","published":"2024-04-04T09:15:09.277Z","upstream":["CVE-2024-26805"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-26805"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1.82-1"}]}],"versions":["6.1.27-1","6.1.37-1","6.1.38-1","6.1.38-2","6.1.38-2~bpo11+1","6.1.38-3","6.1.38-4","6.1.38-4~bpo11+1","6.1.52-1","6.1.55-1","6.1.55-1~bpo11+1","6.1.64-1","6.1.66-1","6.1.67-1","6.1.69-1","6.1.69-1~bpo11+1","6.1.76-1","6.1.76-1~bpo11+1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26805.json"}},{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.7.9-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26805.json"}},{"package":{"name":"linux","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.7.9-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26805.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}