Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cfg80211: fix race in netlink owner interface destruction
My previous fix here to fix the deadlock left a race where the exact same deadlock (see the original commit referenced below) can still happen if cfg80211_destroy_ifaces() already runs while nl80211_netlink_notify() is still marking some interfaces as nl_owner_dead.
The race happens because we have two loops here - first we dev_close() all the netdevs, and then we destroy them. If we also have two netdevs (first one need only be a wdev though) then we can find one during the first iteration, close it, and go to the second iteration -- but then find two, and try to destroy also the one we didn't close yet.
Fix this by only iterating once.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= ea6b2098dd02789f68770fd3d5a373732207be2f, < 241e633cb379c4f332fc1baf2abec95ec840cbeb; >= ea6b2098dd02789f68770fd3d5a373732207be2f, < c979f792a2baf6d0f3419587668a1a6eba46a3d2; >= ea6b2098dd02789f68770fd3d5a373732207be2f, < f0a6fd1527067da537e9c48390237488719948ed; 2e4f97122f3a9df870dfe9671994136448890768; >= 5.12.1, < 5.13 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.13 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/241e633cb379c4f332fc1baf2abec95ec840cbebPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c979f792a2baf6d0f3419587668a1a6eba46a3d2Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0a6fd1527067da537e9c48390237488719948edPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/241e633cb379c4f332fc1baf2abec95ec840cbebPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c979f792a2baf6d0f3419587668a1a6eba46a3d2Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0a6fd1527067da537e9c48390237488719948edPatch
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 16, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed