SB2024053175 - Use-after-free in Linux kernel smb client
Published: May 31, 2024 Updated: May 14, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35869)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the tcon_info_alloc() and tconInfoFree() functions in fs/smb/client/misc.c, within the dfs_cache_remount_fs() function in fs/smb/client/dfs_cache.c, within the get_session(), __dfs_mount_share() and dfs_mount_share() functions in fs/smb/client/dfs.c, within the match_session(), cifs_get_smb_ses(), cifs_mount_put_conns() and cifs_mount() functions in fs/smb/client/connect.c. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/645f332c6b63499cc76197f9b6bffcc659ba64cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1db9ae87b7148c021daee1fcc4bc71b2ac58a79
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/062a7f0ff46eb57aff526897bd2bebfdb1d3046a
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.29
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.5