{"id":"CVE-2024-26961","summary":"mac802154: fix llsec key resources release in mac802154_llsec_key_del","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmac802154: fix llsec key resources release in mac802154_llsec_key_del\n\nmac802154_llsec_key_del() can free resources of a key directly without\nfollowing the RCU rules for waiting before the end of a grace period. This\nmay lead to use-after-free in case llsec_lookup_key() is traversing the\nlist of keys in parallel with a key deletion:\n\nrefcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.\nWARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 16000 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0x162/0x2a0\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 4 PID: 16000 Comm: wpan-ping Not tainted 6.7.0 #19\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.16.2-1 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x162/0x2a0\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n llsec_lookup_key.isra.0+0x890/0x9e0\n mac802154_llsec_encrypt+0x30c/0x9c0\n ieee802154_subif_start_xmit+0x24/0x1e0\n dev_hard_start_xmit+0x13e/0x690\n sch_direct_xmit+0x2ae/0xbc0\n __dev_queue_xmit+0x11dd/0x3c20\n dgram_sendmsg+0x90b/0xd60\n __sys_sendto+0x466/0x4c0\n __x64_sys_sendto+0xe0/0x1c0\n do_syscall_64+0x45/0xf0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76\n\nAlso, ieee802154_llsec_key_entry structures are not freed by\nmac802154_llsec_key_del():\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880613b6980 (size 64):\n  comm \"iwpan\", pid 2176, jiffies 4294761134 (age 60.475s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    78 0d 8f 18 80 88 ff ff 22 01 00 00 00 00 ad de  x.......\".......\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 cd ab 00 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace:\n    [\u003cffffffff81dcfa62\u003e] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1e2/0x2d0\n    [\u003cffffffff81c43865\u003e] kmalloc_trace+0x25/0xc0\n    [\u003cffffffff88968b09\u003e] mac802154_llsec_key_add+0xac9/0xcf0\n    [\u003cffffffff8896e41a\u003e] ieee802154_add_llsec_key+0x5a/0x80\n    [\u003cffffffff8892adc6\u003e] nl802154_add_llsec_key+0x426/0x5b0\n    [\u003cffffffff86ff293e\u003e] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1fe/0x2f0\n    [\u003cffffffff86ff46d1\u003e] genl_rcv_msg+0x531/0x7d0\n    [\u003cffffffff86fee7a9\u003e] netlink_rcv_skb+0x169/0x440\n    [\u003cffffffff86ff1d88\u003e] genl_rcv+0x28/0x40\n    [\u003cffffffff86fec15c\u003e] netlink_unicast+0x53c/0x820\n    [\u003cffffffff86fecd8b\u003e] netlink_sendmsg+0x93b/0xe60\n    [\u003cffffffff86b91b35\u003e] ____sys_sendmsg+0xac5/0xca0\n    [\u003cffffffff86b9c3dd\u003e] ___sys_sendmsg+0x11d/0x1c0\n    [\u003cffffffff86b9c65a\u003e] __sys_sendmsg+0xfa/0x1d0\n    [\u003cffffffff88eadbf5\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x45/0xf0\n    [\u003cffffffff890000ea\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76\n\nHandle the proper resource release in the RCU callback function\nmac802154_llsec_key_del_rcu().\n\nNote that if llsec_lookup_key() finds a key, it gets a refcount via\nllsec_key_get() and locally copies key id from key_entry (which is a\nlist element). So it's safe to call llsec_key_put() and free the list\nentry after the RCU grace period elapses.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).","modified":"2026-04-02T10:06:34.711180Z","published":"2024-05-01T05:19:16.361Z","related":["ALSA-2024:8617","SUSE-SU-2024:2135-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2203-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1","SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/26xxx/CVE-2024-26961.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/068ab2759bc0b4daf0b964de61b2731449c86531"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20d3e1c8a1847497269f04d874b2a5818ec29e2d"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49c8951680d7b76fceaee89dcfbab1363fb24fd1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/640297c3e897bd7e1481466a6a5cb9560f1edb88"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3d858650933d44ac12c1f31337e7110c2071821"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcd51ab42b7a0431575689c5f74b8b6efd45fc2f"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8a1e58345cf40b7b272e08ac7b32328b2543e40"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/26xxx/CVE-2024-26961.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26961"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"5d637d5aabd85132bd85779677d8acb708e0ed90"},{"fixed":"068ab2759bc0b4daf0b964de61b2731449c86531"},{"fixed":"d3d858650933d44ac12c1f31337e7110c2071821"},{"fixed":"dcd51ab42b7a0431575689c5f74b8b6efd45fc2f"},{"fixed":"20d3e1c8a1847497269f04d874b2a5818ec29e2d"},{"fixed":"640297c3e897bd7e1481466a6a5cb9560f1edb88"},{"fixed":"49c8951680d7b76fceaee89dcfbab1363fb24fd1"},{"fixed":"e8a1e58345cf40b7b272e08ac7b32328b2543e40"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-26961.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}