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Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CVE-2024-26861

Severity Medium
Score 4.7/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wireguard: receive: annotate data-race around receiving_counter.counter Syzkaller with KCSAN identified a data-race issue when accessing keypair->receiving_counter.counter. Use READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() annotations to mark the data race as intentional. BUG: KCSAN: data-race in wg_packet_decrypt_worker / wg_packet_rx_poll write to 0xffff888107765888 of 8 bytes by interrupt on cpu 0: counter_validate drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c:321 [inline] wg_packet_rx_poll+0x3ac/0xf00 drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c:461 __napi_poll+0x60/0x3b0 net/core/dev.c:6536 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6605 [inline] net_rx_action+0x32b/0x750 net/core/dev.c:6738 __do_softirq+0xc4/0x279 kernel/softirq.c:553 do_softirq+0x5e/0x90 kernel/softirq.c:454 __local_bh_enable_ip+0x64/0x70 kernel/softirq.c:381 __raw_spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:167 [inline] _raw_spin_unlock_bh+0x36/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:210 spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:396 [inline] ptr_ring_consume_bh include/linux/ptr_ring.h:367 [inline] wg_packet_decrypt_worker+0x6c5/0x700 drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c:499 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2633 [inline] ... read to 0xffff888107765888 of 8 bytes by task 3196 on cpu 1: decrypt_packet drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c:252 [inline] wg_packet_decrypt_worker+0x220/0x700 drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c:501 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2633 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0x5b8/0xa30 kernel/workqueue.c:2706 worker_thread+0x525/0x730 kernel/workqueue.c:2787 ...

  • HIGH
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-362 - Race Condition

A race condition occurs in a shared memory program when two threads/processes access the same shared memory data, and at least one thread executes a write operation. This vulnerability manipulates the time to check vs. time to use (TOC/TOU) gap between the threads in the critical section to cause disorientation in the shared data. The impact can vary from compromising the confidentiality of the system to causing the system to crash or to execute arbitrary code.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published