l2tp: prevent possible tunnel refcount underflow
CVE-2024-49940 is fixed in 26 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49940, released October 21, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: l2tp: prevent possible tunnel refcount underflow When a session is created, it sets a backpointer to its tunnel. When the session refcount drops to 0, l2tp_session_free drops the tunnel refcount if session->tunnel is non-NULL. However, session->tunnel is set in l2tp_session_create, before the tunnel refcount is incremented by l2tp_session_register, which leaves a small window where session->tunnel is non-NULL when the tunnel refcount hasn't been bumped. Moving the assignment to l2tp_session_register is trivial but l2tp_session_create calls l2tp_session_set_header_len which uses session->tunnel to get the tunnel's encap. Add an encap arg to l2tp_session_set_header_len to avoid using session->tunnel. If l2tpv3 sessions have colliding IDs, it is possible for l2tp_v3_session_get to race with l2tp_session_register and fetch a session which doesn't yet have session->tunnel set. Add a check for this case.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-64kb · sles 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| kernel-azure · sles 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| kernel-coco · sles 15.6 | 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1 | Jun 12, 2025 |
| kernel-coco_debug · sles 15.6 | 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1 | Jun 12, 2025 |
| kernel-debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-default · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-default · sles 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2.150600.12.20.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-default-base · sles 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2.150600.12.20.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-docs · sles 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_10 · sles 15.6 | 1-150600.1.5.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_10 · sles 15.6 | 1-150600.13.5.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-obs-build · sles 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| kernel-rt_debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| kernel-source · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-source · sles 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-source-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| kernel-source-azure · sles 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.8.34.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| kernel-source-coco · sles 15.6 | 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1 | Jun 12, 2025 |
| kernel-source-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-syms · sles 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-syms-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.8.34.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| kernel-syms-azure · sles 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.8.34.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1177-1 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| kernel-syms-coco · sles 15.6 | 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:01919-1 | Jun 12, 2025 |
| kernel-syms-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.10.34.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:1178-1 | Apr 8, 2025 |
| kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.6 | 6.4.0-150600.23.47.2 | SUSE-SU-2025:1180-1 | Apr 9, 2025 |
| linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.11.4-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49940 | Oct 21, 2024 |
| linux · Debian 14 | 6.11.4-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49940 | Oct 21, 2024 |
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