CVE-2024-49940

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.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0033
25th percentile

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

ProductFixed inFixReleased
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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