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      <title>CVE-2024-42106 — inet_diag: Initialize pad field in struct inet_diag_req_v2</title>
      <link>https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2024-42106</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Affected:&lt;/strong&gt; Linux&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;inet_diag: Initialize pad field in struct inet_diag_req_v2&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;KMSAN reported uninit-value access in raw_lookup() [1]. Diag for raw
sockets uses the pad field in struct inet_diag_req_v2 for the
underlying protocol. This field corresponds to the sdiag_raw_protocol
field in struct inet_diag_req_raw.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;inet_diag_get_exact_compat() converts inet_diag_req to
inet_diag_req_v2, but leaves the pad field uninitialized. So the issue
occurs when raw_lookup() accesses the sdiag_raw_protocol field.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fix this by initializing the pad field in
inet_diag_get_exact_compat(). Also, do the same fix in
inet_diag_dump_compat() to avoid the similar issue in the future.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[1]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in raw_lookup net/ipv4/raw_diag.c:49 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in raw_sock_get+0x657/0x800 net/ipv4/raw_diag.c:71
 raw_lookup net/ipv4/raw_diag.c:49 [inline]
 raw_sock_get+0x657/0x800 net/ipv4/raw_diag.c:71
 raw_diag_dump_one+0xa1/0x660 net/ipv4/raw_diag.c:99
 inet_diag_cmd_exact+0x7d9/0x980
 inet_diag_get_exact_compat net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1404 [inline]
 inet_diag_rcv_msg_compat+0x469/0x530 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1426
 sock_diag_rcv_msg+0x23d/0x740 net/core/sock_diag.c:282
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x537/0x670 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2564
 sock_diag_rcv+0x35/0x40 net/core/sock_diag.c:297
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1335 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0xe74/0x1240 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1361
 netlink_sendmsg+0x10c6/0x1260 ne…&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Affected:&lt;/strong&gt; Linux&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;inet_diag: Initialize pad field in struct inet_diag_req_v2&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;KMSAN reported uninit-value access in raw_lookup() [1]. Diag for raw
sockets uses the pad field in struct inet_diag_req_v2 for the
underlying protocol. This field corresponds to the sdiag_raw_protocol
field in struct inet_diag_req_raw.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;inet_diag_get_exact_compat() converts inet_diag_req to
inet_diag_req_v2, but leaves the pad field uninitialized. So the issue
occurs when raw_lookup() accesses the sdiag_raw_protocol field.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fix this by initializing the pad field in
inet_diag_get_exact_compat(). Also, do the same fix in
inet_diag_dump_compat() to avoid the similar issue in the future.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[1]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in raw_lookup net/ipv4/raw_diag.c:49 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in raw_sock_get+0x657/0x800 net/ipv4/raw_diag.c:71
 raw_lookup net/ipv4/raw_diag.c:49 [inline]
 raw_sock_get+0x657/0x800 net/ipv4/raw_diag.c:71
 raw_diag_dump_one+0xa1/0x660 net/ipv4/raw_diag.c:99
 inet_diag_cmd_exact+0x7d9/0x980
 inet_diag_get_exact_compat net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1404 [inline]
 inet_diag_rcv_msg_compat+0x469/0x530 net/ipv4/inet_diag.c:1426
 sock_diag_rcv_msg+0x23d/0x740 net/core/sock_diag.c:282
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x537/0x670 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2564
 sock_diag_rcv+0x35/0x40 net/core/sock_diag.c:297
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1335 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0xe74/0x1240 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1361
 netlink_sendmsg+0x10c6/0x1260 ne…&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded>
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