CVE-2024-35893
Linux Kernel 4.9 – 4.19.312
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-35893 is a medium-severity Use of Uninitialized Resource (CWE-908) vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique OS Credential Dumping (T1003); ranked at the 14th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SA-15 (Development Process, Standards, and Tools) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-35611
Vulnerability Data
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: act_skbmod: prevent kernel-infoleak syzbot found that tcf_skbmod_dump() was copying four bytes from kernel stack to user space [1]. The issue here is that 'struct tc_skbmod' has a four bytes…
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hole. We need to clear the structure before filling fields. [1] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in copy_to_user_iter lib/iov_iter.c:24 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in iterate_ubuf include/linux/iov_iter.h:29 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in iterate_and_advance2 include/linux/iov_iter.h:245 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in iterate_and_advance include/linux/iov_iter.h:271 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in _copy_to_iter+0x366/0x2520 lib/iov_iter.c:185 instrument_copy_to_user include/linux/instrumented.h:114 [inline] copy_to_user_iter lib/iov_iter.c:24 [inline] iterate_ubuf include/linux/iov_iter.h:29 [inline] iterate_and_advance2 include/linux/iov_iter.h:245 [inline] iterate_and_advance include/linux/iov_iter.h:271 [inline] _copy_to_iter+0x366/0x2520 lib/iov_iter.c:185 copy_to_iter include/linux/uio.h:196 [inline] simple_copy_to_iter net/core/datagram.c:532 [inline] __skb_datagram_iter+0x185/0x1000 net/core/datagram.c:420 skb_copy_datagram_iter+0x5c/0x200 net/core/datagram.c:546 skb_copy_datagram_msg include/linux/skbuff.h:4050 [inline] netlink_recvmsg+0x432/0x1610 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1962 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1046 [inline] sock_recvmsg+0x2c4/0x340 net/socket.c:1068 __sys_recvfrom+0x35a/0x5f0 net/socket.c:2242 __do_sys_recvfrom net/socket.c:2260 [inline] __se_sys_recvfrom net/socket.c:2256 [inline] __x64_sys_recvfrom+0x126/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2256 do_syscall_64+0xd5/0x1f0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75 Uninit was stored to memory at: pskb_expand_head+0x30f/0x19d0 net/core/skbuff.c:2253 netlink_trim+0x2c2/0x330 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1317 netlink_unicast+0x9f/0x1260 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1351 nlmsg_unicast include/net/netlink.h:1144 [inline] nlmsg_notify+0x21d/0x2f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2610 rtnetlink_send+0x73/0x90 net/core/rtnetlink.c:741 rtnetlink_maybe_send include/linux/rtnetlink.h:17 [inline] tcf_add_notify net/sched/act_api.c:2048 [inline] tcf_action_add net/sched/act_api.c:2071 [inline] tc_ctl_action+0x146e/0x19d0 net/sched/act_api.c:2119 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x1737/0x1900 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6595 netlink_rcv_skb+0x375/0x650 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2559 rtnetlink_rcv+0x34/0x40 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6613 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1335 [inline] netlink_unicast+0xf4c/0x1260 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1361 netlink_sendmsg+0x10df/0x11f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1905 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:745 ____sys_sendmsg+0x877/0xb60 net/socket.c:2584 ___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2638 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2667 [inline] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2676 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2674 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x4a0 net/socket.c:2674 do_syscall_64+0xd5/0x1f0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75 Uninit was stored to memory at: __nla_put lib/nlattr.c:1041 [inline] nla_put+0x1c6/0x230 lib/nlattr.c:1099 tcf_skbmod_dump+0x23f/0xc20 net/sched/act_skbmod.c:256 tcf_action_dump_old net/sched/act_api.c:1191 [inline] tcf_action_dump_1+0x85e/0x970 net/sched/act_api.c:1227 tcf_action_dump+0x1fd/0x460 net/sched/act_api.c:1251 tca_get_fill+0x519/0x7a0 net/sched/act_api.c:1628 tcf_add_notify_msg net/sched/act_api.c:2023 [inline] tcf_add_notify net/sched/act_api.c:2042 [inline] tcf_action_add net/sched/act_api.c:2071 [inline] tc_ctl_action+0x1365/0x19d0 net/sched/act_api.c:2119 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x1737/0x1900 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6595 netlink_rcv_skb+0x375/0x650 net/netlink/af_netli ---truncated---
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation (including static analysis) can find uses of uninitialized resources after they are coded.
Requiring documented development standards and tools can mandate initialization checks and safe patterns that stop the weakness from being introduced.
Engineering principles can require explicit resource initialization before use, structurally avoiding uninitialized access.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC activities such as static analysis and code review directly prevent use of uninitialized resources while also addressing many other weaknesses.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing in development and acceptance can detect uninitialized resource usage through dynamic analysis and fuzzing.
Secure development life cycle mandates initialization checks and static analysis that can catch uninitialized resource use.
Application security requirements can specify mandatory initialization of variables and resources before use.
Secure system architecture and engineering principles include defensive coding practices that prevent use of uninitialized memory or objects.
Secure coding standards directly require explicit initialization of all variables and resources, substantially mitigating CWE-908.