In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/l2tp: fix warning in l2tp_exit_net found by syzbot
In l2tp's net exit handler, we check that an IDR is empty before
destroying it:
WARN_ON_ONCE(!idr_is_empty(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_idr));
idr_destroy(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_idr);
By forcing memory allocation failures in idr_alloc_32, syzbot is able
to provoke a condition where idr_is_empty returns false despite there
being no items in the IDR. This turns out to be because the radix tree
of the IDR contains only internal radix-tree nodes and it is this that
causes idr_is_empty to return false. The internal nodes are cleaned by
idr_destroy.
Use idr_for_each to check that the IDR is empty instead of
idr_is_empty to avoid the problem.
References
Configurations
History
08 Oct 2025, 14:02
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References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d066766c5f1252f98ff859265bcd1a5b52ac46c - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a487cc8986d6dd75b60b59004f3bd2ea9b4dd541 - Patch | |
CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
Summary |
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CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
First Time |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
27 Dec 2024, 14:15
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New CVE |
Information
Published : 2024-12-27 14:15
Updated : 2025-10-08 14:02
NVD link : CVE-2024-53211
Mitre link : CVE-2024-53211
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-53211
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE