Bug 2258757 (CVE-2024-0641)

Summary: CVE-2024-0641 kernel: deadlock leading to denial of service in tipc_crypto_key_revoke
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Rohit Keshri <rkeshri>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: acaringi, allarkin, bhu, chwhite, dbohanno, debarbos, dfreiber, drow, dvlasenk, ezulian, hkrzesin, jarod, jburrell, jfaracco, jforbes, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, ldoskova, lgoncalv, mleitner, mmilgram, mstowell, nmurray, ptalbert, rparrazo, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, scweaver, tglozar, vkumar, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ykopkova
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A denial of service vulnerability was found in tipc_crypto_key_revoke in net/tipc/crypto.c in the Linux kernel’s TIPC subsystem. This flaw allows guests with local user privileges to trigger a deadlock and potentially crash the system.
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Description Rohit Keshri 2024-01-17 09:54:48 UTC
A denial of service problem was found in tipc_crypto_key_revoke in net/tipc/crypto.c in the Linux kernel’s TIPC subsystem. In this fkaw, a local user privileged guests could trigger deadlock and potentially crash the system.

Reference Link: 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/08e50cf071847323414df0835109b6f3560d44f5