CVE-2024-26633
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ip6_tunnel: fix NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT handling in ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim()
syzbot pointed out [1] that NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT handling is broken.
Reading frag_off can only be done if we pulled enough bytes to skb->head. Currently we might access garbage.
[1] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim+0x94f/0xbb0 ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim+0x94f/0xbb0 ipxip6_tnl_xmit net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:1326 [inline] ip6_tnl_start_xmit+0xab2/0x1a70 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:1432 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4940 [inline] netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4954 [inline] xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3548 [inline] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x247/0xa10 net/core/dev.c:3564 __dev_queue_xmit+0x33b8/0x5130 net/core/dev.c:4349 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3134 [inline] neigh_connected_output+0x569/0x660 net/core/neighbour.c:1592 neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:542 [inline] ip6_finish_output2+0x23a9/0x2b30 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:137 ip6_finish_output+0x855/0x12b0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:222 NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:303 [inline] ip6_output+0x323/0x610 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:243 dst_output include/net/dst.h:451 [inline] ip6_local_out+0xe9/0x140 net/ipv6/output_core.c:155 ip6_send_skb net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1952 [inline] ip6_push_pending_frames+0x1f9/0x560 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1972 rawv6_push_pending_frames+0xbe8/0xdf0 net/ipv6/raw.c:582 rawv6_sendmsg+0x2b66/0x2e70 net/ipv6/raw.c:920 inet_sendmsg+0x105/0x190 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:847 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline] ____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 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+0x307/0x490 net/socket.c:2674 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x44/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b
Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook+0x129/0xa70 mm/slab.h:768 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x5c9/0x970 mm/slub.c:3517 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:1006 [inline] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x118/0x3c0 mm/slab_common.c:1027 kmalloc_reserve+0x249/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:582 pskb_expand_head+0x226/0x1a00 net/core/skbuff.c:2098 __pskb_pull_tail+0x13b/0x2310 net/core/skbuff.c:2655 pskb_may_pull_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:2673 [inline] pskb_may_pull include/linux/skbuff.h:2681 [inline] ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim+0x901/0xbb0 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:408 ipxip6_tnl_xmit net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:1326 [inline] ip6_tnl_start_xmit+0xab2/0x1a70 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:1432 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4940 [inline] netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4954 [inline] xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3548 [inline] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x247/0xa10 net/core/dev.c:3564 __dev_queue_xmit+0x33b8/0x5130 net/core/dev.c:4349 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3134 [inline] neigh_connected_output+0x569/0x660 net/core/neighbour.c:1592 neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:542 [inline] ip6_finish_output2+0x23a9/0x2b30 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:137 ip6_finish_output+0x855/0x12b0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:222 NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:303 [inline] ip6_output+0x323/0x610 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:243 dst_output include/net/dst.h:451 [inline] ip6_local_out+0xe9/0x140 net/ipv6/output_core.c:155 ip6_send_skb net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1952 [inline] ip6_push_pending_frames+0x1f9/0x560 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1972 rawv6_push_pending_frames+0xbe8/0xdf0 net/ipv6/raw.c:582 rawv6_sendmsg+0x2b66/0x2e70 net/ipv6/raw.c:920 inet_sendmsg+0x105/0x190 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:847 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline] ____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 net/socket.c:2584 ___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2638 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2667 [inline] __do_sys_sendms ---truncated---
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.16 | 6.1.75 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.2 | 6.6.14 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.7 | 6.7.2 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 4.20 | 5.4.268 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.11 | 5.15.148 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.5 | 5.10.209 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 4.10 | 4.19.306 |
| debian / debian_linux | 10.0 | 10.0.x |
| netapp / ontap_tools | 9 | 9.x |
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/135414f300c5db995e2a2f3bf0f455de9d014aee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f15ba3dc14e6ee002ea01b4faddc3d49200377c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4329426cf6b8e22b798db2331c7ef1dd2a9c748d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62a1fedeb14c7ac0947ef33fadbabd35ed2400a2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/687c5d52fe53e602e76826dbd4d7af412747e183
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba8d904c274268b18ef3dc11d3ca7b24a96cb087
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d375b98e0248980681e5e56b712026174d617198
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da23bd709b46168f7dfc36055801011222b076cd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00016.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241220-0001/
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