Vulnerability · Published May 20, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-35973geneve: fix header validation in geneve[6]_xmit_skb

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 83.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: geneve: fix header validation in geneve[6]_xmit_skb syzbot is able to trigger an uninit-value in geneve_xmit() [1] Problem : While most ip tunnel helpers (like ip_tunnel_get_dsfield()) uses skb_protocol(skb, true), pskb_inet_may_pull() is only using skb->protocol. If anything else than ETH_P_IPV6 or ETH_P_IP is found in skb->protocol, pskb_inet_may_pull() does nothing at all. If a vlan tag was provided by the caller (af_packet in the syzbot case), the network header might not point to the correct location, and skb linear part could be smaller than expected. Add skb_vlan_inet_prepare() to perform a complete mac validation. Use this in geneve for the moment, I suspect we need to adopt this more broadly. v4 - Jakub reported v3 broke l2_tos_ttl_inherit.sh selftest - Only call __vlan_get_protocol() for vlan types. v2,v3 - Addressed Sabrina comments on v1 and v2 [1] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in geneve_xmit_skb drivers/net/geneve.c:910 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in geneve_xmit+0x302d/0x5420 drivers/net/geneve.c:1030 geneve_xmit_skb drivers/net/geneve.c:910 [inline] geneve_xmit+0x302d/0x5420 drivers/net/geneve.c:1030 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4903 [inline] netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4917 [inline] xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3531 [inline] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x247/0xa20 net/core/dev.c:3547 __dev_queue_xmit+0x348d/0x52c0 net/core/dev.c:4335 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3091 [inline] packet_xmit+0x9c/0x6c0 net/packet/af_packet.c:276 packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3081 [inline] packet_sendmsg+0x8bb0/0x9ef0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3113 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:745 __sys_sendto+0x685/0x830 net/socket.c:2191 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2203 [inline] __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2199 [inline] __x64_sys_sendto+0x125/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2199 do_syscall_64+0xd5/0x1f0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75 Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:3804 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3845 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x613/0xc50 mm/slub.c:3888 kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:577 __alloc_skb+0x35b/0x7a0 net/core/skbuff.c:668 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1318 [inline] alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc8/0xbf0 net/core/skbuff.c:6504 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xa81/0xbf0 net/core/sock.c:2795 packet_alloc_skb net/packet/af_packet.c:2930 [inline] packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3024 [inline] packet_sendmsg+0x722d/0x9ef0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3113 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:745 __sys_sendto+0x685/0x830 net/socket.c:2191 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2203 [inline] __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2199 [inline] __x64_sys_sendto+0x125/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2199 do_syscall_64+0xd5/0x1f0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75 CPU: 0 PID: 5033 Comm: syz-executor346 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc1-syzkaller-00005-g928a87efa423 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/29/2024

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.90-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35973
Debian:13linux6.8.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35973
Debian:14linux6.8.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-116.126UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-38.38UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1065.71UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1011.12UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1011.12~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1068.77UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1068.77.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1064.72UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1010.11UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1062.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1006.9UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1048.55UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1058.61UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intel6.8.0-1007.14UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1060.66UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1062.67UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-116.126UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-38.38.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1060.61UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1009.9~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1063.69UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1008.8~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1058.61UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-38.38.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1035.39UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35973

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 35385daa8db320d2d9664930c28e732578b0d7de – before 43be590456e1f3566054ce78ae2dbb68cbe1a5366f92124d74419797fadfbcd5b7a72c384a6413ad – before d3adf11d7993518a39bd02b383cfe657ccc0023c71ad9260c001b217d704cda88ecea251b2d367da – before 10204df9beda4978bd1d0c2db0d8375bfb03b915d13f048dd40e8577260cd43faea8ec9b77520197 – before 3c1ae6de74e3d2d6333d29a2d3e13e6094596c79d13f048dd40e8577260cd43faea8ec9b77520197 – before 4a1b65d1e55d53b397cb27014208be1e04172670d13f048dd40e8577260cd43faea8ec9b77520197 – before 190d9efa5773f26d6f334b1b8be282c4fa13fd5ed13f048dd40e8577260cd43faea8ec9b77520197 – before 357163fff3a6e48fe74745425a32071ec9caf852d13f048dd40e8577260cd43faea8ec9b77520197 – before d8a6213d70accb403b82924a1c229e733433a5ef
Linux Linux 5.13

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