CVE-2024-26804 (GCVE-0-2024-26804)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-04 08:20 – Updated: 2026-08-12 17:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
net: ip_tunnel: prevent perpetual headroom growth
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ip_tunnel: prevent perpetual headroom growth
syzkaller triggered following kasan splat:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __skb_flow_dissect+0x19d1/0x7a50 net/core/flow_dissector.c:1170
Read of size 1 at addr ffff88812fb4000e by task syz-executor183/5191
[..]
kasan_report+0xda/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:588
__skb_flow_dissect+0x19d1/0x7a50 net/core/flow_dissector.c:1170
skb_flow_dissect_flow_keys include/linux/skbuff.h:1514 [inline]
___skb_get_hash net/core/flow_dissector.c:1791 [inline]
__skb_get_hash+0xc7/0x540 net/core/flow_dissector.c:1856
skb_get_hash include/linux/skbuff.h:1556 [inline]
ip_tunnel_xmit+0x1855/0x33c0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:748
ipip_tunnel_xmit+0x3cc/0x4e0 net/ipv4/ipip.c:308
__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+0x13d/0x6d0 net/core/dev.c:3564
__dev_queue_xmit+0x7c1/0x3d60 net/core/dev.c:4349
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3134 [inline]
neigh_connected_output+0x42c/0x5d0 net/core/neighbour.c:1592
...
ip_finish_output2+0x833/0x2550 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:235
ip_finish_output+0x31/0x310 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:323
..
iptunnel_xmit+0x5b4/0x9b0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:82
ip_tunnel_xmit+0x1dbc/0x33c0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:831
ipgre_xmit+0x4a1/0x980 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:665
__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+0x13d/0x6d0 net/core/dev.c:3564
...
The splat occurs because skb->data points past skb->head allocated area.
This is because neigh layer does:
__skb_pull(skb, skb_network_offset(skb));
... but skb_network_offset() returns a negative offset and __skb_pull()
arg is unsigned. IOW, we skb->data gets "adjusted" by a huge value.
The negative value is returned because skb->head and skb->data distance is
more than 64k and skb->network_header (u16) has wrapped around.
The bug is in the ip_tunnel infrastructure, which can cause
dev->needed_headroom to increment ad infinitum.
The syzkaller reproducer consists of packets getting routed via a gre
tunnel, and route of gre encapsulated packets pointing at another (ipip)
tunnel. The ipip encapsulation finds gre0 as next output device.
This results in the following pattern:
1). First packet is to be sent out via gre0.
Route lookup found an output device, ipip0.
2).
ip_tunnel_xmit for gre0 bumps gre0->needed_headroom based on the future
output device, rt.dev->needed_headroom (ipip0).
3).
ip output / start_xmit moves skb on to ipip0. which runs the same
code path again (xmit recursion).
4).
Routing step for the post-gre0-encap packet finds gre0 as output device
to use for ipip0 encapsulated packet.
tunl0->needed_headroom is then incremented based on the (already bumped)
gre0 device headroom.
This repeats for every future packet:
gre0->needed_headroom gets inflated because previous packets' ipip0 step
incremented rt->dev (gre0) headroom, and ipip0 incremented because gre0
needed_headroom was increased.
For each subsequent packet, gre/ipip0->needed_headroom grows until
post-expand-head reallocations result in a skb->head/data distance of
more than 64k.
Once that happens, skb->network_header (u16) wraps around when
pskb_expand_head tries to make sure that skb_network_offset() is unchanged
after the headroom expansion/reallocation.
After this skb_network_offset(skb) returns a different (and negative)
result post headroom expansion.
The next trip to neigh layer (or anything else that would __skb_pull the
network header) makes skb->data point to a memory location outside
skb->head area.
v2: Cap the needed_headroom update to an arbitarily chosen upperlimit to
prevent perpetual increase instead of dropping the headroom increment
completely.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-12 17:39 UTC
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
2 products
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| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
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(git)
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guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
2.6.34
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.34 (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.271 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.212 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.151 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.81 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.21 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.7.9 , ≤ 6.7.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.8 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ip_tunnel: prevent perpetual headroom growth\n\nsyzkaller triggered following kasan splat:\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __skb_flow_dissect+0x19d1/0x7a50 net/core/flow_dissector.c:1170\nRead of size 1 at addr ffff88812fb4000e by task syz-executor183/5191\n[..]\n kasan_report+0xda/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:588\n __skb_flow_dissect+0x19d1/0x7a50 net/core/flow_dissector.c:1170\n skb_flow_dissect_flow_keys include/linux/skbuff.h:1514 [inline]\n ___skb_get_hash net/core/flow_dissector.c:1791 [inline]\n __skb_get_hash+0xc7/0x540 net/core/flow_dissector.c:1856\n skb_get_hash include/linux/skbuff.h:1556 [inline]\n ip_tunnel_xmit+0x1855/0x33c0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:748\n ipip_tunnel_xmit+0x3cc/0x4e0 net/ipv4/ipip.c:308\n __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4940 [inline]\n netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4954 [inline]\n xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3548 [inline]\n dev_hard_start_xmit+0x13d/0x6d0 net/core/dev.c:3564\n __dev_queue_xmit+0x7c1/0x3d60 net/core/dev.c:4349\n dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3134 [inline]\n neigh_connected_output+0x42c/0x5d0 net/core/neighbour.c:1592\n ...\n ip_finish_output2+0x833/0x2550 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:235\n ip_finish_output+0x31/0x310 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:323\n ..\n iptunnel_xmit+0x5b4/0x9b0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:82\n ip_tunnel_xmit+0x1dbc/0x33c0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:831\n ipgre_xmit+0x4a1/0x980 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:665\n __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4940 [inline]\n netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4954 [inline]\n xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3548 [inline]\n dev_hard_start_xmit+0x13d/0x6d0 net/core/dev.c:3564\n ...\n\nThe splat occurs because skb-\u003edata points past skb-\u003ehead allocated area.\nThis is because neigh layer does:\n __skb_pull(skb, skb_network_offset(skb));\n\n... but skb_network_offset() returns a negative offset and __skb_pull()\narg is unsigned. IOW, we skb-\u003edata gets \"adjusted\" by a huge value.\n\nThe negative value is returned because skb-\u003ehead and skb-\u003edata distance is\nmore than 64k and skb-\u003enetwork_header (u16) has wrapped around.\n\nThe bug is in the ip_tunnel infrastructure, which can cause\ndev-\u003eneeded_headroom to increment ad infinitum.\n\nThe syzkaller reproducer consists of packets getting routed via a gre\ntunnel, and route of gre encapsulated packets pointing at another (ipip)\ntunnel. The ipip encapsulation finds gre0 as next output device.\n\nThis results in the following pattern:\n\n1). First packet is to be sent out via gre0.\nRoute lookup found an output device, ipip0.\n\n2).\nip_tunnel_xmit for gre0 bumps gre0-\u003eneeded_headroom based on the future\noutput device, rt.dev-\u003eneeded_headroom (ipip0).\n\n3).\nip output / start_xmit moves skb on to ipip0. which runs the same\ncode path again (xmit recursion).\n\n4).\nRouting step for the post-gre0-encap packet finds gre0 as output device\nto use for ipip0 encapsulated packet.\n\ntunl0-\u003eneeded_headroom is then incremented based on the (already bumped)\ngre0 device headroom.\n\nThis repeats for every future packet:\n\ngre0-\u003eneeded_headroom gets inflated because previous packets\u0027 ipip0 step\nincremented rt-\u003edev (gre0) headroom, and ipip0 incremented because gre0\nneeded_headroom was increased.\n\nFor each subsequent packet, gre/ipip0-\u003eneeded_headroom grows until\npost-expand-head reallocations result in a skb-\u003ehead/data distance of\nmore than 64k.\n\nOnce that happens, skb-\u003enetwork_header (u16) wraps around when\npskb_expand_head tries to make sure that skb_network_offset() is unchanged\nafter the headroom expansion/reallocation.\n\nAfter this skb_network_offset(skb) returns a different (and negative)\nresult post headroom expansion.\n\nThe next trip to neigh layer (or anything else that would __skb_pull the\nnetwork header) makes skb-\u003edata point to a memory location outside\nskb-\u003ehead area.\n\nv2: Cap the needed_headroom update to an arbitarily chosen upperlimit to\nprevent perpetual increase instead of dropping the headroom increment\ncompletely."
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"value": "AV:L - The attacker must locally configure a two-device ip_tunnel routing cycle (gre0 \u2194 tunl0) via rtnetlink/ioctl and then transmit packets through a local socket; a remote peer cannot create the tunnel topology that drives the headroom growth.\nAC:L - The headroom inflation is fully deterministic \u2014 each transmitted packet monotonically increases dev-\u003eneeded_headroom until the u16 network_header wraps, with no race and no dependence on memory layout the attacker cannot influence. The required ipip/gre modules are standard on virtually all distributions.\nPR:L - An unprivileged user gains CAP_NET_ADMIN over a private netns via unshare -Urn, since rtnetlink checks netlink_net_capable() against the netns owning user_ns, and tunl0/gre0 fallback devices are auto-created in every netns because sysctl_fb_tunnels_only_for_init_net defaults to 0.\nUI:N - The attacker performs the entire setup and packet transmission alone; no victim action or interaction is required.\nS:U - The corruption occurs in kernel memory within the same security authority; no VM, IOMMU, or hypervisor boundary is crossed.\nC:H - After the offset overflow skb-\u003edata points ~4GB away in the kernel direct map, producing the syzbot-confirmed KASAN out-of-bounds/use-after-free read in __skb_flow_dissect, and the resulting packet\u0027s payload is read from that arbitrary kernel memory and transmitted to the attacker-chosen tunnel destination \u2014 up to ~64KB of kernel memory disclosure.\nI:H - skb_push() only validates data \u003c head, so iptunnel_xmit() writes a 20-byte IP header (with attacker-controlled saddr/daddr/tos/ttl) plus the GRE header and attacker-chosen GRE key into out-of-bounds kernel memory, giving a partially controlled write primitive suitable for corrupting adjacent kernel objects.\nA:H - The confirmed use-after-free/out-of-bounds access reliably causes a KASAN report, oops, or panic (unmapped-address dereference or skb_under_panic), and the unbounded needed_headroom growth also forces ever-larger skb reallocations."
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