fkie_cve-2023-53343
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-09-17 15:15
Modified
2025-09-18 13:43
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: icmp6: Fix null-ptr-deref of ip6_null_entry->rt6i_idev in icmp6_dev(). With some IPv6 Ext Hdr (RPL, SRv6, etc.), we can send a packet that has the link-local address as src and dst IP and will be forwarded to an external IP in the IPv6 Ext Hdr. For example, the script below generates a packet whose src IP is the link-local address and dst is updated to 11::. # for f in $(find /proc/sys/net/ -name *seg6_enabled*); do echo 1 > $f; done # python3 >>> from socket import * >>> from scapy.all import * >>> >>> SRC_ADDR = DST_ADDR = "fe80::5054:ff:fe12:3456" >>> >>> pkt = IPv6(src=SRC_ADDR, dst=DST_ADDR) >>> pkt /= IPv6ExtHdrSegmentRouting(type=4, addresses=["11::", "22::"], segleft=1) >>> >>> sk = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW) >>> sk.sendto(bytes(pkt), (DST_ADDR, 0)) For such a packet, we call ip6_route_input() to look up a route for the next destination in these three functions depending on the header type. * ipv6_rthdr_rcv() * ipv6_rpl_srh_rcv() * ipv6_srh_rcv() If no route is found, ip6_null_entry is set to skb, and the following dst_input(skb) calls ip6_pkt_drop(). Finally, in icmp6_dev(), we dereference skb_rt6_info(skb)->rt6i_idev->dev as the input device is the loopback interface. Then, we have to check if skb_rt6_info(skb)->rt6i_idev is NULL or not to avoid NULL pointer deref for ip6_null_entry. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 0 PID: 157 Comm: python3 Not tainted 6.4.0-11996-gb121d614371c #35 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:icmp6_send (net/ipv6/icmp.c:436 net/ipv6/icmp.c:503) Code: fe ff ff 48 c7 40 30 c0 86 5d 83 e8 c6 44 1c 00 e9 c8 fc ff ff 49 8b 46 58 48 83 e0 fe 0f 84 4a fb ff ff 48 8b 80 d0 00 00 00 <48> 8b 00 44 8b 88 e0 00 00 00 e9 34 fb ff ff 4d 85 ed 0f 85 69 01 RSP: 0018:ffffc90000003c70 EFLAGS: 00000286 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 00000000000000e0 RDX: 0000000000000021 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff888006d72a18 RBP: ffffc90000003d80 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001 R10: ffffc90000003d98 R11: 0000000000000040 R12: ffff888006d72a10 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8880057fb800 R15: ffffffff835d86c0 FS: 00007f9dc72ee740(0000) GS:ffff88807dc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000000057b2000 CR4: 00000000007506f0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <IRQ> ip6_pkt_drop (net/ipv6/route.c:4513) ipv6_rthdr_rcv (net/ipv6/exthdrs.c:640 net/ipv6/exthdrs.c:686) ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu (net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:437 (discriminator 5)) ip6_input_finish (./include/linux/rcupdate.h:781 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:483) __netif_receive_skb_one_core (net/core/dev.c:5455) process_backlog (./include/linux/rcupdate.h:781 net/core/dev.c:5895) __napi_poll (net/core/dev.c:6460) net_rx_action (net/core/dev.c:6529 net/core/dev.c:6660) __do_softirq (./arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27 ./include/linux/jump_label.h:207 ./include/trace/events/irq.h:142 kernel/softirq.c:554) do_softirq (kernel/softirq.c:454 kernel/softirq.c:441) </IRQ> <TASK> __local_bh_enable_ip (kernel/softirq.c:381) __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4231) ip6_finish_output2 (./include/net/neighbour.h:544 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:135) rawv6_sendmsg (./include/net/dst.h:458 ./include/linux/netfilter.h:303 net/ipv6/raw.c:656 net/ipv6/raw.c:914) sock_sendmsg (net/socket.c:725 net/socket.c:748) __sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2134) __x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2146 net/socket.c:2142 net/socket.c:2142) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:120) RIP: 0033:0x7f9dc751baea Code: d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff f ---truncated---
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1462e9d9aa52d14665eaca6d89d22c4af44ede04
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2aaa8a15de73874847d62eb595c6683bface80fd
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fabca5d9cae0140b6aad09a1c6b9aa57089fbb8
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61b4c4659746959056450b92a5d7e6bc1243b31b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8803c59fde4dd370a627dfbf7183682fa0cabf70
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa657d319e6c7502a4eb85cc0ee80cc81b8e5724
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d30ddd7ff15df9d91a793ce3f06f0190ff7afacc
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  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nicmp6: Fix null-ptr-deref of ip6_null_entry-\u003ert6i_idev in icmp6_dev().\n\nWith some IPv6 Ext Hdr (RPL, SRv6, etc.), we can send a packet that\nhas the link-local address as src and dst IP and will be forwarded to\nan external IP in the IPv6 Ext Hdr.\n\nFor example, the script below generates a packet whose src IP is the\nlink-local address and dst is updated to 11::.\n\n  # for f in $(find /proc/sys/net/ -name *seg6_enabled*); do echo 1 \u003e $f; done\n  # python3\n  \u003e\u003e\u003e from socket import *\n  \u003e\u003e\u003e from scapy.all import *\n  \u003e\u003e\u003e\n  \u003e\u003e\u003e SRC_ADDR = DST_ADDR = \"fe80::5054:ff:fe12:3456\"\n  \u003e\u003e\u003e\n  \u003e\u003e\u003e pkt = IPv6(src=SRC_ADDR, dst=DST_ADDR)\n  \u003e\u003e\u003e pkt /= IPv6ExtHdrSegmentRouting(type=4, addresses=[\"11::\", \"22::\"], segleft=1)\n  \u003e\u003e\u003e\n  \u003e\u003e\u003e sk = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW)\n  \u003e\u003e\u003e sk.sendto(bytes(pkt), (DST_ADDR, 0))\n\nFor such a packet, we call ip6_route_input() to look up a route for the\nnext destination in these three functions depending on the header type.\n\n  * ipv6_rthdr_rcv()\n  * ipv6_rpl_srh_rcv()\n  * ipv6_srh_rcv()\n\nIf no route is found, ip6_null_entry is set to skb, and the following\ndst_input(skb) calls ip6_pkt_drop().\n\nFinally, in icmp6_dev(), we dereference skb_rt6_info(skb)-\u003ert6i_idev-\u003edev\nas the input device is the loopback interface.  Then, we have to check if\nskb_rt6_info(skb)-\u003ert6i_idev is NULL or not to avoid NULL pointer deref\nfor ip6_null_entry.\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI\nCPU: 0 PID: 157 Comm: python3 Not tainted 6.4.0-11996-gb121d614371c #35\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:icmp6_send (net/ipv6/icmp.c:436 net/ipv6/icmp.c:503)\nCode: fe ff ff 48 c7 40 30 c0 86 5d 83 e8 c6 44 1c 00 e9 c8 fc ff ff 49 8b 46 58 48 83 e0 fe 0f 84 4a fb ff ff 48 8b 80 d0 00 00 00 \u003c48\u003e 8b 00 44 8b 88 e0 00 00 00 e9 34 fb ff ff 4d 85 ed 0f 85 69 01\nRSP: 0018:ffffc90000003c70 EFLAGS: 00000286\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 00000000000000e0\nRDX: 0000000000000021 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff888006d72a18\nRBP: ffffc90000003d80 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001\nR10: ffffc90000003d98 R11: 0000000000000040 R12: ffff888006d72a10\nR13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8880057fb800 R15: ffffffff835d86c0\nFS:  00007f9dc72ee740(0000) GS:ffff88807dc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 00000000057b2000 CR4: 00000000007506f0\nPKRU: 55555554\nCall Trace:\n \u003cIRQ\u003e\n ip6_pkt_drop (net/ipv6/route.c:4513)\n ipv6_rthdr_rcv (net/ipv6/exthdrs.c:640 net/ipv6/exthdrs.c:686)\n ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu (net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:437 (discriminator 5))\n ip6_input_finish (./include/linux/rcupdate.h:781 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:483)\n __netif_receive_skb_one_core (net/core/dev.c:5455)\n process_backlog (./include/linux/rcupdate.h:781 net/core/dev.c:5895)\n __napi_poll (net/core/dev.c:6460)\n net_rx_action (net/core/dev.c:6529 net/core/dev.c:6660)\n __do_softirq (./arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h:27 ./include/linux/jump_label.h:207 ./include/trace/events/irq.h:142 kernel/softirq.c:554)\n do_softirq (kernel/softirq.c:454 kernel/softirq.c:441)\n \u003c/IRQ\u003e\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n __local_bh_enable_ip (kernel/softirq.c:381)\n __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4231)\n ip6_finish_output2 (./include/net/neighbour.h:544 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:135)\n rawv6_sendmsg (./include/net/dst.h:458 ./include/linux/netfilter.h:303 net/ipv6/raw.c:656 net/ipv6/raw.c:914)\n sock_sendmsg (net/socket.c:725 net/socket.c:748)\n __sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2134)\n __x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2146 net/socket.c:2142 net/socket.c:2142)\n do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80)\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:120)\nRIP: 0033:0x7f9dc751baea\nCode: d8 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff f\n---truncated---"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-53343",
  "lastModified": "2025-09-18T13:43:34.310",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-09-17T15:15:38.100",
  "references": [
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}


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