GHSA-35CX-V8JM-4QRV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-07 12:30 – Updated: 2026-05-12 15:30
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xfrm: validate new SA's prefixlen using SA family when sel.family is unset

This expands the validation introduced in commit 07bf7908950a ("xfrm: Validate address prefix lengths in the xfrm selector.")

syzbot created an SA with usersa.sel.family = AF_UNSPEC usersa.sel.prefixlen_s = 128 usersa.family = AF_INET

Because of the AF_UNSPEC selector, verify_newsa_info doesn't put limits on prefixlen_{s,d}. But then copy_from_user_state sets x->sel.family to usersa.family (AF_INET). Do the same conversion in verify_newsa_info before validating prefixlen_{s,d}, since that's how prefixlen is going to be used later on.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-50142"
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    "nvd_published_at": "2024-11-07T10:15:06Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfrm: validate new SA\u0027s prefixlen using SA family when sel.family is unset\n\nThis expands the validation introduced in commit 07bf7908950a (\"xfrm:\nValidate address prefix lengths in the xfrm selector.\")\n\nsyzbot created an SA with\n    usersa.sel.family = AF_UNSPEC\n    usersa.sel.prefixlen_s = 128\n    usersa.family = AF_INET\n\nBecause of the AF_UNSPEC selector, verify_newsa_info doesn\u0027t put\nlimits on prefixlen_{s,d}. But then copy_from_user_state sets\nx-\u003esel.family to usersa.family (AF_INET). Do the same conversion in\nverify_newsa_info before validating prefixlen_{s,d}, since that\u0027s how\nprefixlen is going to be used later on.",
  "id": "GHSA-35cx-v8jm-4qrv",
  "modified": "2026-05-12T15:30:40Z",
  "published": "2024-11-07T12:30:34Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"
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