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GHSA-XM36-PH36-7R35

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-15 15:31 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:32
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netrom: check buffer length before accessing it

Syzkaller reports an uninit value read from ax25cmp when sending raw message through ieee802154 implementation.

===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ax25cmp+0x3a5/0x460 net/ax25/ax25_addr.c:119 ax25cmp+0x3a5/0x460 net/ax25/ax25_addr.c:119 nr_dev_get+0x20e/0x450 net/netrom/nr_route.c:601 nr_route_frame+0x1a2/0xfc0 net/netrom/nr_route.c:774 nr_xmit+0x5a/0x1c0 net/netrom/nr_dev.c:144 __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] raw_sendmsg+0x654/0xc10 net/ieee802154/socket.c:299 ieee802154_sock_sendmsg+0x91/0xc0 net/ieee802154/socket.c:96 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline] _syssendmsg+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+0x5e9/0xb10 mm/slub.c:3523 kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:560 __alloc_skb+0x318/0x740 net/core/skbuff.c:651 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1286 [inline] alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc8/0xbd0 net/core/skbuff.c:6334 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xa80/0xbf0 net/core/sock.c:2780 sock_alloc_send_skb include/net/sock.h:1884 [inline] raw_sendmsg+0x36d/0xc10 net/ieee802154/socket.c:282 ieee802154_sock_sendmsg+0x91/0xc0 net/ieee802154/socket.c:96 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline] _syssendmsg+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

CPU: 0 PID: 5037 Comm: syz-executor166 Not tainted 6.7.0-rc7-syzkaller-00003-gfbafc3e621c3 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/17/2023 =====================================================

This issue occurs because the skb buffer is too small, and it's actual allocation is aligned. This hides an actual issue, which is that nr_route_frame does not validate the buffer size before using it.

Fix this issue by checking skb->len before accessing any fields in skb->data.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

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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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-57802"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-908"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-01-15T13:15:11Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetrom: check buffer length before accessing it\n\nSyzkaller reports an uninit value read from ax25cmp when sending raw message\nthrough ieee802154 implementation.\n\n=====================================================\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ax25cmp+0x3a5/0x460 net/ax25/ax25_addr.c:119\n ax25cmp+0x3a5/0x460 net/ax25/ax25_addr.c:119\n nr_dev_get+0x20e/0x450 net/netrom/nr_route.c:601\n nr_route_frame+0x1a2/0xfc0 net/netrom/nr_route.c:774\n nr_xmit+0x5a/0x1c0 net/netrom/nr_dev.c:144\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+0x247/0xa10 net/core/dev.c:3564\n __dev_queue_xmit+0x33b8/0x5130 net/core/dev.c:4349\n dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3134 [inline]\n raw_sendmsg+0x654/0xc10 net/ieee802154/socket.c:299\n ieee802154_sock_sendmsg+0x91/0xc0 net/ieee802154/socket.c:96\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]\n __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]\n ____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 net/socket.c:2584\n ___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2638\n __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2667 [inline]\n __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2676 [inline]\n __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2674 [inline]\n __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x490 net/socket.c:2674\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0x44/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b\n\nUninit was created at:\n slab_post_alloc_hook+0x129/0xa70 mm/slab.h:768\n slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline]\n kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x5e9/0xb10 mm/slub.c:3523\n kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:560\n __alloc_skb+0x318/0x740 net/core/skbuff.c:651\n alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1286 [inline]\n alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc8/0xbd0 net/core/skbuff.c:6334\n sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xa80/0xbf0 net/core/sock.c:2780\n sock_alloc_send_skb include/net/sock.h:1884 [inline]\n raw_sendmsg+0x36d/0xc10 net/ieee802154/socket.c:282\n ieee802154_sock_sendmsg+0x91/0xc0 net/ieee802154/socket.c:96\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]\n __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]\n ____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 net/socket.c:2584\n ___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2638\n __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2667 [inline]\n __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2676 [inline]\n __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2674 [inline]\n __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x490 net/socket.c:2674\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0x44/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b\n\nCPU: 0 PID: 5037 Comm: syz-executor166 Not tainted 6.7.0-rc7-syzkaller-00003-gfbafc3e621c3 #0\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/17/2023\n=====================================================\n\nThis issue occurs because the skb buffer is too small, and it\u0027s actual\nallocation is aligned. This hides an actual issue, which is that nr_route_frame\ndoes not validate the buffer size before using it.\n\nFix this issue by checking skb-\u003elen before accessing any fields in skb-\u003edata.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.",
  "id": "GHSA-xm36-ph36-7r35",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:32:10Z",
  "published": "2025-01-15T15:31:24Z",
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}



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