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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Jun 19, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 31, 2024

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: netlink: af_netlink: Prevent empty skb by adding a check on len.

Adding a check on len parameter to avoid empty skb. This prevents a
division error in netem_enqueue function which is caused when skb->len=0
and skb->data_len=0 in the randomized corruption step as shown below.

skb->data[prandom_u32() % skb_headlen(skb)] ^= 1<<(prandom_u32() % 8);

Crash Report:
[ 343.170349] netdevsim netdevsim0 netdevsim3: set [1, 0] type 2 family
0 port 6081 - 0
[ 343.216110] netem: version 1.3
[ 343.235841] divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI
[ 343.236680] CPU: 3 PID: 4288 Comm: reproducer Not tainted 5.16.0-rc1+
[ 343.237569] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996),
BIOS 1.11.0-2.el7 04/01/2014
[ 343.238707] RIP: 0010:netem_enqueue+0x1590/0x33c0 [sch_netem]
[ 343.239499] Code: 89 85 58 ff ff ff e8 5f 5d e9 d3 48 8b b5 48 ff ff
ff 8b 8d 50 ff ff ff 8b 85 58 ff ff ff 48 8b bd 70 ff ff ff 31 d2 2b 4f
74 f1 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 49 01 d5 4c 89 e9 48 c1 e9 03
[ 343.241883] RSP: 0018:ffff88800bcd7368 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 343.242589] RAX: 00000000ba7c0a9c RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX:
0000000000000000
[ 343.243542] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88800f8edb10 RDI:
ffff88800f8eda40
[ 343.244474] RBP: ffff88800bcd7458 R08: 0000000000000000 R09:
ffffffff94fb8445
[ 343.245403] R10: ffffffff94fb8336 R11: ffffffff94fb8445 R12:
0000000000000000
[ 343.246355] R13: ffff88800a5a7000 R14: ffff88800a5b5800 R15:
0000000000000020
[ 343.247291] FS: 00007fdde2bd7700(0000) GS:ffff888109780000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 343.248350] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 343.249120] CR2: 00000000200000c0 CR3: 000000000ef4c000 CR4:
00000000000006e0
[ 343.250076] Call Trace:
[ 343.250423]
[ 343.250713] ? memcpy+0x4d/0x60
[ 343.251162] ? netem_init+0xa0/0xa0 [sch_netem]
[ 343.251795] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x21/0x60
[ 343.252443] netem_enqueue+0xe28/0x33c0 [sch_netem]
[ 343.253102] ? stack_trace_save+0x87/0xb0
[ 343.253655] ? filter_irq_stacks+0xb0/0xb0
[ 343.254220] ? netem_init+0xa0/0xa0 [sch_netem]
[ 343.254837] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20
[ 343.255418] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x88/0xd6
[ 343.255953] dev_qdisc_enqueue+0x50/0x180
[ 343.256508] __dev_queue_xmit+0x1a7e/0x3090
[ 343.257083] ? netdev_core_pick_tx+0x300/0x300
[ 343.257690] ? check_kcov_mode+0x10/0x40
[ 343.258219] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x29/0x40
[ 343.258899] ? __kasan_init_slab_obj+0x24/0x30
[ 343.259529] ? setup_object.isra.71+0x23/0x90
[ 343.260121] ? new_slab+0x26e/0x4b0
[ 343.260609] ? kasan_poison+0x3a/0x50
[ 343.261118] ? kasan_unpoison+0x28/0x50
[ 343.261637] ? __kasan_slab_alloc+0x71/0x90
[ 343.262214] ? memcpy+0x4d/0x60
[ 343.262674] ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
[ 343.263209] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20
[ 343.263802] ? __skb_clone+0x5d6/0x840
[ 343.264329] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x21/0x60
[ 343.264958] dev_queue_xmit+0x1c/0x20
[ 343.265470] netlink_deliver_tap+0x652/0x9c0
[ 343.266067] netlink_unicast+0x5a0/0x7f0
[ 343.266608] ? netlink_attachskb+0x860/0x860
[ 343.267183] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x21/0x60
[ 343.267820] ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
[ 343.268367] netlink_sendmsg+0x922/0xe80
[ 343.268899] ? netlink_unicast+0x7f0/0x7f0
[ 343.269472] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x21/0x60
[ 343.270099] ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
[ 343.270644] ? netlink_unicast+0x7f0/0x7f0
[ 343.271210] sock_sendmsg+0x155/0x190
[ 343.271721] ____sys_sendmsg+0x75f/0x8f0
[ 343.272262] ? kernel_sendmsg+0x60/0x60
[ 343.272788] ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
[ 343.273332] ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
[ 343.273869] ___sys_sendmsg+0x10f/0x190
[ 343.274405] ? sendmsg_copy_msghdr+0x80/0x80
[ 343.274984] ? slab_post_alloc_hook+0x70/0x230
[ 343.275597] ? futex_wait_setup+0x240/0x240
[ 343.276175] ? security_file_alloc+0x3e/0x170
[ 343.276779] ? write_comp_d
---truncated---

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 19, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 19, 2024
Last updated Oct 31, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-47606

GHSA ID

GHSA-qh5p-hc8x-v67x

Source code

No known source code

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