CVE-2023-54155

net: core: remove unnecessary frame_sz check in bpf_xdp_adjust_tail()

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Published: December 24, 2025 at 01:07 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:46 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: core: remove unnecessary frame_sz check in bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() Syzkaller reported the following issue: ======================================= Too BIG xdp->frame_sz = 131072 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5020 at net/core/filter.c:4121 ____bpf_xdp_adjust_tail net/core/filter.c:4121 [inline] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5020 at net/core/filter.c:4121 bpf_xdp_adjust_tail+0x466/0xa10 net/core/filter.c:4103 ... Call Trace: <TASK> bpf_prog_4add87e5301a4105+0x1a/0x1c __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:600 [inline] bpf_prog_run_xdp include/linux/filter.h:775 [inline] bpf_prog_run_generic_xdp+0x57e/0x11e0 net/core/dev.c:4721 netif_receive_generic_xdp net/core/dev.c:4807 [inline] do_xdp_generic+0x35c/0x770 net/core/dev.c:4866 tun_get_user+0x2340/0x3ca0 drivers/net/tun.c:1919 tun_chr_write_iter+0xe8/0x210 drivers/net/tun.c:2043 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:1871 [inline] new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline] vfs_write+0x650/0xe40 fs/read_write.c:584 ksys_write+0x12f/0x250 fs/read_write.c:637 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x38/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd xdp->frame_sz > PAGE_SIZE check was introduced in commit c8741e2bfe87 ("xdp: Allow bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() to grow packet size"). But Jesper Dangaard Brouer <[email protected]> noted that after introducing the xdp_init_buff() which all XDP driver use - it's safe to remove this check. The original intend was to catch cases where XDP drivers have not been updated to use xdp.frame_sz, but that is not longer a concern (since xdp_init_buff). Running the initial syzkaller repro it was discovered that the contiguous physical memory allocation is used for both xdp paths in tun_get_user(), e.g. tun_build_skb() and tun_alloc_skb(). It was also stated by Jesper Dangaard Brouer <[email protected]> that XDP can work on higher order pages, as long as this is contiguous physical memory (e.g. a page).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.12 ≤ v < 5.15.1275.12 ≤ v < 6.1.465.12 ≤ v < 6.4.115.12 ≤ v < 6.543b5169d8355ccf26d726fbc75f083b2429113e45.12
Vendor states this is fixed in 20acffcdc2b74fb7dcc4e299f7aca173df89d911 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a09c258cfa77d3ba0a7acc555c73eb6b005c4bd8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d14eea09edf427fa36bd446f4a3271f99164202f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d9252d67ed2f921c230bba449ee051b5c32e4841 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.127 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.46 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.4.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.5 (unaffected)

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