CVE-2024-26804

net: ip_tunnel: prevent perpetual headroom growth

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 4, 2024 at 08:20 AM UTC
Updated: August 12, 2026 at 06:17 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelDebian Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ip_tunnel: prevent perpetual headroom growth syzkaller triggered following kasan splat: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __skb_flow_dissect+0x19d1/0x7a50 net/core/flow_dissector.c:1170 Read of size 1 at addr ffff88812fb4000e by task syz-executor183/5191 [..] kasan_report+0xda/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:588 __skb_flow_dissect+0x19d1/0x7a50 net/core/flow_dissector.c:1170 skb_flow_dissect_flow_keys include/linux/skbuff.h:1514 [inline] ___skb_get_hash net/core/flow_dissector.c:1791 [inline] __skb_get_hash+0xc7/0x540 net/core/flow_dissector.c:1856 skb_get_hash include/linux/skbuff.h:1556 [inline] ip_tunnel_xmit+0x1855/0x33c0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:748 ipip_tunnel_xmit+0x3cc/0x4e0 net/ipv4/ipip.c:308 __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+0x13d/0x6d0 net/core/dev.c:3564 __dev_queue_xmit+0x7c1/0x3d60 net/core/dev.c:4349 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3134 [inline] neigh_connected_output+0x42c/0x5d0 net/core/neighbour.c:1592 ... ip_finish_output2+0x833/0x2550 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:235 ip_finish_output+0x31/0x310 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:323 .. iptunnel_xmit+0x5b4/0x9b0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:82 ip_tunnel_xmit+0x1dbc/0x33c0 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:831 ipgre_xmit+0x4a1/0x980 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:665 __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+0x13d/0x6d0 net/core/dev.c:3564 ... The splat occurs because skb->data points past skb->head allocated area. This is because neigh layer does: __skb_pull(skb, skb_network_offset(skb)); ... but skb_network_offset() returns a negative offset and __skb_pull() arg is unsigned. IOW, we skb->data gets "adjusted" by a huge value. The negative value is returned because skb->head and skb->data distance is more than 64k and skb->network_header (u16) has wrapped around. The bug is in the ip_tunnel infrastructure, which can cause dev->needed_headroom to increment ad infinitum. The syzkaller reproducer consists of packets getting routed via a gre tunnel, and route of gre encapsulated packets pointing at another (ipip) tunnel. The ipip encapsulation finds gre0 as next output device. This results in the following pattern: 1). First packet is to be sent out via gre0. Route lookup found an output device, ipip0. 2). ip_tunnel_xmit for gre0 bumps gre0->needed_headroom based on the future output device, rt.dev->needed_headroom (ipip0). 3). ip output / start_xmit moves skb on to ipip0. which runs the same code path again (xmit recursion). 4). Routing step for the post-gre0-encap packet finds gre0 as output device to use for ipip0 encapsulated packet. tunl0->needed_headroom is then incremented based on the (already bumped) gre0 device headroom. This repeats for every future packet: gre0->needed_headroom gets inflated because previous packets' ipip0 step incremented rt->dev (gre0) headroom, and ipip0 incremented because gre0 needed_headroom was increased. For each subsequent packet, gre/ipip0->needed_headroom grows until post-expand-head reallocations result in a skb->head/data distance of more than 64k. Once that happens, skb->network_header (u16) wraps around when pskb_expand_head tries to make sure that skb_network_offset() is unchanged after the headroom expansion/reallocation. After this skb_network_offset(skb) returns a different (and negative) result post headroom expansion. The next trip to neigh layer (or anything else that would __skb_pull the network header) makes skb->data point to a memory location outside skb->head area. v2: Cap the needed_headroom update to an arbitarily chosen upperlimit to prevent perpetual increase instead of dropping the headroom increment completely.

Affected

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

v ≥ 2.6.33.22.6.33.2 ≤ v < 2.6.342.6.34 ≤ v < 5.10.2122.6.34 ≤ v < 5.15.1512.6.34 ≤ v < 5.4.2712.6.34 ≤ v < 6.1.812.6.34 ≤ v < 6.6.212.6.34 ≤ v < 6.7.92.6.34 ≤ v < 6.85.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1515.16 ≤ v < 6.1.815.5 ≤ v < 5.10.2126.2 ≤ v < 6.6.216.7 ≤ v < 6.7.92.6.33.2243aad830e8a4cdda261626fbaeddde16b08d04a3017375b122453e6dda833ff7bd4191915def56.8 rc16.8 rc26.8 rc36.8 rc46.8 rc56.8 rc6
Vendor states this is fixed in 049d7989c67e8dd50f07a2096dbafdb41331fb9b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2e95350fe9db9d53c701075060ac8ac883b68aee (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5ae1e9922bbdbaeb9cfbe91085ab75927488ac0f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a0a1db40b23e8ff86dea2786c5ea1470bb23ecb9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ab63de24ebea36fe73ac7121738595d704b66d96 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in afec0c5cd2ed71ca95a8b36a5e6d03333bf34282 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f81e94d2dcd2397137edcb8b85f4c5bed5d22383 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.34 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.212 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.151 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.271 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.81 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.21 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

References (8)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/049d7989c67e8dd50f07a2096dbafdb41331fb9b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e95350fe9db9d53c701075060ac8ac883b68aee
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ae1e9922bbdbaeb9cfbe91085ab75927488ac0f
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0a1db40b23e8ff86dea2786c5ea1470bb23ecb9
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab63de24ebea36fe73ac7121738595d704b66d96
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afec0c5cd2ed71ca95a8b36a5e6d03333bf34282
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f81e94d2dcd2397137edcb8b85f4c5bed5d22383
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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