CVE-2024-26857

geneve: make sure to pull inner header in geneve_rx()

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: April 17, 2024 at 10:17 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelDebian Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: geneve: make sure to pull inner header in geneve_rx() syzbot triggered a bug in geneve_rx() [1] Issue is similar to the one I fixed in commit 8d975c15c0cd ("ip6_tunnel: make sure to pull inner header in __ip6_tnl_rcv()") We have to save skb->network_header in a temporary variable in order to be able to recompute the network_header pointer after a pskb_inet_may_pull() call. pskb_inet_may_pull() makes sure the needed headers are in skb->head. [1] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in IP_ECN_decapsulate include/net/inet_ecn.h:302 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in geneve_rx drivers/net/geneve.c:279 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in geneve_udp_encap_recv+0x36f9/0x3c10 drivers/net/geneve.c:391 IP_ECN_decapsulate include/net/inet_ecn.h:302 [inline] geneve_rx drivers/net/geneve.c:279 [inline] geneve_udp_encap_recv+0x36f9/0x3c10 drivers/net/geneve.c:391 udp_queue_rcv_one_skb+0x1d39/0x1f20 net/ipv4/udp.c:2108 udp_queue_rcv_skb+0x6ae/0x6e0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2186 udp_unicast_rcv_skb+0x184/0x4b0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2346 __udp4_lib_rcv+0x1c6b/0x3010 net/ipv4/udp.c:2422 udp_rcv+0x7d/0xa0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2604 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x264/0x1300 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:205 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x2b8/0x440 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:233 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:314 [inline] ip_local_deliver+0x21f/0x490 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:254 dst_input include/net/dst.h:461 [inline] ip_rcv_finish net/ipv4/ip_input.c:449 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:314 [inline] ip_rcv+0x46f/0x760 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:569 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5534 [inline] __netif_receive_skb+0x1a6/0x5a0 net/core/dev.c:5648 process_backlog+0x480/0x8b0 net/core/dev.c:5976 __napi_poll+0xe3/0x980 net/core/dev.c:6576 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6645 [inline] net_rx_action+0x8b8/0x1870 net/core/dev.c:6778 __do_softirq+0x1b7/0x7c5 kernel/softirq.c:553 do_softirq+0x9a/0xf0 kernel/softirq.c:454 __local_bh_enable_ip+0x9b/0xa0 kernel/softirq.c:381 local_bh_enable include/linux/bottom_half.h:33 [inline] rcu_read_unlock_bh include/linux/rcupdate.h:820 [inline] __dev_queue_xmit+0x2768/0x51c0 net/core/dev.c:4378 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3171 [inline] packet_xmit+0x9c/0x6b0 net/packet/af_packet.c:276 packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3081 [inline] packet_sendmsg+0x8aef/0x9f10 net/packet/af_packet.c:3113 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline] __sys_sendto+0x735/0xa10 net/socket.c:2191 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2203 [inline] __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2199 [inline] __x64_sys_sendto+0x125/0x1c0 net/socket.c:2199 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcf/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:3819 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3860 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x5cb/0xbc0 mm/slub.c:3903 kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:560 __alloc_skb+0x352/0x790 net/core/skbuff.c:651 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1296 [inline] alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc8/0xbd0 net/core/skbuff.c:6394 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xa80/0xbf0 net/core/sock.c:2783 packet_alloc_skb net/packet/af_packet.c:2930 [inline] packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3024 [inline] packet_sendmsg+0x70c2/0x9f10 net/packet/af_packet.c:3113 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline] __sys_sendto+0x735/0xa10 net/socket.c:2191 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2203 [inline] __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2199 [inline] __x64_sys_sendto+0x125/0x1c0 net/socket.c:2199 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcf/0x1e0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b

Affected

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

4.2 ≤ v < 4.19.3104.2 ≤ v < 5.10.2134.2 ≤ v < 5.15.1524.2 ≤ v < 5.4.2724.2 ≤ v < 6.1.824.2 ≤ v < 6.6.224.2 ≤ v < 6.7.104.2 ≤ v < 6.84.20 ≤ v < 5.4.2725.11 ≤ v < 5.15.1525.16 ≤ v < 6.1.825.5 ≤ v < 5.10.2136.2 ≤ v < 6.6.226.7 ≤ v < 6.7.102d07dc79fe04a43d82a346ced6bbf07bdb523f1b6.8 rc16.8 rc26.8 rc36.8 rc46.8 rc56.8 rc6
Vendor states this is fixed in 048e16dee1fc609c1c85072ccd70bfd4b5fef6ca (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0ece581d2a66e8e488c0d3b3e7b5760dbbfdbdd5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1ca1ba465e55b9460e4e75dec9fff31e708fec74 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 59d2a4076983303f324557a114cfd5c32e1f6b29 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c0b22568a9d8384fd000cc49acb8f74bde40d1b5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c7137900691f5692fe3de54566ea7b30bb35d66c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e431c3227864b5646601c97f5f898d99472f2914 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e77e0b0f2a11735c64b105edaee54d6344faca8a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.310 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.213 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.152 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.272 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.82 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.22 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

References (10)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/048e16dee1fc609c1c85072ccd70bfd4b5fef6ca
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ece581d2a66e8e488c0d3b3e7b5760dbbfdbdd5
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ca1ba465e55b9460e4e75dec9fff31e708fec74
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59d2a4076983303f324557a114cfd5c32e1f6b29
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0b22568a9d8384fd000cc49acb8f74bde40d1b5
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7137900691f5692fe3de54566ea7b30bb35d66c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e431c3227864b5646601c97f5f898d99472f2914
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e77e0b0f2a11735c64b105edaee54d6344faca8a

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CVSS

7.3HIGHLinux
Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-908

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