CVE-2024-35973

geneve: fix header validation in geneve[6]_xmit_skb

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 20, 2024 at 09:42 AM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 01:18 AM UTC
8 products affected across 3 vendorsLinux KernelDebian LinuxSIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: geneve: fix header validation in geneve[6]_xmit_skb syzbot is able to trigger an uninit-value in geneve_xmit() [1] Problem : While most ip tunnel helpers (like ip_tunnel_get_dsfield()) uses skb_protocol(skb, true), pskb_inet_may_pull() is only using skb->protocol. If anything else than ETH_P_IPV6 or ETH_P_IP is found in skb->protocol, pskb_inet_may_pull() does nothing at all. If a vlan tag was provided by the caller (af_packet in the syzbot case), the network header might not point to the correct location, and skb linear part could be smaller than expected. Add skb_vlan_inet_prepare() to perform a complete mac validation. Use this in geneve for the moment, I suspect we need to adopt this more broadly. v4 - Jakub reported v3 broke l2_tos_ttl_inherit.sh selftest - Only call __vlan_get_protocol() for vlan types. v2,v3 - Addressed Sabrina comments on v1 and v2 [1] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in geneve_xmit_skb drivers/net/geneve.c:910 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in geneve_xmit+0x302d/0x5420 drivers/net/geneve.c:1030 geneve_xmit_skb drivers/net/geneve.c:910 [inline] geneve_xmit+0x302d/0x5420 drivers/net/geneve.c:1030 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4903 [inline] netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4917 [inline] xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3531 [inline] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x247/0xa20 net/core/dev.c:3547 __dev_queue_xmit+0x348d/0x52c0 net/core/dev.c:4335 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3091 [inline] packet_xmit+0x9c/0x6c0 net/packet/af_packet.c:276 packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3081 [inline] packet_sendmsg+0x8bb0/0x9ef0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3113 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:745 __sys_sendto+0x685/0x830 net/socket.c:2191 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2203 [inline] __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2199 [inline] __x64_sys_sendto+0x125/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2199 do_syscall_64+0xd5/0x1f0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75 Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:3804 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3845 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x613/0xc50 mm/slub.c:3888 kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:577 __alloc_skb+0x35b/0x7a0 net/core/skbuff.c:668 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1318 [inline] alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc8/0xbf0 net/core/skbuff.c:6504 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xa81/0xbf0 net/core/sock.c:2795 packet_alloc_skb net/packet/af_packet.c:2930 [inline] packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3024 [inline] packet_sendmsg+0x722d/0x9ef0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3113 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:745 __sys_sendto+0x685/0x830 net/socket.c:2191 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2203 [inline] __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2199 [inline] __x64_sys_sendto+0x125/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2199 do_syscall_64+0xd5/0x1f0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75 CPU: 0 PID: 5033 Comm: syz-executor346 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc1-syzkaller-00005-g928a87efa423 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/29/2024

Affected

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

4.19.191 ≤ v < 4.19.3135.10.37 ≤ v < 5.10.2165.11.21 ≤ v < 5.125.12.4 ≤ v < 5.15.1565.16 ≤ v < 6.1.875.4.119 ≤ v < 5.4.2756.2 ≤ v < 6.6.286.7 ≤ v < 6.8.721815f28af8081b258552c111774ff320cf38d3835385daa8db320d2d9664930c28e732578b0d7de4.19.1915.10.375.11.215.12.45.4.1196.96.9 rc16.9 rc26.9 rc36f92124d74419797fadfbcd5b7a72c384a6413ad71ad9260c001b217d704cda88ecea251b2d367da9a51e36ebf433adf59c051bec33f5aa54640bb4dd13f048dd40e8577260cd43faea8ec9b77520197
Vendor states this is fixed in 10204df9beda4978bd1d0c2db0d8375bfb03b915 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 190d9efa5773f26d6f334b1b8be282c4fa13fd5e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 357163fff3a6e48fe74745425a32071ec9caf852 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3c1ae6de74e3d2d6333d29a2d3e13e6094596c79 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 43be590456e1f3566054ce78ae2dbb68cbe1a536 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4a1b65d1e55d53b397cb27014208be1e04172670 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d3adf11d7993518a39bd02b383cfe657ccc0023c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d8a6213d70accb403b82924a1c229e733433a5ef (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.313 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.216 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 5.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.156 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.275 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.87 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.28 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.9 (unaffected)
v < V3.1
Affected range stops below V3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < V3.1
Affected range stops below V3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < V3.1
Affected range stops below V3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < V3.1
Affected range stops below V3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < V3.1
Affected range stops below V3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (12)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10204df9beda4978bd1d0c2db0d8375bfb03b915
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/190d9efa5773f26d6f334b1b8be282c4fa13fd5e
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/357163fff3a6e48fe74745425a32071ec9caf852
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c1ae6de74e3d2d6333d29a2d3e13e6094596c79
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43be590456e1f3566054ce78ae2dbb68cbe1a536
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a1b65d1e55d53b397cb27014208be1e04172670
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3adf11d7993518a39bd02b383cfe657ccc0023c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8a6213d70accb403b82924a1c229e733433a5ef

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CVSS

5.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-908

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