Bug 2320561 (CVE-2024-49978)

Summary: CVE-2024-49978 kernel: gso: fix udp gso fraglist segmentation after pull from frag_list
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-10-21 19:10:56 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

gso: fix udp gso fraglist segmentation after pull from frag_list

Detect gso fraglist skbs with corrupted geometry (see below) and
pass these to skb_segment instead of skb_segment_list, as the first
can segment them correctly.

Valid SKB_GSO_FRAGLIST skbs
- consist of two or more segments
- the head_skb holds the protocol headers plus first gso_size
- one or more frag_list skbs hold exactly one segment
- all but the last must be gso_size

Optional datapath hooks such as NAT and BPF (bpf_skb_pull_data) can
modify these skbs, breaking these invariants.

In extreme cases they pull all data into skb linear. For UDP, this
causes a NULL ptr deref in __udpv4_gso_segment_list_csum at
udp_hdr(seg->next)->dest.

Detect invalid geometry due to pull, by checking head_skb size.
Don't just drop, as this may blackhole a destination. Convert to be
able to pass to regular skb_segment.

Comment 2 Avinash Hanwate 2024-10-23 04:14:04 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024102135-CVE-2024-49978-2bff@gregkh/T