Bug 2431602 (CVE-2026-22977)

Summary:	CVE-2026-22977 kernel: Kernel: Denial of Service in network socket error handling
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the kernel. A local user could trigger a system crash, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS), due to improper handling of usercopy operations within the network socket error queue. This vulnerability arises when the kernel attempts to copy specific network buffer data to userspace without adequate validation, causing a hardened usercopy panic.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-01-21 14:01:20 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: sock: fix hardened usercopy panic in sock_recv_errqueue

skbuff_fclone_cache was created without defining a usercopy region,
[1] unlike skbuff_head_cache which properly whitelists the cb[] field.
[2] This causes a usercopy BUG() when CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY is
enabled and the kernel attempts to copy sk_buff.cb data to userspace
via sock_recv_errqueue() -> put_cmsg().

The crash occurs when: 1. TCP allocates an skb using alloc_skb_fclone()
   (from skbuff_fclone_cache) [1]
2. The skb is cloned via skb_clone() using the pre-allocated fclone
[3] 3. The cloned skb is queued to sk_error_queue for timestamp
reporting 4. Userspace reads the error queue via recvmsg(MSG_ERRQUEUE)
5. sock_recv_errqueue() calls put_cmsg() to copy serr->ee from skb->cb
[4] 6. __check_heap_object() fails because skbuff_fclone_cache has no
   usercopy whitelist [5]

When cloned skbs allocated from skbuff_fclone_cache are used in the
socket error queue, accessing the sock_exterr_skb structure in skb->cb
via put_cmsg() triggers a usercopy hardening violation:

[    5.379589] usercopy: Kernel memory exposure attempt detected from SLUB object 'skbuff_fclone_cache' (offset 296, size 16)!
[    5.382796] kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102!
[    5.383923] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
[    5.384903] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 138 Comm: poc_put_cmsg Not tainted 6.12.57 #7
[    5.384903] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[    5.384903] RIP: 0010:usercopy_abort+0x6c/0x80
[    5.384903] Code: 1a 86 51 48 c7 c2 40 15 1a 86 41 52 48 c7 c7 c0 15 1a 86 48 0f 45 d6 48 c7 c6 80 15 1a 86 48 89 c1 49 0f 45 f3 e8 84 27 88 ff <0f> 0b 490
[    5.384903] RSP: 0018:ffffc900006f77a8 EFLAGS: 00010246
[    5.384903] RAX: 000000000000006f RBX: ffff88800f0ad2a8 RCX: 1ffffffff0f72e74
[    5.384903] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: ffffffff87b973a0
[    5.384903] RBP: 0000000000000010 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: fffffbfff0f72e74
[    5.384903] R10: 0000000000000003 R11: 79706f6372657375 R12: 0000000000000001
[    5.384903] R13: ffff88800f0ad2b8 R14: ffffea00003c2b40 R15: ffffea00003c2b00
[    5.384903] FS:  0000000011bc4380(0000) GS:ffff8880bf100000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[    5.384903] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[    5.384903] CR2: 000056aa3b8e5fe4 CR3: 000000000ea26004 CR4: 0000000000770ef0
[    5.384903] PKRU: 55555554
[    5.384903] Call Trace:
[    5.384903]  <TASK>
[    5.384903]  __check_heap_object+0x9a/0xd0
[    5.384903]  __check_object_size+0x46c/0x690
[    5.384903]  put_cmsg+0x129/0x5e0
[    5.384903]  sock_recv_errqueue+0x22f/0x380
[    5.384903]  tls_sw_recvmsg+0x7ed/0x1960
[    5.384903]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[    5.384903]  ? schedule+0x6d/0x270
[    5.384903]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
[    5.384903]  ? mutex_unlock+0x81/0xd0
[    5.384903]  ? __pfx_mutex_unlock+0x10/0x10
[    5.384903]  ? __pfx_tls_sw_recvmsg+0x10/0x10
[    5.384903]  ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x8f/0xf0
[    5.384903]  ? _raw_read_unlock_irqrestore+0x20/0x40
[    5.384903]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5

The crash offset 296 corresponds to skb2->cb within skbuff_fclones:
  - sizeof(struct sk_buff) = 232 - offsetof(struct sk_buff, cb) = 40 -
  offset of skb2.cb in fclones = 232 + 40 = 272 - crash offset 296 =
  272 + 24 (inside sock_exterr_skb.ee)

This patch uses a local stack variable as a bounce buffer to avoid the hardened usercopy check failure.

[1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.12.62/source/net/ipv4/tcp.c#L885
[2] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.12.62/source/net/core/skbuff.c#L5104
[3] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.12.62/source/net/core/skbuff.c#L5566
[4] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.12.62/source/net/core/skbuff.c#L5491
[5] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.12.62/source/mm/slub.c#L5719