Bug 2320560 (CVE-2024-49979) - CVE-2024-49979 kernel: net: gso: fix tcp fraglist segmentation after pull from frag_list
Summary: CVE-2024-49979 kernel: net: gso: fix tcp fraglist segmentation after pull fro...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-49979
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2321030
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Reported: 2024-10-21 19:10 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2024-10-22 19:21 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-10-21 19:10:50 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: gso: fix tcp fraglist segmentation after pull from frag_list

Detect tcp 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 TCP, this
causes a NULL ptr deref in __tcpv4_gso_segment_list_csum at
tcp_hdr(seg->next).

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.

Approach and description based on a patch by Willem de Bruijn.


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