Bug 2401489 (CVE-2023-53559) - CVE-2023-53559 kernel: ip_vti: fix potential slab-use-after-free in decode_session6
Summary: CVE-2023-53559 kernel: ip_vti: fix potential slab-use-after-free in decode_se...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-53559
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-10-04 16:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-10-06 15:56 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-04 16:03:30 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ip_vti: fix potential slab-use-after-free in decode_session6

When ip_vti device is set to the qdisc of the sfb type, the cb field
of the sent skb may be modified during enqueuing. Then,
slab-use-after-free may occur when ip_vti device sends IPv6 packets.
As commit f855691975bb ("xfrm6: Fix the nexthdr offset in
_decode_session6.") showed, xfrm_decode_session was originally intended
only for the receive path. IP6CB(skb)->nhoff is not set during
transmission. Therefore, set the cb field in the skb to 0 before
sending packets.


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