Bug 2425196 (CVE-2023-54114) - CVE-2023-54114 kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service due to incorrect network packet processing in NSH module
Summary: CVE-2023-54114 kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service due to incorrect netwo...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-54114
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-12-24 14:10 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-02-23 17:44 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-24 14:10:07 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: nsh: Use correct mac_offset to unwind gso skb in nsh_gso_segment()

As the call trace shows, skb_panic was caused by wrong skb->mac_header
in nsh_gso_segment():

invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 3 PID: 2737 Comm: syz Not tainted 6.3.0-next-20230505 #1
RIP: 0010:skb_panic+0xda/0xe0
call Trace:
 skb_push+0x91/0xa0
 nsh_gso_segment+0x4f3/0x570
 skb_mac_gso_segment+0x19e/0x270
 __skb_gso_segment+0x1e8/0x3c0
 validate_xmit_skb+0x452/0x890
 validate_xmit_skb_list+0x99/0xd0
 sch_direct_xmit+0x294/0x7c0
 __dev_queue_xmit+0x16f0/0x1d70
 packet_xmit+0x185/0x210
 packet_snd+0xc15/0x1170
 packet_sendmsg+0x7b/0xa0
 sock_sendmsg+0x14f/0x160

The root cause is:
nsh_gso_segment() use skb->network_header - nhoff to reset mac_header
in skb_gso_error_unwind() if inner-layer protocol gso fails.
However, skb->network_header may be reset by inner-layer protocol
gso function e.g. mpls_gso_segment. skb->mac_header reset by the
inaccurate network_header will be larger than skb headroom.

nsh_gso_segment
    nhoff = skb->network_header - skb->mac_header;
    __skb_pull(skb,nsh_len)
    skb_mac_gso_segment
        mpls_gso_segment
            skb_reset_network_header(skb);//skb->network_header+=nsh_len
            return -EINVAL;
    skb_gso_error_unwind
        skb_push(skb, nsh_len);
        skb->mac_header = skb->network_header - nhoff;
        // skb->mac_header > skb->headroom, cause skb_push panic

Use correct mac_offset to restore mac_header and get rid of nhoff.


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