Bug 2400604 (CVE-2025-39917) - CVE-2025-39917 kernel: bpf: Fix out-of-bounds dynptr write in bpf_crypto_crypt
Summary: CVE-2025-39917 kernel: bpf: Fix out-of-bounds dynptr write in bpf_crypto_crypt
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-39917
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-10-01 08:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-10-03 15:49 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-01 08:01:59 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Fix out-of-bounds dynptr write in bpf_crypto_crypt

Stanislav reported that in bpf_crypto_crypt() the destination dynptr's
size is not validated to be at least as large as the source dynptr's
size before calling into the crypto backend with 'len = src_len'. This
can result in an OOB write when the destination is smaller than the
source.

Concretely, in mentioned function, psrc and pdst are both linear
buffers fetched from each dynptr:

  psrc = __bpf_dynptr_data(src, src_len);
  [...]
  pdst = __bpf_dynptr_data_rw(dst, dst_len);
  [...]
  err = decrypt ?
        ctx->type->decrypt(ctx->tfm, psrc, pdst, src_len, piv) :
        ctx->type->encrypt(ctx->tfm, psrc, pdst, src_len, piv);

The crypto backend expects pdst to be large enough with a src_len length
that can be written. Add an additional src_len > dst_len check and bail
out if it's the case. Note that these kfuncs are accessible under root
privileges only.


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