net: prevent mss overflow in skb_segment()
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: prevent mss overflow in skb_segment() Once again syzbot is able to crash the kernel in skb_segment() [1] GSO_BY_FRAGS is a forbidden value, but unfortunately the following computation in skb_segment() can reach it quite easily : mss = mss * partial_segs; 65535 = 3 * 5 * 17 * 257, so many initial values of mss can lead to a bad final result. Make sure to limit segmentation so that the new mss value is smaller than GSO_BY_FRAGS. [1] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000000e: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000070-0x0000000000000077] CPU: 1 PID: 5079 Comm: syz-executor993 Not tainted 6.7.0-rc4-syzkaller-00141-g1ae4cd3cbdd0 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 11/10/2023 RIP: 0010:skb_segment+0x181d/0x3f30 net/core/skbuff.c:4551 Code: 83 e3 02 e9 fb ed ff ff e8 90 68 1c f9 48 8b 84 24 f8 00 00 00 48 8d 78 70 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 04 02 84 c0 74 08 3c 03 0f 8e 8a 21 00 00 48 8b 84 24 f8 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc900043473d0 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000010046 RCX: ffffffff886b1597 RDX: 000000000000000e RSI: ffffffff886b2520 RDI: 0000000000000070 RBP: ffffc90004347578 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 000000000000ffff R10: 000000000000ffff R11: 0000000000000002 R12: ffff888063202ac0 R13: 0000000000010000 R14: 000000000000ffff R15: 0000000000000046 FS: 0000555556e7e380(0000) GS:ffff8880b9900000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000020010000 CR3: 0000000027ee2000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> udp6_ufo_fragment+0xa0e/0xd00 net/ipv6/udp_offload.c:109 ipv6_gso_segment+0x534/0x17e0 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c:120 skb_mac_gso_segment+0x290/0x610 net/core/gso.c:53 __skb_gso_segment+0x339/0x710 net/core/gso.c:124 skb_gso_segment include/net/gso.h:83 [inline] validate_xmit_skb+0x36c/0xeb0 net/core/dev.c:3626 __dev_queue_xmit+0x6f3/0x3d60 net/core/dev.c:4338 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3134 [inline] packet_xmit+0x257/0x380 net/packet/af_packet.c:276 packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3087 [inline] packet_sendmsg+0x24c6/0x5220 net/packet/af_packet.c:3119 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0xd5/0x180 net/socket.c:745 __sys_sendto+0x255/0x340 net/socket.c:2190 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2202 [inline] __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2198 [inline] __x64_sys_sendto+0xe0/0x1b0 net/socket.c:2198 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x40/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b RIP: 0033:0x7f8692032aa9 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 d1 19 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007fff8d685418 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000003 RCX: 00007f8692032aa9 RDX: 0000000000010048 RSI: 00000000200000c0 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00000000000f4240 R08: 0000000020000540 R09: 0000000000000014 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007fff8d685480 R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 00007fff8d685480 R15: 0000000000000003 </TASK> Modules linked in: ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- RIP: 0010:skb_segment+0x181d/0x3f30 net/core/skbuff.c:4551 Code: 83 e3 02 e9 fb ed ff ff e8 90 68 1c f9 48 8b 84 24 f8 00 00 00 48 8d 78 70 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 04 02 84 c0 74 08 3c 03 0f 8e 8a 21 00 00 48 8b 84 24 f8 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc900043473d0 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000010046 RCX: ffffffff886b1597 RDX: 000000000000000e RSI: ffffffff886b2520 RDI: 0000000000000070 RBP: ffffc90004347578 R0 ---truncated---
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 4.8 and later | 4.19.321, 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.79, 6.6.11, 6.7 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.8 and later Fixed in 4.19.321, 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.79, 6.6.11, 6.7 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 6
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 5.4.269; 5.5.0 to before 5.10.210; 5.11.0 to before 5.15.149; 5.16.0 to before 6.1.79; 6.2.0 to before 6.6.11 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 rc1 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 rc2 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 rc3 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 rc4 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 rc5 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.4.269; 5.5.0 to before 5.10.210; 5.11.0 to before 5.15.149; 5.16.0 to before 6.1.79; 6.2.0 to before 6.6.11 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.7 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.7 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.7 rc3 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.7 rc4 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.7:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.7 rc5 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.19.321, 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.79, 6.6.11, 6.7
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-52435
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6vr7-3j3q-8546
References
Patch 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd1022eaf87be8e6151435bd4df4c242c347e083
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f8f185643747fbb448de6aab0efa51c679909a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c53e8547687d9c767c139cd4b50af566f58c29a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/989b0ff35fe5fc9652ee5bafbe8483db6f27b137
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95b3904a261a9f810205da560e802cc326f50d77
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23d05d563b7e7b0314e65c8e882bc27eac2da8e7
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Sources
- CVE-2023-52435 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-52435 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6vr7-3j3q-8546 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-52435 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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