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TI-2024-33398 Aliases CVE-2024-49947GHSA-m5m5-6fc4-ph6r

net: test for not too small csum_start in virtio_net_hdr_to_skb()

Priority LOW 24Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: test for not too small csum_start in virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() syzbot was able to trigger this warning [1], after injecting a malicious packet through af_packet, setting skb->csum_start and thus the transport header to an incorrect value. We can at least make sure the transport header is after the end of the network header (with a estimated minimal size). [1] [ 67.873027] skb len=4096 headroom=16 headlen=14 tailroom=0 mac=(-1,-1) mac_len=0 net=(16,-6) trans=10 shinfo(txflags=0 nr_frags=1 gso(size=0 type=0 segs=0)) csum(0xa start=10 offset=0 ip_summed=3 complete_sw=0 valid=0 level=0) hash(0x0 sw=0 l4=0) proto=0x0800 pkttype=0 iif=0 priority=0x0 mark=0x0 alloc_cpu=10 vlan_all=0x0 encapsulation=0 inner(proto=0x0000, mac=0, net=0, trans=0) [ 67.877172] dev name=veth0_vlan feat=0x000061164fdd09e9 [ 67.877764] sk family=17 type=3 proto=0 [ 67.878279] skb linear: 00000000: 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 0f 00 00 00 08 00 [ 67.879128] skb frag: 00000000: 0e 00 07 00 00 00 28 00 08 80 1c 00 04 00 00 02 [ 67.879877] skb frag: 00000010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 67.880647] skb frag: 00000020: 00 00 02 00 00 00 08 00 1b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 67.881156] skb frag: 00000030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 67.881753] skb frag: 00000040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 67.882173] skb frag: 00000050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 67.882790] skb frag: 00000060: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 67.883171] skb frag: 00000070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 67.883733] skb frag: 00000080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 67.884206] skb frag: 00000090: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 69 70 76 6c 61 6e [ 67.884704] skb frag: 000000a0: 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2b 00 00 00 00 00 [ 67.885139] skb frag: 000000b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 67.885677] skb frag: 000000c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 67.886042] skb frag: 000000d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 67.886408] skb frag: 000000e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 67.887020] skb frag: 000000f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 [ 67.887384] skb frag: 00000100: 00 00 [ 67.887878] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 67.887908] offset (-6) >= skb_headlen() (14) [ 67.888445] WARNING: CPU: 10 PID: 2088 at net/core/dev.c:3332 skb_checksum_help (net/core/dev.c:3332 (discriminator 2)) [ 67.889353] Modules linked in: macsec macvtap macvlan hsr wireguard curve25519_x86_64 libcurve25519_generic libchacha20poly1305 chacha_x86_64 libchacha poly1305_x86_64 dummy bridge sr_mod cdrom evdev pcspkr i2c_piix4 9pnet_virtio 9p 9pnet netfs [ 67.890111] CPU: 10 UID: 0 PID: 2088 Comm: b363492833 Not tainted 6.11.0-virtme #1011 [ 67.890183] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 [ 67.890309] RIP: 0010:skb_checksum_help (net/core/dev.c:3332 (discriminator 2)) [ 67.891043] Call Trace: [ 67.891173] <TASK> [ 67.891274] ? __warn (kernel/panic.c:741) [ 67.891320] ? skb_checksum_help (net/core/dev.c:3332 (discriminator 2)) [ 67.891333] ? report_bug (lib/bug.c:180 lib/bug.c:219) [ 67.891348] ? handle_bug (arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:239) [ 67.891363] ? exc_invalid_op (arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:260 (discriminator 1)) [ 67.891372] ? asm_exc_invalid_op (./arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:621) [ 67.891388] ? skb_checksum_help (net/core/dev.c:3332 (discriminator 2)) [ 67.891399] ? skb_checksum_help (net/core/dev.c:3332 (discriminator 2)) [ 67.891416] ip_do_fragment (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:777 (discriminator 1)) [ 67.891448] ? __ip_local_out (./include/linux/skbuff.h:1146 ./include/net/l3mdev.h:196 ./include/net/l3mdev.h:213 ne ---truncated---

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00236 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 6.6.55, 6.8, 6.10.14 +2

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux6.6.14 to before 6.6.55; 6.7.2 to before 6.86.6.55, 6.8Patch availableCNA
LinuxLinux6.8 and later6.6.55, 6.10.14, 6.11.3, 6.12Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.6.14 to before 6.6.55; 6.7.2 to before 6.8 Fixed in 6.6.55, 6.8 Patch available CNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.8 and later Fixed in 6.6.55, 6.10.14, 6.11.3, 6.12 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.6.14 to before 6.6.55; 6.8 to before 6.10.14; 6.11 to before 6.11.3VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*6.12 rc1VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.6.14 to before 6.6.55; 6.8 to before 6.10.14; 6.11 to before 6.11.3 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.12 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.55, 6.8
  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.55, 6.10.14, 6.11.3, 6.12

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-49947
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m5m5-6fc4-ph6r

References

Patch 4

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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Sources

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