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Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 21, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tipc: Change nla_policy for bearer-related names to NLA_NUL_STRING

syzbot reported the following uninit-value access issue [1]:

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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in strlen lib/string.c:418 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in strstr+0xb8/0x2f0 lib/string.c:756
strlen lib/string.c:418 [inline]
strstr+0xb8/0x2f0 lib/string.c:756
tipc_nl_node_reset_link_stats+0x3ea/0xb50 net/tipc/node.c:2595
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit net/netlink/genetlink.c:971 [inline]
genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1051 [inline]
genl_rcv_msg+0x11ec/0x1290 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1066
netlink_rcv_skb+0x371/0x650 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2545
genl_rcv+0x40/0x60 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1075
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1342 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0xf47/0x1250 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1368
netlink_sendmsg+0x1238/0x13d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1910
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:753 [inline]
____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 net/socket.c:2541
___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2595
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2624 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2633 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2631 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x490 net/socket.c:2631
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook+0x12f/0xb70 mm/slab.h:767
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x577/0xa80 mm/slub.c:3523
kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:559
__alloc_skb+0x318/0x740 net/core/skbuff.c:650
alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1286 [inline]
netlink_alloc_large_skb net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1214 [inline]
netlink_sendmsg+0xb34/0x13d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1885
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:753 [inline]
____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 net/socket.c:2541
___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2595
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2624 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2633 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2631 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x490 net/socket.c:2631
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

TIPC bearer-related names including link names must be null-terminated
strings. If a link name which is not null-terminated is passed through
netlink, strstr() and similar functions can cause buffer overrun. This
causes the above issue.

This patch changes the nla_policy for bearer-related names from NLA_STRING
to NLA_NUL_STRING. This resolves the issue by ensuring that only
null-terminated strings are accepted as bearer-related names.

syzbot reported similar uninit-value issue related to bearer names [2]. The
root cause of this issue is that a non-null-terminated bearer name was
passed. This patch also resolved this issue.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 21, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 21, 2024
Last updated Jan 31, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-52845

GHSA ID

GHSA-5p87-vhr3-gp4q

Source code

No known source code

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