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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Jul 29, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

skmsg: Skip zero length skb in sk_msg_recvmsg

When running BPF selftests (./test_progs -t sockmap_basic) on a Loongarch
platform, the following kernel panic occurs:

[...]
Oops[#1]:
CPU: 22 PID: 2824 Comm: test_progs Tainted: G OE 6.10.0-rc2+ #18
Hardware name: LOONGSON Dabieshan/Loongson-TC542F0, BIOS Loongson-UDK2018
... ...
ra: 90000000048bf6c0 sk_msg_recvmsg+0x120/0x560
ERA: 9000000004162774 copy_page_to_iter+0x74/0x1c0
CRMD: 000000b0 (PLV0 -IE -DA +PG DACF=CC DACM=CC -WE)
PRMD: 0000000c (PPLV0 +PIE +PWE)
EUEN: 00000007 (+FPE +SXE +ASXE -BTE)
ECFG: 00071c1d (LIE=0,2-4,10-12 VS=7)
ESTAT: 00010000 [PIL] (IS= ECode=1 EsubCode=0)
BADV: 0000000000000040
PRID: 0014c011 (Loongson-64bit, Loongson-3C5000)
Modules linked in: bpf_testmod(OE) xt_CHECKSUM xt_MASQUERADE xt_conntrack
Process test_progs (pid: 2824, threadinfo=0000000000863a31, task=...)
Stack : ...
Call Trace:
[<9000000004162774>] copy_page_to_iter+0x74/0x1c0
[<90000000048bf6c0>] sk_msg_recvmsg+0x120/0x560
[<90000000049f2b90>] tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser+0x170/0x4e0
[<90000000049aae34>] inet_recvmsg+0x54/0x100
[<900000000481ad5c>] sock_recvmsg+0x7c/0xe0
[<900000000481e1a8>] __sys_recvfrom+0x108/0x1c0
[<900000000481e27c>] sys_recvfrom+0x1c/0x40
[<9000000004c076ec>] do_syscall+0x8c/0xc0
[<9000000003731da4>] handle_syscall+0xc4/0x160
Code: ...
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
Kernel relocated by 0x3510000
.text @ 0x9000000003710000
.data @ 0x9000000004d70000
.bss @ 0x9000000006469400
---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception ]---
[...]

This crash happens every time when running sockmap_skb_verdict_shutdown
subtest in sockmap_basic.

This crash is because a NULL pointer is passed to page_address() in the
sk_msg_recvmsg(). Due to the different implementations depending on the
architecture, page_address(NULL) will trigger a panic on Loongarch
platform but not on x86 platform. So this bug was hidden on x86 platform
for a while, but now it is exposed on Loongarch platform. The root cause
is that a zero length skb (skb->len == 0) was put on the queue.

This zero length skb is a TCP FIN packet, which was sent by shutdown(),
invoked in test_sockmap_skb_verdict_shutdown():

shutdown(p1, SHUT_WR);

In this case, in sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue(), num_sge is zero, and no
page is put to this sge (see sg_set_page in sg_set_page), but this empty
sge is queued into ingress_msg list.

And in sk_msg_recvmsg(), this empty sge is used, and a NULL page is got by
sg_page(sge). Pass this NULL page to copy_page_to_iter(), which passes it
to kmap_local_page() and to page_address(), then kernel panics.

To solve this, we should skip this zero length skb. So in sk_msg_recvmsg(),
if copy is zero, that means it's a zero length skb, skip invoking
copy_page_to_iter(). We are using the EFAULT return triggered by
copy_page_to_iter to check for is_fin in tcp_bpf.c.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 29, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 29, 2024
Last updated Feb 3, 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-2024-41048

GHSA ID

GHSA-r2cq-rw93-xwch

Source code

No known source code

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