CVE-2023-53053
HIGHDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erspan: do not use skb_mac_header() in ndo_start_xmit() Drivers should not assume skb_mac_header(skb) == skb->data in their ndo_start_xmit(). Use skb_network_offset() and skb_transport_offset() which better describe what is needed in erspan_fb_xmit() and ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit() syzbot reported: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5083 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2873 skb_mac_header include/linux/skbuff.h:2873 [inline] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5083 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2873 ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit+0x1d9c/0x2d90 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c:962 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 5083 Comm: syz-executor406 Not tainted 6.3.0-rc2-syzkaller-00866-gd4671cb96fa3 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 03/02/2023 RIP: 0010:skb_mac_header include/linux/skbuff.h:2873 [inline] RIP: 0010:ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit+0x1d9c/0x2d90 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c:962 Code: 04 02 41 01 de 84 c0 74 08 3c 03 0f 8e 1c 0a 00 00 45 89 b4 24 c8 00 00 00 c6 85 77 fe ff ff 01 e9 33 e7 ff ff e8 b4 27 a1 f8 <0f> 0b e9 b6 e7 ff ff e8 a8 27 a1 f8 49 8d bf f0 0c 00 00 48 b8 00 RSP: 0018:ffffc90003b2f830 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000000000ffff RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffff888021273a80 RSI: ffffffff88e1bd4c RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: ffffc90003b2f9d8 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 000000000000ffff R10: 000000000000ffff R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88802b28da00 R13: 00000000000000d0 R14: ffff88807e25b6d0 R15: ffff888023408000 FS: 0000555556a61300(0000) GS:ffff8880b9800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000055e5b11eb6e8 CR3: 0000000027c1b000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4900 [inline] netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4914 [inline] __dev_direct_xmit+0x504/0x730 net/core/dev.c:4300 dev_direct_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3088 [inline] packet_xmit+0x20a/0x390 net/packet/af_packet.c:285 packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3075 [inline] packet_sendmsg+0x31a0/0x5150 net/packet/af_packet.c:3107 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:724 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0xde/0x190 net/socket.c:747 __sys_sendto+0x23a/0x340 net/socket.c:2142 __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2154 [inline] __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2150 [inline] __x64_sys_sendto+0xe1/0x1b0 net/socket.c:2150 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd RIP: 0033:0x7f123aaa1039 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 b1 14 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 c0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007ffc15d12058 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f123aaa1039 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000020000040 R09: 0000000000000014 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f123aa648c0 R13: 431bde82d7b634db R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
How to fix
Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 9% of all known CVEs.
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