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netfilter: nf_reject_ipv6: fix nf_reject_ip6_tcphdr_put()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_reject_ipv6: fix nf_reject_ip6_tcphdr_put() syzbot reported that nf_reject_ip6_tcphdr_put() was possibly sending garbage on the four reserved tcp bits (th->res1) Use skb_put_zero() to clear the whole TCP header, as done in nf_reject_ip_tcphdr_put() BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in nf_reject_ip6_tcphdr_put+0x688/0x6c0 net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv6.c:255 nf_reject_ip6_tcphdr_put+0x688/0x6c0 net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv6.c:255 nf_send_reset6+0xd84/0x15b0 net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv6.c:344 nft_reject_inet_eval+0x3c1/0x880 net/netfilter/nft_reject_inet.c:48 expr_call_ops_eval net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:240 [inline] nft_do_chain+0x438/0x22a0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:288 nft_do_chain_inet+0x41a/0x4f0 net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c:161 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:154 [inline] nf_hook_slow+0xf4/0x400 net/netfilter/core.c:626 nf_hook include/linux/netfilter.h:269 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:312 [inline] ipv6_rcv+0x29b/0x390 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:310 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5661 [inline] __netif_receive_skb+0x1da/0xa00 net/core/dev.c:5775 process_backlog+0x4ad/0xa50 net/core/dev.c:6108 __napi_poll+0xe7/0x980 net/core/dev.c:6772 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6841 [inline] net_rx_action+0xa5a/0x19b0 net/core/dev.c:6963 handle_softirqs+0x1ce/0x800 kernel/softirq.c:554 __do_softirq+0x14/0x1a kernel/softirq.c:588 do_softirq+0x9a/0x100 kernel/so

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.19.323, 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 5.4.285, 6.1.113, 6.10.13, 6.11.2, 6.6.54
CVEs
CVE-2024-47685
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 03:23 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

netfilter: nf_reject_ipv6: fix nf_reject_ip6_tcphdr_put()

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Oct 2024, 11:53 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_reject_ipv6: fix nf_reject_ip6_tcphdr_put() syzbot reported that nf_reject_ip6_tcphdr_put() was possibly sending garbage on the four reserved tcp bits (th->res1) Use skb_put_zero() to clear the whole TCP header, as done in nf_reject_ip_tcphdr_put() BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in nf_reject_ip6_tcphdr_put+0x688/0x6c0 net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv6.c:255 nf_reject_ip6_tcphdr_put+0x688/0x6c0 net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv6.c:255 nf_send_reset6+0xd84/0x15b0 net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv6.c:344 nft_reject_inet_eval+0x3c1/0x880 net/netfilter/nft_reject_inet.c:48 expr_call_ops_eval net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:240 [inline] nft_do_chain+0x438/0x22a0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_core.c:288 nft_do_chain_inet+0x41a/0x4f0 net/netfilter/nft_chain_filter.c:161 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:154 [inline] nf_hook_slow+0xf4/0x400 net/netfilter/core.c:626 nf_hook include/linux/netfilter.h:269 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:312 [inline] ipv6_rcv+0x29b/0x390 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:310 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5661 [inline] __netif_receive_skb+0x1da/0xa00 net/core/dev.c:5775 process_backlog+0x4ad/0xa50 net/core/dev.c:6108 __napi_poll+0xe7/0x980 net/core/dev.c:6772 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6841 [inline] net_rx_action+0xa5a/0x19b0 net/core/dev.c:6963 handle_softirqs+0x1ce/0x800 kernel/softirq.c:554 __do_softirq+0x14/0x1a kernel/softirq.c:588 do_softirq+0x9a/0x100 kernel/so

osv:CVE-2024-47685

Kernel

Fixed versions: 4.19.323, 5.4.285, 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.6.54, 6.10.13, 6.11.2

Complete source record
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