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geneve: make sure to pull inner header in geneve_rx()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: geneve: make sure to pull inner header in geneve_rx() syzbot triggered a bug in geneve_rx() [1] Issue is similar to the one I fixed in commit 8d975c15c0cd ("ip6_tunnel: make sure to pull inner header in __ip6_tnl_rcv()") We have to save skb->network_header in a temporary variable in order to be able to recompute the network_header pointer after a pskb_inet_may_pull() call. pskb_inet_may_pull() makes sure the needed headers are in skb->head. [1] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in IP_ECN_decapsulate include/net/inet_ecn.h:302 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in geneve_rx drivers/net/geneve.c:279 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in geneve_udp_encap_recv+0x36f9/0x3c10 drivers/net/geneve.c:391 IP_ECN_decapsulate include/net/inet_ecn.h:302 [inline] geneve_rx drivers/net/geneve.c:279 [inline] geneve_udp_encap_recv+0x36f9/0x3c10 drivers/net/geneve.c:391 udp_queue_rcv_one_skb+0x1d39/0x1f20 net/ipv4/udp.c:2108 udp_queue_rcv_skb+0x6ae/0x6e0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2186 udp_unicast_rcv_skb+0x184/0x4b0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2346 __udp4_lib_rcv+0x1c6b/0x3010 net/ipv4/udp.c:2422 udp_rcv+0x7d/0xa0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2604 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x264/0x1300 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:205 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x2b8/0x440 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:233 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:314 [inline] ip_local_deliver+0x21f/0x490 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:254 dst_input include/net/dst.h:461 [inline] ip_rcv_finish net/ipv4/ip_input.c:449 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/net

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.19.310, 5.10.213, 5.15.152, 5.4.272, 6.1.82, 6.6.22, 6.7.10
CVEs
CVE-2024-26857
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
6 Nov 2026, 03:34 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

geneve: make sure to pull inner header in geneve_rx()

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Apr 2024, 10:17 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: geneve: make sure to pull inner header in geneve_rx() syzbot triggered a bug in geneve_rx() [1] Issue is similar to the one I fixed in commit 8d975c15c0cd ("ip6_tunnel: make sure to pull inner header in __ip6_tnl_rcv()") We have to save skb->network_header in a temporary variable in order to be able to recompute the network_header pointer after a pskb_inet_may_pull() call. pskb_inet_may_pull() makes sure the needed headers are in skb->head. [1] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in IP_ECN_decapsulate include/net/inet_ecn.h:302 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in geneve_rx drivers/net/geneve.c:279 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in geneve_udp_encap_recv+0x36f9/0x3c10 drivers/net/geneve.c:391 IP_ECN_decapsulate include/net/inet_ecn.h:302 [inline] geneve_rx drivers/net/geneve.c:279 [inline] geneve_udp_encap_recv+0x36f9/0x3c10 drivers/net/geneve.c:391 udp_queue_rcv_one_skb+0x1d39/0x1f20 net/ipv4/udp.c:2108 udp_queue_rcv_skb+0x6ae/0x6e0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2186 udp_unicast_rcv_skb+0x184/0x4b0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2346 __udp4_lib_rcv+0x1c6b/0x3010 net/ipv4/udp.c:2422 udp_rcv+0x7d/0xa0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2604 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x264/0x1300 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:205 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x2b8/0x440 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:233 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:314 [inline] ip_local_deliver+0x21f/0x490 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:254 dst_input include/net/dst.h:461 [inline] ip_rcv_finish net/ipv4/ip_input.c:449 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/net

osv:CVE-2024-26857

Kernel

Fixed versions: 4.19.310, 5.4.272, 5.10.213, 5.15.152, 6.1.82, 6.6.22, 6.7.10

Complete source record
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