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CVE-2021-47515

seg6: fix the iif in the IPv6 socket control block

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

seg6: fix the iif in the IPv6 socket control block

When an IPv4 packet is received, the ip_rcv_core(...) sets the receiving
interface index into the IPv4 socket control block (v5.16-rc4,
net/ipv4/ip_input.c line 510):

IPCB(skb)->iif = skb->skb_iif;

If that IPv4 packet is meant to be encapsulated in an outer IPv6+SRH
header, the seg6_do_srh_encap(...) performs the required encapsulation.
In this case, the seg6_do_srh_encap function clears the IPv6 socket control
block (v5.16-rc4 net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c line 163):

memset(IP6CB(skb), 0, sizeof(*IP6CB(skb)));

The memset(...) was introduced in commit ef489749aae5 ("ipv6: sr: clear
IP6CB(skb) on SRH ip4ip6 encapsulation") a long time ago (2019-01-29).

Since the IPv6 socket control block and the IPv4 socket control block share
the same memory area (skb->cb), the receiving interface index info is lost
(IP6CB(skb)->iif is set to zero).

As a side effect, that condition triggers a NULL pointer dereference if
commit 0857d6f8c759 ("ipv6: When forwarding count rx stats on the orig
netdev") is applied.

To fix that issue, we set the IP6CB(skb)->iif with the index of the
receiving interface once again.

En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: seg6: corrige el iif en el bloque de control del socket IPv6 Cuando se recibe un paquete IPv4, ip_rcv_core(...) establece el índice de la interfaz de recepción en el bloque de control del socket IPv4 (v5 .16-rc4, net/ipv4/ip_input.c línea 510): IPCB(skb)->iif = skb->skb_iif; Si ese paquete IPv4 debe encapsularse en un encabezado IPv6+SRH externo, seg6_do_srh_encap(...) realiza la encapsulación requerida. En este caso, la función seg6_do_srh_encap borra el bloque de control del socket IPv6 (v5.16-rc4 net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c línea 163): memset(IP6CB(skb), 0, sizeof(*IP6CB(skb))); El memset(...) se introdujo en El commit ef489749aae5 ("ipv6: sr: clear IP6CB(skb) en la encapsulación SRH ip4ip6") hace mucho tiempo (29 de enero de 2019). Dado que el bloque de control del socket IPv6 y el bloque de control del socket IPv4 comparten la misma área de memoria (skb->cb), la información del índice de la interfaz de recepción se pierde (IP6CB(skb)->iif se establece en cero). Como efecto secundario, esa condición desencadena una desreferencia del puntero NULL si se aplica el commit 0857d6f8c759 ("ipv6: al reenviar estadísticas de recuento de rx en el netdev original"). Para solucionar ese problema, configuramos IP6CB(skb)->iif con el índice de la interfaz de recepción una vez más.

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  • 2024-05-24 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-05-24 CVE Published
  • 2024-05-25 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-09-11 CVE Updated
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>= 4.19.20 < 4.19.221
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