CVE-2023-52991

net: fix NULL pointer in skb_segment_list

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Mar 27, 2025
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
Reserved
Mar 27, 2025

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Description

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

net: fix NULL pointer in skb_segment_list

Commit 3a1296a38d0c ("net: Support GRO/GSO fraglist chaining.") introduced UDP listifyed GRO. The segmentation relies on frag_list being untouched when passing through the network stack. This assumption can be broken sometimes, where frag_list itself gets pulled into linear area, leaving frag_list being NULL. When this happens it can trigger following NULL pointer dereference, and panic the kernel. Reverse the test condition should fix it.

[19185.577801][ C1] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: ... [19185.663775][ C1] RIP: 0010:skb_segment_list+0x1cc/0x390 ... [19185.834644][ C1] Call Trace: [19185.841730][ C1] <TASK> [19185.848563][ C1] __udp_gso_segment+0x33e/0x510 [19185.857370][ C1] inet_gso_segment+0x15b/0x3e0 [19185.866059][ C1] skb_mac_gso_segment+0x97/0x110 [19185.874939][ C1] __skb_gso_segment+0xb2/0x160 [19185.883646][ C1] udp_queue_rcv_skb+0xc3/0x1d0 [19185.892319][ C1] udp_unicast_rcv_skb+0x75/0x90 [19185.900979][ C1] ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xd2/0x200 [19185.910003][ C1] ip_local_deliver_finish+0x44/0x60 [19185.918757][ C1] __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x8b/0xa0 [19185.927834][ C1] process_backlog+0x88/0x130 [19185.935840][ C1] __napi_poll+0x27/0x150 [19185.943447][ C1] net_rx_action+0x27e/0x5f0 [19185.951331][ C1] ? mlx5_cq_tasklet_cb+0x70/0x160 [mlx5_core] [19185.960848][ C1] __do_softirq+0xbc/0x25d [19185.968607][ C1] irq_exit_rcu+0x83/0xb0 [19185.976247][ C1] common_interrupt+0x43/0xa0 [19185.984235][ C1] asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40 ... [19186.094106][ C1] </TASK>

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HLinux
3.15.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 3a1296a38d0cf62bffb9a03c585cbd5dbf15d596 to before 6446369fb9f083ce032448c5047da08e298b22e6Affected
  • 3a1296a38d0cf62bffb9a03c585cbd5dbf15d596 to before 046de74f9af92ae9ffce75fa22a1795223f4fb54Affected
  • 3a1296a38d0cf62bffb9a03c585cbd5dbf15d596 to before 888dad6f3e85e3b2f8389bd6478f181efc72534dAffected
  • 3a1296a38d0cf62bffb9a03c585cbd5dbf15d596 to before 876e8ca8366735a604bac86ff7e2732fc9d85d2dAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.6Affected
  • before 5.6Not affected
  • 5.10.167 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.92 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.10 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.2 and laterNot affected

References

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