CVE-2026-64009
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfrm: Check for underflow in xfrm_state_mtu
Leo Lin reported OOB write issue in esp component:
xfrm_state_mtu() returns u32 but performs its arithmetic in unsigned
modulo-2^32 space using an attacker-influenced "header_len + authsize +
net_adj" subtracted from a small "mtu" argument. A nobody user can
install an IPv4 ESP tunnel SA with a large authentication key
(XFRMA_ALG_AUTH_TRUNC, e.g. hmac(sha512), 64-byte key, 64-byte trunc),
configure a small interface MTU (68 bytes), and set XFRMA_TFCPAD to a
large value. When a single UDP datagram is then sent through the
tunnel, xfrm_state_mtu() underflows to a near-2^32 value, and
esp_output() consumes it as a signed int via:
padto = min(x->tfcpad, xfrm_state_mtu(x, mtu_cached))
esp.tfclen = padto - skb->len (assigned to int)
esp.tfclen ends up negative (e.g. -207). It is sign-extended to size_t
when passed to memset() inside esp_output_fill_trailer(), producing a
~16 EB write of zeroes at skb_tail_pointer(skb). KASAN logs it as
"Write of size 18446744073709551537 at addr ffff888...".
Check for underflow and return 1. This causes the sendmsg attempt to
fail with ENETUNREACH.
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | c5c2523893747f88a83376abad310c8ad13f7197 < 8014f70c4e6e5ab101ae3860a614e65e988372e3, c5c2523893747f88a83376abad310c8ad13f7197 < 1021d2877b689a648b27815c854557a917122e93, c5c2523893747f88a83376abad310c8ad13f7197 < 2a41b1b31c61c52b972278ce1732a1443f5e89ed, c5c2523893747f88a83376abad310c8ad13f7197 < fccd685b32df5aaf6bad4381eeda216468e283f0 … |
| Linux | Linux | — | 2.6.22, 0 < 2.6.22, 5.10.259 ≤ 5.10.*, 5.15.210 ≤ 5.15.* … |
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8014f70c4e6e5ab101ae3860a614e65e988372e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1021d2877b689a648b27815c854557a917122e93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a41b1b31c61c52b972278ce1732a1443f5e89ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fccd685b32df5aaf6bad4381eeda216468e283f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/820e501be8aee4b365d218d83227b314309c5fda
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82ac903e0b519849647657b8c48d21237ada06a2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3db50ceeacb52806d8fe86fb1dfe944df0b9f789
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/742b04d0550b0ec89dcbc99537ec88653bd1ad90