CVE-2023-54004
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Null Pointer Dereference in Linux Kernel UDPLite Socket Handling
Publication date: 2025-12-24
Last updated on: 2025-12-24
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
udplite: Fix NULL pointer dereference in __sk_mem_raise_allocated().
syzbot reported [0] a null-ptr-deref in sk_get_rmem0() while using
IPPROTO_UDPLITE (0x88):
14:25:52 executing program 1:
r0 = socket$inet6(0xa, 0x80002, 0x88)
We had a similar report [1] for probably sk_memory_allocated_add()
in __sk_mem_raise_allocated(), and commit c915fe13cbaa ("udplite: fix
NULL pointer dereference") fixed it by setting .memory_allocated for
udplite_prot and udplitev6_prot.
To fix the variant, we need to set either .sysctl_wmem_offset or
.sysctl_rmem.
Now UDP and UDPLITE share the same value for .memory_allocated, so we
use the same .sysctl_wmem_offset for UDP and UDPLITE.
[0]:
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
CPU: 0 PID: 6829 Comm: syz-executor.1 Not tainted 6.4.0-rc2-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 04/28/2023
RIP: 0010:sk_get_rmem0 include/net/sock.h:2907 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__sk_mem_raise_allocated+0x806/0x17a0 net/core/sock.c:3006
Code: c1 ea 03 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 23 0f 00 00 48 8b 44 24 08 48 8b 98 38 01 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 da 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 14 02 48 89 d8 83 e0 07 83 c0 03 38 d0 0f 8d 6f 0a 00 00 8b
RSP: 0018:ffffc90005d7f450 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffc90004d92000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff88066482 RDI: ffffffff8e2ccbb8
RBP: ffff8880173f7000 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000030000
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000340 R15: 0000000000000001
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9800000(0063) knlGS:00000000f7f1cb40
CS: 0010 DS: 002b ES: 002b CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000002e82f000 CR3: 0000000034ff0000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__sk_mem_schedule+0x6c/0xe0 net/core/sock.c:3077
udp_rmem_schedule net/ipv4/udp.c:1539 [inline]
__udp_enqueue_schedule_skb+0x776/0xb30 net/ipv4/udp.c:1581
__udpv6_queue_rcv_skb net/ipv6/udp.c:666 [inline]
udpv6_queue_rcv_one_skb+0xc39/0x16c0 net/ipv6/udp.c:775
udpv6_queue_rcv_skb+0x194/0xa10 net/ipv6/udp.c:793
__udp6_lib_mcast_deliver net/ipv6/udp.c:906 [inline]
__udp6_lib_rcv+0x1bda/0x2bd0 net/ipv6/udp.c:1013
ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x2e7/0x1250 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:437
ip6_input_finish+0x150/0x2f0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:482
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:303 [inline]
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:297 [inline]
ip6_input+0xa0/0xd0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:491
ip6_mc_input+0x40b/0xf50 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:585
dst_input include/net/dst.h:468 [inline]
ip6_rcv_finish net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:79 [inline]
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:303 [inline]
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:297 [inline]
ipv6_rcv+0x250/0x380 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:309
__netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x114/0x180 net/core/dev.c:5491
__netif_receive_skb+0x1f/0x1c0 net/core/dev.c:5605
netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:5691 [inline]
netif_receive_skb+0x133/0x7a0 net/core/dev.c:5750
tun_rx_batched+0x4b3/0x7a0 drivers/net/tun.c:1553
tun_get_user+0x2452/0x39c0 drivers/net/tun.c:1989
tun_chr_write_iter+0xdf/0x200 drivers/net/tun.c:2035
call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:1868 [inline]
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline]
vfs_write+0x945/0xd50 fs/read_write.c:584
ksys_write+0x12b/0x250 fs/read_write.c:637
do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline]
__do_fast_syscall_32+0x65/0xf0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178
do_fast_syscall_32+0x33/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203
entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82
RIP: 0023:0xf7f21579
Code: b8 01 10 06 03 74 b4 01 10 07 03 74 b0 01 10 08 03 74 d8 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 51 52 55 89 e5 0f 34 cd 80 <5d> 5a 59 c3 90 90 90 90 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00
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| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
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| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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| CWE ID | Description |
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| CWE-UNKNOWN |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's udplite protocol implementation. It occurs in the function __sk_mem_raise_allocated(), which can be triggered when using the IPPROTO_UDPLITE protocol. The issue was caused by missing initialization of certain memory allocation fields (.memory_allocated, .sysctl_wmem_offset, or .sysctl_rmem) for udplite_prot and udplitev6_prot, leading to a null pointer dereference and potential kernel crash.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can cause a NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel, which may lead to a kernel crash or system instability when handling UDPLITE network traffic. This can result in denial of service (DoS) conditions on affected systems.
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