xfrm6: fix out-of-bounds write in xfrm6_input_addr() when secpath is full (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-89783
CRITICAL 9.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.71 % · percentile 54 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm6: fix out-of-bounds write in xfrm6_input_addr() when secpath is full The depth check in xfrm6_input_addr() is off by one: if (1 + sp->len == XFRM_MAX_DEPTH) goto drop; ... sp->xvec[sp->len++] = x; xfrm_input() can leave sp->len == XFRM_MAX_DEPTH, and the transport-mode receive path re-enters IPv6 input via xfrm_trans_reinject() with that secpath preserved. If the inner packet carries a destination-options HAO option or a type-2 routing header, xfrm6_input_addr() is called with sp->len == XFRM_MAX_DEPTH; the check (1 + 6 == 6) is false, so sp->xvec[sp->len++] writes one slot past the 6-element xvec[]. The write stays within the sec_path allocation (invisible to KASAN); UBSAN_BOUNDS flags it and panics under panic_on_warn. Use "sp->len >= XFRM_MAX_DEPTH", matching xfrm_input(). This also restores one chain level the old check rejected at sp->len == 5. UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c:309:10 index 6 is out of range for type 'xfrm_state *[6]'

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 9473e1f631de339c50bde1e3bd09e1045fe90fd5 < 91fc387f63c00ddfb5221127a17bac97549a8343 ; affected 9473e1f631de339c50bde1e3bd09e1045fe90fd5 < 68e8737fe8e72f085c608cff322b3d2de8340af1 ; affected 9473e1f631de339c50bde1e3bd09e1045fe90fd5 < 8fe2c53fb81f5ad5be43af2ad09583f7c78b4b77 ; affected 9473e1f631de339c50bde1e3bd09e1045fe90fd5 < bdcda866c89f9a8b1acdabf02d26cde9fbe501d8 ; affected 9473e1f631de339c50bde1e3bd09e1045fe90fd5 < 48996649222e95008cdb98cd58579e3fc8e5ee06 ; affected 9473e1f631de339c50bde1e3bd09e1045fe90fd5 < 0f679e0523ddfff3fb554336ceb874b0e51e9cd3
Linux · Linuxaffected 2.6.25 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.25 ; unaffected 5.10.270 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.221 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.188 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.157 ≤ 6.6.*

Sources

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CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
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