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CVE-2025-38165 (GCVE-0-2025-38165)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-03 08:36 – Updated: 2026-08-05 11:59
VLAI
Title
bpf, sockmap: Fix panic when calling skb_linearize
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: Fix panic when calling skb_linearize The panic can be reproduced by executing the command: ./bench sockmap -c 2 -p 1 -a --rx-verdict-ingress --rx-strp 100000 Then a kernel panic was captured: ''' [ 657.460555] kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:2178! [ 657.462680] Tainted: [W]=WARN [ 657.463287] Workqueue: events sk_psock_backlog ... [ 657.469610] <TASK> [ 657.469738] ? die+0x36/0x90 [ 657.469916] ? do_trap+0x1d0/0x270 [ 657.470118] ? pskb_expand_head+0x612/0xf40 [ 657.470376] ? pskb_expand_head+0x612/0xf40 [ 657.470620] ? do_error_trap+0xa3/0x170 [ 657.470846] ? pskb_expand_head+0x612/0xf40 [ 657.471092] ? handle_invalid_op+0x2c/0x40 [ 657.471335] ? pskb_expand_head+0x612/0xf40 [ 657.471579] ? exc_invalid_op+0x2d/0x40 [ 657.471805] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 [ 657.472052] ? pskb_expand_head+0xd1/0xf40 [ 657.472292] ? pskb_expand_head+0x612/0xf40 [ 657.472540] ? lock_acquire+0x18f/0x4e0 [ 657.472766] ? find_held_lock+0x2d/0x110 [ 657.472999] ? __pfx_pskb_expand_head+0x10/0x10 [ 657.473263] ? __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x5b/0x470 [ 657.473537] ? __pfx___lock_release.isra.0+0x10/0x10 [ 657.473826] __pskb_pull_tail+0xfd/0x1d20 [ 657.474062] ? __kasan_slab_alloc+0x4e/0x90 [ 657.474707] sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue+0x3bf/0x510 [ 657.475392] ? __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 [ 657.476010] sk_psock_backlog+0x5cf/0xd70 [ 657.476637] process_one_work+0x858/0x1a20 ''' The panic originates from the assertion BUG_ON(skb_shared(skb)) in skb_linearize(). A previous commit(see Fixes tag) introduced skb_get() to avoid race conditions between skb operations in the backlog and skb release in the recvmsg path. However, this caused the panic to always occur when skb_linearize is executed. The "--rx-strp 100000" parameter forces the RX path to use the strparser module which aggregates data until it reaches 100KB before calling sockmap logic. The 100KB payload exceeds MAX_MSG_FRAGS, triggering skb_linearize. To fix this issue, just move skb_get into sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue. ''' sk_psock_backlog: sk_psock_handle_skb skb_get(skb) <== we move it into 'sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue' sk_psock_skb_ingress____________ ↓ | | → sk_psock_skb_ingress_self | sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue sk_psock_verdict_apply_________________↑ skb_linearize ''' Note that for verdict_apply path, the skb_get operation is unnecessary so we add 'take_ref' param to control it's behavior.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 65ad600b9bde68d2d28709943ab00b51ca8f0a1d , < 4dba44333a11522df54b49aa1f2edfaf6ce35fc7 (git)
Affected: 923877254f002ae87d441382bb1096d9e773d56d , < 9718ba6490732dbe70190d42c21deb1440834402 (git)
Affected: a454d84ee20baf7bd7be90721b9821f73c7d23d9 , < db1d15a26f21f97459508c42ae87cabe8d3afc3b (git)
Affected: a454d84ee20baf7bd7be90721b9821f73c7d23d9 , < 3d25fa2d7f127348c818e1dab9e58534f7ac56cc (git)
Affected: a454d84ee20baf7bd7be90721b9821f73c7d23d9 , < e9c1299d813fc04668042690f2c3cc76d013959a (git)
Affected: a454d84ee20baf7bd7be90721b9821f73c7d23d9 , < 5ca2e29f6834c64c0e5a9ccf1278c21fb49b827e (git)
Affected: e6b5e47adb9166e732cdf7e6e034946e3f89f36d (git)
Affected: 5.15.189 , < 5.15.190 (semver)
Affected: 6.1.54 , < 6.1.142 (semver)
Affected: 6.5.4 , < 6.6 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.6
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.6 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.190 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.142 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.94 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.34 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.15.3 , ≤ 6.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.16 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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            "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf, sockmap: Fix panic when calling skb_linearize\n\nThe panic can be reproduced by executing the command:\n./bench sockmap -c 2 -p 1 -a --rx-verdict-ingress --rx-strp 100000\n\nThen a kernel panic was captured:\n\u0027\u0027\u0027\n[  657.460555] kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:2178!\n[  657.462680] Tainted: [W]=WARN\n[  657.463287] Workqueue: events sk_psock_backlog\n...\n[  657.469610]  \u003cTASK\u003e\n[  657.469738]  ? die+0x36/0x90\n[  657.469916]  ? do_trap+0x1d0/0x270\n[  657.470118]  ? pskb_expand_head+0x612/0xf40\n[  657.470376]  ? pskb_expand_head+0x612/0xf40\n[  657.470620]  ? do_error_trap+0xa3/0x170\n[  657.470846]  ? pskb_expand_head+0x612/0xf40\n[  657.471092]  ? handle_invalid_op+0x2c/0x40\n[  657.471335]  ? pskb_expand_head+0x612/0xf40\n[  657.471579]  ? exc_invalid_op+0x2d/0x40\n[  657.471805]  ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20\n[  657.472052]  ? pskb_expand_head+0xd1/0xf40\n[  657.472292]  ? pskb_expand_head+0x612/0xf40\n[  657.472540]  ? lock_acquire+0x18f/0x4e0\n[  657.472766]  ? find_held_lock+0x2d/0x110\n[  657.472999]  ? __pfx_pskb_expand_head+0x10/0x10\n[  657.473263]  ? __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x5b/0x470\n[  657.473537]  ? __pfx___lock_release.isra.0+0x10/0x10\n[  657.473826]  __pskb_pull_tail+0xfd/0x1d20\n[  657.474062]  ? __kasan_slab_alloc+0x4e/0x90\n[  657.474707]  sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue+0x3bf/0x510\n[  657.475392]  ? __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0\n[  657.476010]  sk_psock_backlog+0x5cf/0xd70\n[  657.476637]  process_one_work+0x858/0x1a20\n\u0027\u0027\u0027\n\nThe panic originates from the assertion BUG_ON(skb_shared(skb)) in\nskb_linearize(). A previous commit(see Fixes tag) introduced skb_get()\nto avoid race conditions between skb operations in the backlog and skb\nrelease in the recvmsg path. However, this caused the panic to always\noccur when skb_linearize is executed.\n\nThe \"--rx-strp 100000\" parameter forces the RX path to use the strparser\nmodule which aggregates data until it reaches 100KB before calling sockmap\nlogic. The 100KB payload exceeds MAX_MSG_FRAGS, triggering skb_linearize.\n\nTo fix this issue, just move skb_get into sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue.\n\n\u0027\u0027\u0027\nsk_psock_backlog:\n    sk_psock_handle_skb\n       skb_get(skb) \u003c== we move it into \u0027sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue\u0027\n       sk_psock_skb_ingress____________\n                                       \u2193\n                                       |\n                                       | \u2192 sk_psock_skb_ingress_self\n                                       |      sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue\nsk_psock_verdict_apply_________________\u2191          skb_linearize\n\u0027\u0027\u0027\n\nNote that for verdict_apply path, the skb_get operation is unnecessary so\nwe add \u0027take_ref\u0027 param to control it\u0027s behavior."
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            "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: bpf, sockmap: Se corrige el p\u00e1nico al llamar a skb_linearize El p\u00e1nico se puede reproducir ejecutando el comando: ./bench sockmap -c 2 -p 1 -a --rx-verdict-ingress --rx-strp 100000 Luego se captur\u00f3 un p\u00e1nico del kernel: \u0027\u0027\u0027 [ 657.460555] kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:2178! [ 657.462680] Tainted: [W]=WARN [ 657.463287] Workqueue: events sk_psock_backlog ... [ 657.469610]  [ 657.469738] ? die+0x36/0x90 [ 657.469916] ? do_trap+0x1d0/0x270 [ 657.470118] ? pskb_expand_head+0x612/0xf40 [ 657.470376] ? pskb_expand_head+0x612/0xf40 [ 657.470620] ? do_error_trap+0xa3/0x170 [ 657.470846] ? pskb_expand_head+0x612/0xf40 [ 657.471092] ? handle_invalid_op+0x2c/0x40 [ 657.471335] ? pskb_expand_head+0x612/0xf40 [ 657.471579] ? exc_invalid_op+0x2d/0x40 [ 657.471805] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 [ 657.472052] ? pskb_expand_head+0xd1/0xf40 [ 657.472292] ? pskb_expand_head+0x612/0xf40 [ 657.472540] ? lock_acquire+0x18f/0x4e0 [ 657.472766] ? find_held_lock+0x2d/0x110 [ 657.472999] ? __pfx_pskb_expand_head+0x10/0x10 [ 657.473263] ? __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x5b/0x470 [ 657.473537] ? __pfx___lock_release.isra.0+0x10/0x10 [ 657.473826] __pskb_pull_tail+0xfd/0x1d20 [ 657.474062] ? __kasan_slab_alloc+0x4e/0x90 [ 657.474707] sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue+0x3bf/0x510 [ 657.475392] ? __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 [ 657.476010] sk_psock_backlog+0x5cf/0xd70 [ 657.476637] process_one_work+0x858/0x1a20 \u0027\u0027\u0027 El p\u00e1nico se origina en la aserci\u00f3n BUG_ON(skb_shared(skb)) en skb_linearize(). Una confirmaci\u00f3n anterior (v\u00e9ase la etiqueta \"Correcciones\") introdujo skb_get() para evitar condiciones de ejecuci\u00f3n entre las operaciones de skb en el backlog y la versi\u00f3n de skb en la ruta recvmsg. Sin embargo, esto provocaba que el p\u00e1nico siempre se produjera al ejecutar skb_linearize. El par\u00e1metro \"--rx-strp 100000\" obliga a la ruta RX a usar el m\u00f3dulo strparser, que agrega datos hasta alcanzar los 100 KB antes de llamar a la l\u00f3gica de sockmap. El payload de 100 KB supera MAX_MSG_FRAGS, lo que activa skb_linearize. Para solucionar este problema, simplemente mueva skb_get a sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue. \u0027\u0027\u0027 sk_psock_backlog: sk_psock_handle_skb skb_get(skb) \u0026lt;== lo movemos a \u0027sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue\u0027 sk_psock_skb_ingress____________ ? | | ? sk_psock_skb_ingress_self | sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue sk_psock_verdict_apply_________________? skb_linearize \u0027\u0027\u0027 Tenga en cuenta que para la ruta verdict_apply, la operaci\u00f3n skb_get es innecesaria, por lo que a\u00f1adimos el par\u00e1metro \u0027take_ref\u0027 para controlar su comportamiento."
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