FKIE_CVE-2023-53821

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-09 16:17 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:46
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ip6_vti: fix slab-use-after-free in decode_session6 When ipv6_vti device is set to the qdisc of the sfb type, the cb field of the sent skb may be modified during enqueuing. Then, slab-use-after-free may occur when ipv6_vti device sends IPv6 packets. The stack information is as follows: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in decode_session6+0x103f/0x1890 Read of size 1 at addr ffff88802e08edc2 by task swapper/0/0 CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.4.0-next-20230707-00001-g84e2cad7f979 #410 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-1.fc33 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <IRQ> dump_stack_lvl+0xd9/0x150 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x3c0 kasan_report+0x11d/0x130 decode_session6+0x103f/0x1890 __xfrm_decode_session+0x54/0xb0 vti6_tnl_xmit+0x3e6/0x1ee0 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x187/0x700 sch_direct_xmit+0x1a3/0xc30 __qdisc_run+0x510/0x17a0 __dev_queue_xmit+0x2215/0x3b10 neigh_connected_output+0x3c2/0x550 ip6_finish_output2+0x55a/0x1550 ip6_finish_output+0x6b9/0x1270 ip6_output+0x1f1/0x540 ndisc_send_skb+0xa63/0x1890 ndisc_send_rs+0x132/0x6f0 addrconf_rs_timer+0x3f1/0x870 call_timer_fn+0x1a0/0x580 expire_timers+0x29b/0x4b0 run_timer_softirq+0x326/0x910 __do_softirq+0x1d4/0x905 irq_exit_rcu+0xb7/0x120 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x97/0xc0 </IRQ> Allocated by task 9176: kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x40 kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x7f/0x90 kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1cd/0x410 kmalloc_reserve+0x165/0x270 __alloc_skb+0x129/0x330 netlink_sendmsg+0x9b1/0xe30 sock_sendmsg+0xde/0x190 ____sys_sendmsg+0x739/0x920 ___sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x1b0 __sys_sendmsg+0xf7/0x1c0 do_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Freed by task 9176: kasan_save_stack+0x22/0x40 kasan_set_track+0x25/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x2b/0x40 ____kasan_slab_free+0x160/0x1c0 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x11b/0x220 kmem_cache_free+0xf0/0x490 skb_free_head+0x17f/0x1b0 skb_release_data+0x59c/0x850 consume_skb+0xd2/0x170 netlink_unicast+0x54f/0x7f0 netlink_sendmsg+0x926/0xe30 sock_sendmsg+0xde/0x190 ____sys_sendmsg+0x739/0x920 ___sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x1b0 __sys_sendmsg+0xf7/0x1c0 do_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88802e08ed00 which belongs to the cache skbuff_small_head of size 640 The buggy address is located 194 bytes inside of freed 640-byte region [ffff88802e08ed00, ffff88802e08ef80) As commit f855691975bb ("xfrm6: Fix the nexthdr offset in _decode_session6.") showed, xfrm_decode_session was originally intended only for the receive path. IP6CB(skb)->nhoff is not set during transmission. Therefore, set the cb field in the skb to 0 before sending packets.
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416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f0ab8d52ee0062b28367dea23c29e254a26d7db
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55ad2309205cc00c585344374c7472420e1b2c12
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fd41f1ba638938c9a1195d09bc6fa3be2712f25
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1639a82ce14af76b6419778d343ccbff86ee626
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c070688bfbe7759e61e697e421b2a331b0dd74bc
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb47e612e59c358c3968a92f90dd36c78c9a2106
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec23b25e5687dbd644c0f57bcb6af22dd5a6dd36
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa6c6c04f6c9b21b315023f487e5a07ae7fcf647
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  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nip6_vti: fix slab-use-after-free in decode_session6\n\nWhen ipv6_vti device is set to the qdisc of the sfb type, the cb field\nof the sent skb may be modified during enqueuing. Then,\nslab-use-after-free may occur when ipv6_vti device sends IPv6 packets.\n\nThe stack information is as follows:\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in decode_session6+0x103f/0x1890\nRead of size 1 at addr ffff88802e08edc2 by task swapper/0/0\nCPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.4.0-next-20230707-00001-g84e2cad7f979 #410\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-1.fc33 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n\u003cIRQ\u003e\ndump_stack_lvl+0xd9/0x150\nprint_address_description.constprop.0+0x2c/0x3c0\nkasan_report+0x11d/0x130\ndecode_session6+0x103f/0x1890\n__xfrm_decode_session+0x54/0xb0\nvti6_tnl_xmit+0x3e6/0x1ee0\ndev_hard_start_xmit+0x187/0x700\nsch_direct_xmit+0x1a3/0xc30\n__qdisc_run+0x510/0x17a0\n__dev_queue_xmit+0x2215/0x3b10\nneigh_connected_output+0x3c2/0x550\nip6_finish_output2+0x55a/0x1550\nip6_finish_output+0x6b9/0x1270\nip6_output+0x1f1/0x540\nndisc_send_skb+0xa63/0x1890\nndisc_send_rs+0x132/0x6f0\naddrconf_rs_timer+0x3f1/0x870\ncall_timer_fn+0x1a0/0x580\nexpire_timers+0x29b/0x4b0\nrun_timer_softirq+0x326/0x910\n__do_softirq+0x1d4/0x905\nirq_exit_rcu+0xb7/0x120\nsysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x97/0xc0\n\u003c/IRQ\u003e\nAllocated by task 9176:\nkasan_save_stack+0x22/0x40\nkasan_set_track+0x25/0x30\n__kasan_slab_alloc+0x7f/0x90\nkmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1cd/0x410\nkmalloc_reserve+0x165/0x270\n__alloc_skb+0x129/0x330\nnetlink_sendmsg+0x9b1/0xe30\nsock_sendmsg+0xde/0x190\n____sys_sendmsg+0x739/0x920\n___sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x1b0\n__sys_sendmsg+0xf7/0x1c0\ndo_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\nFreed by task 9176:\nkasan_save_stack+0x22/0x40\nkasan_set_track+0x25/0x30\nkasan_save_free_info+0x2b/0x40\n____kasan_slab_free+0x160/0x1c0\nslab_free_freelist_hook+0x11b/0x220\nkmem_cache_free+0xf0/0x490\nskb_free_head+0x17f/0x1b0\nskb_release_data+0x59c/0x850\nconsume_skb+0xd2/0x170\nnetlink_unicast+0x54f/0x7f0\nnetlink_sendmsg+0x926/0xe30\nsock_sendmsg+0xde/0x190\n____sys_sendmsg+0x739/0x920\n___sys_sendmsg+0x110/0x1b0\n__sys_sendmsg+0xf7/0x1c0\ndo_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\nThe buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88802e08ed00\nwhich belongs to the cache skbuff_small_head of size 640\nThe buggy address is located 194 bytes inside of\nfreed 640-byte region [ffff88802e08ed00, ffff88802e08ef80)\n\nAs commit f855691975bb (\"xfrm6: Fix the nexthdr offset in\n_decode_session6.\") showed, xfrm_decode_session was originally intended\nonly for the receive path. IP6CB(skb)-\u003enhoff is not set during\ntransmission. Therefore, set the cb field in the skb to 0 before\nsending packets."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-53821",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:46:07.850",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-12-09T16:17:20.877",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred"
}



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