GHSA-4Q45-QQ5W-X2FJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-03 18:31 – Updated: 2026-07-14 15:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: fix Content-Length u32 truncation in sip_help_tcp()

sip_help_tcp() parses the SIP Content-Length header with simple_strtoul(), which returns unsigned long, but stores the result in unsigned int clen. On 64-bit systems, values exceeding UINT_MAX are silently truncated before computing the SIP message boundary.

For example, Content-Length 4294967328 (2^32 + 32) is truncated to 32, causing the parser to miscalculate where the current message ends. The loop then treats trailing data in the TCP segment as a second SIP message and processes it through the SDP parser.

Fix this by changing clen to unsigned long to match the return type of simple_strtoul(), and reject Content-Length values that exceed the remaining TCP payload length.

Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
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  "aliases": [
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: fix Content-Length u32 truncation in sip_help_tcp()\n\nsip_help_tcp() parses the SIP Content-Length header with\nsimple_strtoul(), which returns unsigned long, but stores the result in\nunsigned int clen.  On 64-bit systems, values exceeding UINT_MAX are\nsilently truncated before computing the SIP message boundary.\n\nFor example, Content-Length 4294967328 (2^32 + 32) is truncated to 32,\ncausing the parser to miscalculate where the current message ends.  The\nloop then treats trailing data in the TCP segment as a second SIP\nmessage and processes it through the SDP parser.\n\nFix this by changing clen to unsigned long to match the return type of\nsimple_strtoul(), and reject Content-Length values that exceed the\nremaining TCP payload length.",
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  "modified": "2026-07-14T15:31:46Z",
  "published": "2026-04-03T18:31:22Z",
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