GHSA-X5Q2-QQWH-X9RV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-29 09:36 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tun: add missing verification for short frame
The cited commit missed to check against the validity of the frame length in the tun_xdp_one() path, which could cause a corrupted skb to be sent downstack. Even before the skb is transmitted, the tun_xdp_one-->eth_type_trans() may access the Ethernet header although it can be less than ETH_HLEN. Once transmitted, this could either cause out-of-bound access beyond the actual length, or confuse the underlayer with incorrect or inconsistent header length in the skb metadata.
In the alternative path, tun_get_user() already prohibits short frame which has the length less than Ethernet header size from being transmitted for IFF_TAP.
This is to drop any frame shorter than the Ethernet header size just like how tun_get_user() does.
CVE: CVE-2024-41091
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-41091"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-125"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-07-29T07:15:07Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntun: add missing verification for short frame\n\nThe cited commit missed to check against the validity of the frame length\nin the tun_xdp_one() path, which could cause a corrupted skb to be sent\ndownstack. Even before the skb is transmitted, the\ntun_xdp_one--\u003eeth_type_trans() may access the Ethernet header although it\ncan be less than ETH_HLEN. Once transmitted, this could either cause\nout-of-bound access beyond the actual length, or confuse the underlayer\nwith incorrect or inconsistent header length in the skb metadata.\n\nIn the alternative path, tun_get_user() already prohibits short frame which\nhas the length less than Ethernet header size from being transmitted for\nIFF_TAP.\n\nThis is to drop any frame shorter than the Ethernet header size just like\nhow tun_get_user() does.\n\nCVE: CVE-2024-41091",
"id": "GHSA-x5q2-qqwh-x9rv",
"modified": "2025-11-04T00:30:59Z",
"published": "2024-07-29T09:36:14Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41091"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/049584807f1d797fc3078b68035450a9769eb5c3"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32b0aaba5dbc85816898167d9b5d45a22eae82e9"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/589382f50b4a5d90d16d8bc9dcbc0e927a3e39b2"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6100e0237204890269e3f934acfc50d35fd6f319"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8418f55302fa1d2eeb73e16e345167e545c598a5"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9d1c27e2ee3b0ea5d40c105d6e728fc114470bb"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad6b3f622ccfb4bfedfa53b6ebd91c3d1d04f146"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5ad89b7d01ed4e66fd04734fc63d6e78536692a"
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"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
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