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CVE-2021-47496
published 2024-05-22

CVE-2021-47496: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/tls: Fix flipped sign in tls_err_abort() calls sk->sk_err appears to expect a positive…

PriorityP339high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.22%
12.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/tls: Fix flipped sign in tls_err_abort() calls sk->sk_err appears to expect a positive value, a convention that ktls doesn't always follow and that leads to memory corruption in other code. For instance, [kworker] tls_encrypt_done(..., err=) tls_err_abort(.., err) sk->sk_err = err; [task] splice_from_pipe_feed ... tls_sw_do_sendpage if (sk->sk_err) { ret = -sk->sk_err; // ret is positive splice_from_pipe_feed (continued) ret = actor(...) // ret is still positive and interpreted as bytes // written, resulting in underflow of buf->len and // sd->len, leading to huge buf->offset and bogus // addresses computed in later calls to actor() Fix all tls_err_abort() callers to pass a negative error code consistently and centralize the error-prone sign flip there, throwing in a warning to catch future misuse and uninlining the function so it really does only warn once.

Affected

14 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 5.15.3-1 (bookworm)linux 5.15.3-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= c46234ebb4d1eee5e09819f49169e51cfc6eb909 < e0cfd5159f314d6b304d030363650b06a2299cbbe0cfd5159f314d6b304d030363650b06a2299cbb
linuxlinux>= c46234ebb4d1eee5e09819f49169e51cfc6eb909 < f3dec7e7ace38224f82cf83f0049159d067c2e19f3dec7e7ace38224f82cf83f0049159d067c2e19
linuxlinux>= c46234ebb4d1eee5e09819f49169e51cfc6eb909 < e41473543f75f7dbc5d605007e6f883f1bd13b9ae41473543f75f7dbc5d605007e6f883f1bd13b9a
linuxlinux>= c46234ebb4d1eee5e09819f49169e51cfc6eb909 < da353fac65fede6b8b4cfe207f0d9408e3121105da353fac65fede6b8b4cfe207f0d9408e3121105
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.84-15.10.84-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.3-15.15.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.3-15.15.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.3-15.15.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.17 < 5.4.1575.4.157
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.14.165.14.16
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5 < 5.10.775.10.77

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
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