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CVE-2023-52767
published 2024-05-21

CVE-2023-52767: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: fix NULL deref on tls_sw_splice_eof() with empty record syzkaller discovered that if…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.17%
6.8th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: fix NULL deref on tls_sw_splice_eof() with empty record syzkaller discovered that if tls_sw_splice_eof() is executed as part of sendfile() when the plaintext/ciphertext sk_msg are empty, the send path gets confused because the empty ciphertext buffer does not have enough space for the encryption overhead. This causes tls_push_record() to go on the `split = true` path (which is only supposed to be used when interacting with an attached BPF program), and then get further confused and hit the tls_merge_open_record() path, which then assumes that there must be at least one populated buffer element, leading to a NULL deref. It is possible to have empty plaintext/ciphertext buffers if we previously bailed from tls_sw_sendmsg_locked() via the tls_trim_both_msgs() path. tls_sw_push_pending_record() already handles this case correctly; let's do the same check in tls_sw_splice_eof().

Affected

10 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.82-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.82-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 5ad627faed136089e27bcd15e0c33760e575c8c3 < 944900fe2736c07288efe2d9394db4d3ca23f2c9944900fe2736c07288efe2d9394db4d3ca23f2c9
linuxlinux>= df720d288dbb1793e82b6ccbfc670ec871e9def4 < 2214e2bb5489145aba944874d0ee1652a0a63dc82214e2bb5489145aba944874d0ee1652a0a63dc8
linuxlinux>= df720d288dbb1793e82b6ccbfc670ec871e9def4 < 53f2cb491b500897a619ff6abd72f565933760f053f2cb491b500897a619ff6abd72f565933760f0
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.82-16.1.82-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.6.8-16.6.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.6.8-16.6.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.5 < 6.6.46.6.4

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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