CVE-2021-47496
May 22, 2024, 12:46 p.m.
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Description
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=<negative error from crypto request>)
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.
Product(s) Impacted
Product | Versions |
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Linux kernel |
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Linux Kernel |
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Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.
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Published: May 22, 2024, 9:15 a.m.
Last Modified: May 22, 2024, 12:46 p.m.
Last Modified: May 22, 2024, 12:46 p.m.
Status : Awaiting Analysis
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