CVE-2023-52767
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2023
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
tls: fix NULL deref on tls_sw_splice_eof() with empty record
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().
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5ad627faed136089e27bcd15e0c33760e575c8c3 | affected | git | 944900fe2736c07288efe2d9394db4d3ca23f2c9 | Unavailable | None listed |
| df720d288dbb1793e82b6ccbfc670ec871e9def4 | affected | git | 2214e2bb5489145aba944874d0ee1652a0a63dc8 | Unavailable | None listed |
| df720d288dbb1793e82b6ccbfc670ec871e9def4 | affected | git | 53f2cb491b500897a619ff6abd72f565933760f0 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.5 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.6.4 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.7 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |