CVE-2023-53517
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)
tipc: do not update mtu if msg_max is too small in mtu negotiation
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: do not update mtu if msg_max is too small in mtu negotiation When doing link mtu negotiation, a malicious peer may send Activate msg with a very small mtu, e.g. 4 in Shuang's testing, without checking for the minimum mtu, l->mtu will be set to 4 in tipc_link_proto_rcv(), then n->links[bearer_id].mtu is set to 4294967228, which is a overflow of '4 - INT_H_SIZE - EMSG_OVERHEAD' in tipc_link_mss(). With tipc_link.mtu = 4, tipc_link_xmit() kept printing the warning: tipc: Too large msg, purging xmit list 1 5 0 40 4! tipc: Too large msg, purging xmit list 1 15 0 60 4! And with tipc_link_entry.mtu 4294967228, a huge skb was allocated in named_distribute(), and when purging it in tipc_link_xmit(), a crash was even caused: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x2100001011000dd: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.3.0.neta #19 RIP: 0010:kfree_skb_list_reason+0x7e/0x1f0 Call Trace: <IRQ> skb_release_data+0xf9/0x1d0 kfree_skb_reason+0x40/0x100 tipc_link_xmit+0x57a/0x740 [tipc] tipc_node_xmit+0x16c/0x5c0 [tipc] tipc_named_node_up+0x27f/0x2c0 [tipc] tipc_node_write_unlock+0x149/0x170 [tipc] tipc_rcv+0x608/0x740 [tipc] tipc_udp_recv+0xdc/0x1f0 [tipc] udp_queue_rcv_one_skb+0x33e/0x620 udp_unicast_rcv_skb.isra.72+0x75/0x90 __udp4_lib_rcv+0x56d/0xc20 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x100/0x2d0 This patch fixes it by checking the new mtu against tipc_bearer_min_mtu(), and not updating mtu if it is too small.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ed193ece2649c194a87a9d8470195760d367c075 | affected | git | 2bd4ff4ffb92113f8acd04dbaed83269172c24b4 | Unavailable | None listed |
| ed193ece2649c194a87a9d8470195760d367c075 | affected | git | 575e84d90a74c0b091b3417ba763ebb237aa0a8c | Unavailable | None listed |
| ed193ece2649c194a87a9d8470195760d367c075 | affected | git | 259683001d7e879fea4b42084fb6560dd9408a7e | Unavailable | None listed |
| ed193ece2649c194a87a9d8470195760d367c075 | affected | git | 1dd7ae5e0cf5a56e513f7ab7ab9570b7496281d2 | Unavailable | None listed |
| ed193ece2649c194a87a9d8470195760d367c075 | affected | git | 56077b56cd3fb78e1c8619e29581ba25a5c55e86 | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 4.1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.10.181 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.113 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.30 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.3.4 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.3.* | None listed |
| 6.4 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |