Linux kernel: Exploitable memory corruption due to UFO to non-UFO path switch. When building a UFO packet with MSG_MORE __ip_append_data() calls ip_ufo_append_data() to append. However in between two send() calls, the append path can be switched from UFO to non-UFO one, which leads to a memory corruption. In case UFO packet lengths exceeds MTU, copy = maxfraglen - skb->len becomes negative on the non-UFO path and the branch to allocate new skb is taken. This triggers fragmentation and computation of fraggap = skb_prev->len - maxfraglen. Fraggap can exceed MTU, causing copy = datalen - transhdrlen - fraggap to become negative. Subsequently skb_copy_and_csum_bits() writes out-of-bounds. A similar issue is present in IPv6 code. The bug was introduced in e89e9cf539a2 ("[IPv4/IPv6]: UFO Scatter-gather approach") on Oct 18 2005.
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DSA-3981-1 | linux security update |
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USN-3384-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-3384-2 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
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USN-3385-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-3385-2 | Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities |
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USN-3386-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
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USN-3386-2 | Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T21:53:06.785Z
Reserved: 2017-10-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-1000112

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-10-05T01:29:04.477
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2017-1000112


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