In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tipc: Change nla_policy for bearer-related names to NLA_NUL_STRING

syzbot reported the following uninit-value access issue [1]:

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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in strlen lib/string.c:418 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in strstr+0xb8/0x2f0 lib/string.c:756
strlen lib/string.c:418 [inline]
strstr+0xb8/0x2f0 lib/string.c:756
tipc_nl_node_reset_link_stats+0x3ea/0xb50 net/tipc/node.c:2595
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit net/netlink/genetlink.c:971 [inline]
genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1051 [inline]
genl_rcv_msg+0x11ec/0x1290 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1066
netlink_rcv_skb+0x371/0x650 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2545
genl_rcv+0x40/0x60 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1075
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1342 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0xf47/0x1250 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1368
netlink_sendmsg+0x1238/0x13d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1910
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:753 [inline]
____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 net/socket.c:2541
___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2595
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2624 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2633 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2631 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x490 net/socket.c:2631
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook+0x12f/0xb70 mm/slab.h:767
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x577/0xa80 mm/slub.c:3523
kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:559
__alloc_skb+0x318/0x740 net/core/skbuff.c:650
alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1286 [inline]
netlink_alloc_large_skb net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1214 [inline]
netlink_sendmsg+0xb34/0x13d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1885
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:753 [inline]
____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 net/socket.c:2541
___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2595
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2624 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2633 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2631 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x490 net/socket.c:2631
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

TIPC bearer-related names including link names must be null-terminated
strings. If a link name which is not null-terminated is passed through
netlink, strstr() and similar functions can cause buffer overrun. This
causes the above issue.

This patch changes the nla_policy for bearer-related names from NLA_STRING
to NLA_NUL_STRING. This resolves the issue by ensuring that only
null-terminated strings are accepted as bearer-related names.

syzbot reported similar uninit-value issue related to bearer names [2]. The
root cause of this issue is that a non-null-terminated bearer name was
passed. This patch also resolved this issue.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-908
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 08 Aug 2024 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T07:44:11.838Z

Reserved: 2024-05-21T15:19:24.254Z

Link: CVE-2023-52845

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:11:35.894Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-21T16:15:21.723

Modified: 2025-01-31T16:01:53.260

Link: CVE-2023-52845

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-05-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-52845 - Bugzilla

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