CVE-2024-35841

net: tls, fix WARNIING in __sk_msg_free

Published May 17, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: tls, fix WARNIING in __sk_msg_free

A splice with MSG_SPLICE_PAGES will cause tls code to use the
tls_sw_sendmsg_splice path in the TLS sendmsg code to move the user
provided pages from the msg into the msg_pl. This will loop over the
msg until msg_pl is full, checked by sk_msg_full(msg_pl). The user
can also set the MORE flag to hint stack to delay sending until receiving
more pages and ideally a full buffer.

If the user adds more pages to the msg than can fit in the msg_pl
scatterlist (MAX_MSG_FRAGS) we should ignore the MORE flag and send
the buffer anyways.

What actually happens though is we abort the msg to msg_pl scatterlist
setup and then because we forget to set 'full record' indicating we
can no longer consume data without a send we fallthrough to the 'continue'
path which will check if msg_data_left(msg) has more bytes to send and
then attempts to fit them in the already full msg_pl. Then next
iteration of sender doing send will encounter a full msg_pl and throw
the warning in the syzbot report.

To fix simply check if we have a full_record in splice code path and
if not send the msg regardless of MORE flag.

Analysis

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-2 Linux kernel (ARM laptop) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-3 Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6818-4 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-3 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6819-4 Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-400
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 8:12 PM
Reserved
May 17, 2024, 1:50 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 17, 2024, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:35 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 17, 2024, 12:00 AM