In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: openvswitch: fix overwriting ct original tuple for ICMPv6
OVS_PACKET_CMD_EXECUTE has 3 main attributes:
- OVS_PACKET_ATTR_KEY - Packet metadata in a netlink format.
- OVS_PACKET_ATTR_PACKET - Binary packet content.
- OVS_PACKET_ATTR_ACTIONS - Actions to execute on the packet.
OVS_PACKET_ATTR_KEY is parsed first to populate sw_flow_key structure
with the metadata like conntrack state, input port, recirculation id,
etc. Then the packet itself gets parsed to populate the rest of the
keys from the packet headers.
Whenever the packet parsing code starts parsing the ICMPv6 header, it
first zeroes out fields in the key corresponding to Neighbor Discovery
information even if it is not an ND packet.
It is an 'ipv6.nd' field. However, the 'ipv6' is a union that shares
the space between 'nd' and 'ct_orig' that holds the original tuple
conntrack metadata parsed from the OVS_PACKET_ATTR_KEY.
ND packets should not normally have conntrack state, so it's fine to
share the space, but normal ICMPv6 Echo packets or maybe other types of
ICMPv6 can have the state attached and it should not be overwritten.
The issue results in all but the last 4 bytes of the destination
address being wiped from the original conntrack tuple leading to
incorrect packet matching and potentially executing wrong actions
in case this packet recirculates within the datapath or goes back
to userspace.
ND fields should not be accessed in non-ND packets, so not clearing
them should be fine. Executing memset() only for actual ND packets to
avoid the issue.
Initializing the whole thing before parsing is needed because ND packet
may not contain all the options.
The issue only affects the OVS_PACKET_CMD_EXECUTE path and doesn't
affect packets entering OVS datapath from network interfaces, because
in this case CT metadata is populated from skb after the packet is
already parsed.
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Affected Vendors & Products
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History
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:30:00 +0000
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8 |
Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:45:00 +0000
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First Time appeared |
Redhat rhel Eus
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CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv |
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Vendors & Products |
Redhat rhel Eus
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Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 |
Tue, 24 Sep 2024 06:30:00 +0000
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv |
Fri, 16 Aug 2024 18:45:00 +0000
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
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CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Vendors & Products |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux |
MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2024-06-19T13:35:28.226Z
Updated: 2024-11-05T09:29:51.164Z
Reserved: 2024-06-18T19:36:34.921Z
Link: CVE-2024-38558
Vulnrichment
Updated: 2024-08-02T04:12:25.358Z
NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2024-06-19T14:15:15.983
Modified: 2024-11-21T09:26:20.560
Link: CVE-2024-38558
Redhat