CVE-2021-47515
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: seg6: fix the iif in the IPv6 socket control block When an IPv4 packet is received, the ip_rcv_core(...) sets the receiving interface index into the IPv4 socket control block…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.75%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: seg6: fix the iif in the IPv6 socket control block When an IPv4 packet is received, the ip_rcv_core(...) sets the receiving interface index into the IPv4 socket control block (v5.16-rc4, net/ipv4/ip_input.c line 510): IPCB(skb)->iif = skb->skb_iif; If that IPv4 packet is meant to be encapsulated in an outer IPv6+SRH header, the seg6_do_srh_encap(...) performs the required encapsulation. In this case, the seg6_do_srh_encap function clears the IPv6 socket control block (v5.16-rc4 net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c line 163): memset(IP6CB(skb), 0, sizeof(*IP6CB(skb))); The memset(...) was introduced in commit ef489749aae5 ("ipv6: sr: clear IP6CB(skb) on SRH ip4ip6 encapsulation") a long time ago (2019-01-29). Since the IPv6 socket control block and the IPv4 socket control block share the same memory area (skb->cb), the receiving interface index info is lost (IP6CB(skb)->iif is set to zero). As a side effect, that condition triggers a NULL pointer dereference if commit 0857d6f8c759 ("ipv6: When forwarding count rx stats on the orig netdev") is applied. To fix that issue, we set the IP6CB(skb)->iif with the index of the receiving interface once again.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.75% probability · 53th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6431e71093f3da586a00c6d931481ffb0dc2db0ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/666521b3852d2b2f52d570f9122b1e4b50d96831Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98adb2bbfa407c9290bda299d4c6f7a1c4ebd5e1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae68d93354e5bf5191ee673982251864ea24dd5cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b16d412e5f79734033df04e97d7ea2f50a8e9fe3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef8804e47c0a44ae106ead1740408af5ea6c6ee9Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6431e71093f3da586a00c6d931481ffb0dc2db0ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/666521b3852d2b2f52d570f9122b1e4b50d96831Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98adb2bbfa407c9290bda299d4c6f7a1c4ebd5e1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae68d93354e5bf5191ee673982251864ea24dd5cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b16d412e5f79734033df04e97d7ea2f50a8e9fe3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef8804e47c0a44ae106ead1740408af5ea6c6ee9Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.