CVE-2023-52527

/// Technical description

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

ipv4, ipv6: Fix handling of transhdrlen in __ip{,6}_append_data()

Including the transhdrlen in length is a problem when the packet is

partially filled (e.g. something like send(MSG_MORE) happened previously)

when appending to an IPv4 or IPv6 packet as we don't want to repeat the

transport header or account for it twice. This can happen under some

circumstances, such as splicing into an L2TP socket.

The symptom observed is a warning in __ip6_append_data():

WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 5042 at net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1800 __ip6_append_data.isra.0+0x1be8/0x47f0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1800

that occurs when MSG_SPLICE_PAGES is used to append more data to an already

partially occupied skbuff. The warning occurs when 'copy' is larger than

the amount of data in the message iterator. This is because the requested

length includes the transport header length when it shouldn't. This can be

triggered by, for example:

sfd

/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

/// References