Linux Kernel up to 6.6.47/6.10.6 igb MAX_SKB_FRAGS buffer overflow

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.47/6.10.6. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component igb. The manipulation of the argument MAX_SKB_FRAGS results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-45030. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.47/6.10.6. Affected is an unknown function of the component igb. The manipulation of the argument MAX_SKB_FRAGS with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igb: cope with large MAX_SKB_FRAGS Sabrina reports that the igb driver does not cope well with large MAX_SKB_FRAG values: setting MAX_SKB_FRAG to 45 causes payload corruption on TX. An easy reproducer is to run ssh to connect to the machine. With MAX_SKB_FRAGS=17 it works, with MAX_SKB_FRAGS=45 it fails. This has been reported originally in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2265320 The root cause of the issue is that the driver does not take into account properly the (possibly large) shared info size when selecting the ring layout, and will try to fit two packets inside the same 4K page even when the 1st fraglist will trump over the 2nd head. Address the issue by checking if 2K buffers are insufficient.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-45030 since 08/21/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/09/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208425 (SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:3553-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.6.48 or 6.10.7 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 8ea80ff5d829/b52bd8bcb9e8/8aba27c4a502 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208425). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.6.23
• 6.6.24
• 6.6.25
• 6.6.26
• 6.6.27
• 6.6.28
• 6.6.29
• 6.6.30
• 6.6.31
• 6.6.32
• 6.6.33
• 6.6.34
• 6.6.35
• 6.6.36
• 6.6.37
• 6.6.38
• 6.6.39
• 6.6.40
• 6.6.41
• 6.6.42
• 6.6.43
• 6.6.44
• 6.6.45
• 6.6.46
• 6.6.47
• 6.10.0
• 6.10.1
• 6.10.2
• 6.10.3
• 6.10.4
• 6.10.5
• 6.10.6

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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