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CVE-2026-98372

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: iptfs: fix stack OOB read in iptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk() iptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk() advances to the fragment containing @offset with an unbounded loop: while (offset >= walk->past + walk->frags[walk->fragi].len) walk->past += walk->frags[walk->fragi++].len; walk->fragi is advanced and walk->frags[walk->fragi] is dereferenced without ever checking fragi against walk->nr_frags. When the requested offset is at or beyond the total length spanned by the walk's fragments, fragi runs past nr_frags and off the end of the fixed-size on-stack frags[MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1] array, reading out-of-bounds stack memory. The two callers behave differently: iptfs_skb_add_frags() already guards against this with if (!walk->nr_frags || offset >= walk->total + walk->initial_offset) return len; but iptfs_skb_can_add_frags() has no such guard and calls iptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk() unconditionally, so it performs the out-of-range walk. Its own "fragi < walk->nr_frags" bound check runs only afterwards, too late to prevent the read. This is reachable from the receive path: a crafted IP-TFS (AGGFRAG) payload delivered to an IPTFS SA drives iptfs_reassem_cont() -> iptfs_skb_can_add_frags() with an offset past the fragment total, e.g.: BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in iptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk+0x235/0x250 Read of size 4 at addr ffff888008ad7210 by task repro/345 iptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk+0x235/0x250 net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c:392 iptfs_skb_can_add_frags+0x155/0x310 net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c:420 iptfs_reassem_cont+0xcf8/0x1140 net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c:902 iptfs_input_ordered+0x552/0x670 net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c:1280 iptfs_input+0x3d6/0xde0 net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c:1741 xfrm_input+0x282f/0x6140 net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c:700 xfrm4_esp_rcv+0x93/0x120 net/ipv4/xfrm4_protocol.c:104 ip_rcv+0x278/0x2d0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:612 Give iptfs_skb_can_add_frags() the same up-front guard that iptfs_skb_add_frags() already has, so the walk is never entered with an out-of-range offset. When it triggers, the caller falls back to the existing linearize-and-copy path, which is safe.

Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-10-06 09:18:31.743000
Last modified
2026-10-19 10:18:40.427000
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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-98372",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-06T09:18:31.743",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:18:40.427",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfrm: iptfs: fix stack OOB read in iptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk()\n\niptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk() advances to the fragment containing @offset\nwith an unbounded loop:\n\n\twhile (offset >= walk->past + walk->frags[walk->fragi].len)\n\t\twalk->past += walk->frags[walk->fragi++].len;\n\nwalk->fragi is advanced and walk->frags[walk->fragi] is dereferenced\nwithout ever checking fragi against walk->nr_frags. When the requested\noffset is at or beyond the total length spanned by the walk's fragments,\nfragi runs past nr_frags and off the end of the fixed-size on-stack\nfrags[MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1] array, reading out-of-bounds stack memory.\n\nThe two callers behave differently: iptfs_skb_add_frags() already guards\nagainst this with\n\n\tif (!walk->nr_frags ||\n\t    offset >= walk->total + walk->initial_offset)\n\t\treturn len;\n\nbut iptfs_skb_can_add_frags() has no such guard and calls\niptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk() unconditionally, so it performs the\nout-of-range walk. Its own \"fragi < walk->nr_frags\" bound check runs only\nafterwards, too late to prevent the read.\n\nThis is reachable from the receive path: a crafted IP-TFS (AGGFRAG)\npayload delivered to an IPTFS SA drives iptfs_reassem_cont() ->\niptfs_skb_can_add_frags() with an offset past the fragment total, e.g.:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in iptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk+0x235/0x250\n  Read of size 4 at addr ffff888008ad7210 by task repro/345\n   iptfs_skb_reset_frag_walk+0x235/0x250 net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c:392\n   iptfs_skb_can_add_frags+0x155/0x310  net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c:420\n   iptfs_reassem_cont+0xcf8/0x1140      net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c:902\n   iptfs_input_ordered+0x552/0x670      net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c:1280\n   iptfs_input+0x3d6/0xde0              net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c:1741\n   xfrm_input+0x282f/0x6140             net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c:700\n   xfrm4_esp_rcv+0x93/0x120             net/ipv4/xfrm4_protocol.c:104\n   ip_rcv+0x278/0x2d0                   net/ipv4/ip_input.c:612\n\nGive iptfs_skb_can_add_frags() the same up-front guard that\niptfs_skb_add_frags() already has, so the walk is never entered with an\nout-of-range offset. When it triggers, the caller falls back to the\nexisting linearize-and-copy path, which is safe."
    }
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