CVE-2026-98531
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: sr: enforce exact attribute length for SEG6_ATTR_DST In seg6_genl_policy, SEG6_ATTR_DST is defined with .type = NLA_BINARY and .len = sizeof(struct in6_addr). For NLA_BINARY, .len only enforces the maximum payload length and permits shorter payloads (e.g., 0 bytes). When seg6_genl_set_tunsrc() copies sizeof(struct in6_addr) bytes via kmemdup(val, sizeof(*val), GFP_KERNEL), a short SEG6_ATTR_DST attribute triggers a 16-byte out-of-bounds read past skb->tail into uninitialized skb->head memory, which is stored in sdata->tun_src and leaked back to userspace via SEG6_CMD_GET_TUNSRC. Switch SEG6_ATTR_DST in seg6_genl_policy to NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(sizeof(struct in6_addr)) so that generic netlink validation rejects any attribute whose length is not exactly sizeof(struct in6_addr) with -ERANGE. Tested in QEMU against Linux 7.3.0-rc3 by sending a SEG6_CMD_SET_TUNSRC Generic Netlink message with a 0-byte SEG6_ATTR_DST attribute followed by SEG6_CMD_GET_TUNSRC. On the unfixed kernel, SEG6_CMD_SET_TUNSRC succeeds (err = 0) and SEG6_CMD_GET_TUNSRC leaks 16 bytes of uninitialized kernel heap memory (tun_src = 836a61ecc4d25a1042a8d60411cfb378); with this patch applied, SEG6_CMD_SET_TUNSRC is rejected by netlink policy validation with -ERANGE (-34) and tun_src remains zeroed.
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-10-18 16:17:04.653000
Last modified
2026-10-19 10:19:08.527000
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"published": "2026-10-18T16:17:04.653",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: sr: enforce exact attribute length for SEG6_ATTR_DST\n\nIn seg6_genl_policy, SEG6_ATTR_DST is defined with .type = NLA_BINARY and\n.len = sizeof(struct in6_addr). For NLA_BINARY, .len only enforces the\nmaximum payload length and permits shorter payloads (e.g., 0 bytes).\nWhen seg6_genl_set_tunsrc() copies sizeof(struct in6_addr) bytes via\nkmemdup(val, sizeof(*val), GFP_KERNEL), a short SEG6_ATTR_DST attribute\ntriggers a 16-byte out-of-bounds read past skb->tail into uninitialized\nskb->head memory, which is stored in sdata->tun_src and leaked back to\nuserspace via SEG6_CMD_GET_TUNSRC.\n\nSwitch SEG6_ATTR_DST in seg6_genl_policy to\nNLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(sizeof(struct in6_addr)) so that generic netlink\nvalidation rejects any attribute whose length is not exactly\nsizeof(struct in6_addr) with -ERANGE.\n\nTested in QEMU against Linux 7.3.0-rc3 by sending a SEG6_CMD_SET_TUNSRC\nGeneric Netlink message with a 0-byte SEG6_ATTR_DST attribute followed\nby SEG6_CMD_GET_TUNSRC. On the unfixed kernel, SEG6_CMD_SET_TUNSRC\nsucceeds (err = 0) and SEG6_CMD_GET_TUNSRC leaks 16 bytes of\nuninitialized kernel heap memory (tun_src =\n836a61ecc4d25a1042a8d60411cfb378); with this patch applied,\nSEG6_CMD_SET_TUNSRC is rejected by netlink policy validation with\n-ERANGE (-34) and tun_src remains zeroed."
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