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FKIE_CVE-2021-47515

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-05-24 15:15 - Updated: 2026-08-04 10:17
Summary
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.

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      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: seg6: corrige el iif en el bloque de control del socket IPv6 Cuando se recibe un paquete IPv4, ip_rcv_core(...) establece el \u00edndice de la interfaz de recepci\u00f3n en el bloque de control del socket IPv4 (v5 .16-rc4, net/ipv4/ip_input.c l\u00ednea 510): IPCB(skb)-\u0026gt;iif = skb-\u0026gt;skb_iif; Si ese paquete IPv4 debe encapsularse en un encabezado IPv6+SRH externo, seg6_do_srh_encap(...) realiza la encapsulaci\u00f3n requerida. En este caso, la funci\u00f3n seg6_do_srh_encap borra el bloque de control del socket IPv6 (v5.16-rc4 net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c l\u00ednea 163): memset(IP6CB(skb), 0, sizeof(*IP6CB(skb))); El memset(...) se introdujo en El commit ef489749aae5 (\"ipv6: sr: clear IP6CB(skb) en la encapsulaci\u00f3n SRH ip4ip6\") hace mucho tiempo (29 de enero de 2019). Dado que el bloque de control del socket IPv6 y el bloque de control del socket IPv4 comparten la misma \u00e1rea de memoria (skb-\u0026gt;cb), la informaci\u00f3n del \u00edndice de la interfaz de recepci\u00f3n se pierde (IP6CB(skb)-\u0026gt;iif se establece en cero). Como efecto secundario, esa condici\u00f3n desencadena una desreferencia del puntero NULL si se aplica el commit 0857d6f8c759 (\"ipv6: al reenviar estad\u00edsticas de recuento de rx en el netdev original\"). Para solucionar ese problema, configuramos IP6CB(skb)-\u0026gt;iif con el \u00edndice de la interfaz de recepci\u00f3n una vez m\u00e1s."
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