MediumCVE-2023-52577

    Linux Kernel: Use of Uninitialized Memory (CVE-2023-52577)

    Published Sources: BSI, EUVD, CVE.org

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    What is affected, what to do

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dccp: fix dccp_v4_err()/dccp_v6_err() again dh->dccph_x is the 9th byte (offset 8) in "struct dccp_hdr", not in the "byte 7" as Jann claimed. We need to make sure the ICMP messages are big enough, using more standard ways (no more assumptions). syzbot reported: BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in pskb_may_pull_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:2667 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in pskb_may_pull include/linux/skbuff.h:2681 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in dccp_v6_err+0x426/0x1aa0 net/dccp/ipv6.c:94 pskb_may_pull_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:2667 [inline] pskb_may_pull include/linux/skbuff.h:2681 [inline] dccp_v6_err+0x426/0x1aa0 net/dccp/ipv6.c:94 icmpv6_notify+0x4c7/0x880 net/ipv6/icmp.c:867 icmpv6_rcv+0x19d5/0x30d0 ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xda6/0x2a60 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:438 ip6_input_finish net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:483 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:304 [inline] ip6_input+0x15d/0x430 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:492 ip6_mc_input+0xa7e/0xc80 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:586 dst_input include/net/dst.h:468 [inline] ip6_rcv_finish+0x5db/0x870 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:79 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:304 [inline] ipv6_rcv+0xda/0x390 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:310 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5523 [inline] __netif_receive_skb+0x1a6/0x5a0 net/core/dev.c:5637 netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:5723 [inline] netif_receive_skb+0x58/0x660 net/core/dev.c:5782 tun_rx_batched+0x83b/0x920 tun_get_user+0x564c/0x6940 drivers/net/tun.c:2002 tun_chr_write_iter+0x3af/0x5d0 drivers/net/tun.c:2048 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:1985 [inline] new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline] vfs_write+0x8ef/0x15c0 fs/read_write.c:584 ksys_write+0x20f/0x4c0 fs/read_write.c:637 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:649 [inline] __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:646 [inline] __x64_sys_write+0x93/0xd0 fs/read_write.c:646 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook+0x12f/0xb70 mm/slab.h:767 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x577/0xa80 mm/slub.c:3523 kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:559 __alloc_skb+0x318/0x740 net/core/skbuff.c:650 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1286 [inline] alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc8/0xbd0 net/core/skbuff.c:6313 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xa80/0xbf0 net/core/sock.c:2795 tun_alloc_skb drivers/net/tun.c:1531 [inline] tun_get_user+0x23cf/0x6940 drivers/net/tun.c:1846 tun_chr_write_iter+0x3af/0x5d0 drivers/net/tun.c:2048 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:1985 [inline] new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline] vfs_write+0x8ef/0x15c0 fs/read_write.c:584 ksys_write+0x20f/0x4c0 fs/read_write.c:637 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:649 [inline] __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:646 [inline] __x64_sys_write+0x93/0xd0 fs/read_write.c:646 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd CPU: 0 PID: 4995 Comm: syz-executor153 Not tainted 6.6.0-rc1-syzkaller-00014-ga747acc0b752 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/04/2023

    Update Linux Kernel to version 6.5, Linux Kernel to version 4.14.327, Linux Kernel to version 4.19.296.

    Affected
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.4.16..6.5
    • Linux Kernel lt 4.14.326..4.14.327
    • Linux Kernel lt 4.19.295..4.19.296
    • Linux Kernel lt 5.4.257..5.4.258
    • Linux Kernel lt 5.10.195..5.10.198
    • Linux Kernel lt 5.15.132..5.15.134
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.1.53..6.1.56
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.5.3..6.5.6
    Fixed in
    • Linux Kernel 6.5
    • Linux Kernel 4.14.327
    • Linux Kernel 4.19.296
    • Linux Kernel 5.4.258
    • Linux Kernel 5.10.198
    • Linux Kernel 5.15.134
    • Linux Kernel 6.1.56
    • Linux Kernel 6.5.6

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    Metrics

    5.5

    XIEM Effective CVSS

    Highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.

    Source: NVD, CVSS v3

    5.5

    CVSS v3

    Severity Medium on the scale from 0 to 10.

    Source: BSI, EUVD, CVE.org

    0.2 %

    EPSS score

    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.

    Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 15.4

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    Severity
    Medium
    Priority (0–325)

    The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?

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    33.90 Methodology
    Exploit maturity

    An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.

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    no public PoC known
    XIEM Effective CVSS

    XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.

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    5.5 Methodology
    CVSS v3

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    5.5
    EPSS score

    The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.

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    0.2 %
    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
    EPSS percentile

    The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.

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    15.4
    Elevated — this CVE ranks above at least 10% of all CVEs scored today.
    KEV status

    The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.

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    —
    Published
    CISA assessment (SSVC)
    Exploitation: none known · not automatable · Technical impact: partial
    Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 26 June 2024

    Detection rules

    No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

    Classification under NIS2 and CRA

    Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

    NIS2

    NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.

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    Handle the vulnerability in regular vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2.
    CRA

    The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.

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    From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
    ISO/IEC 27001

    ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.

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    Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

    Description

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dccp: fix dccp_v4_err()/dccp_v6_err() again dh->dccph_x is the 9th byte (offset 8) in "struct dccp_hdr", not in the "byte 7" as Jann claimed. We need to make sure the ICMP messages are big enough, using more standard ways (no more assumptions). syzbot reported: BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in pskb_may_pull_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:2667 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in pskb_may_pull include/linux/skbuff.h:2681 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in dccp_v6_err+0x426/0x1aa0 net/dccp/ipv6.c:94 pskb_may_pull_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:2667 [inline] pskb_may_pull include/linux/skbuff.h:2681 [inline] dccp_v6_err+0x426/0x1aa0 net/dccp/ipv6.c:94 icmpv6_notify+0x4c7/0x880 net/ipv6/icmp.c:867 icmpv6_rcv+0x19d5/0x30d0 ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xda6/0x2a60 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:438 ip6_input_finish net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:483 [inline] NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:304 [inline] ip6_input+0x15d/0x430 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:492 ip6_mc_input+0xa7e/0xc80 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:586 dst_input include/net/dst.h:468 [inline] ip6_rcv_finish+0x5db/0x870 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:79 NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:304 [inline] ipv6_rcv+0xda/0x390 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:310 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5523 [inline] __netif_receive_skb+0x1a6/0x5a0 net/core/dev.c:5637 netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:5723 [inline] netif_receive_skb+0x58/0x660 net/core/dev.c:5782 tun_rx_batched+0x83b/0x920 tun_get_user+0x564c/0x6940 drivers/net/tun.c:2002 tun_chr_write_iter+0x3af/0x5d0 drivers/net/tun.c:2048 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:1985 [inline] new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline] vfs_write+0x8ef/0x15c0 fs/read_write.c:584 ksys_write+0x20f/0x4c0 fs/read_write.c:637 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:649 [inline] __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:646 [inline] __x64_sys_write+0x93/0xd0 fs/read_write.c:646 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook+0x12f/0xb70 mm/slab.h:767 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x577/0xa80 mm/slub.c:3523 kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:559 __alloc_skb+0x318/0x740 net/core/skbuff.c:650 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1286 [inline] alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc8/0xbd0 net/core/skbuff.c:6313 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xa80/0xbf0 net/core/sock.c:2795 tun_alloc_skb drivers/net/tun.c:1531 [inline] tun_get_user+0x23cf/0x6940 drivers/net/tun.c:1846 tun_chr_write_iter+0x3af/0x5d0 drivers/net/tun.c:2048 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:1985 [inline] new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:491 [inline] vfs_write+0x8ef/0x15c0 fs/read_write.c:584 ksys_write+0x20f/0x4c0 fs/read_write.c:637 __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:649 [inline] __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:646 [inline] __x64_sys_write+0x93/0xd0 fs/read_write.c:646 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd CPU: 0 PID: 4995 Comm: syz-executor153 Not tainted 6.6.0-rc1-syzkaller-00014-ga747acc0b752 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/04/2023

    Source: BSI CSAF, BSI WID Portal, ENISA EUVD, cvelistv5, NVD (NIST)

    Affected products

    The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

    Affected products
    Affected versionsFixed in
    LinuxLinux
    • 6.5.3 – < 6.5.6
    • 6.4.16 – < 6.5
    • 6.1.53 – < 6.1.56
    • 4.19.295 – < 4.19.296
    • 5.10.195 – < 5.10.198
    • 5.4.257 – < 5.4.258
    • 4.14.326 – < 4.14.327
    • 5.15.132 – < 5.15.134
    • 6.5.6
    • 6.5
    • 6.1.56
    • 4.19.296
    • 5.10.198
    • 5.4.258
    • 4.14.327
    • 5.15.134

    Vendors and products

    Affected operating systems

    Affected operating systems
    Linuxlinuxlinux_kernel4.14.326
    Linuxlinuxlinux_kernel4.19.295
    Linuxlinuxlinux_kernel5.4.257
    Linuxlinuxlinux_kernel—

    References & sources

    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/4600beae416d754a3cedbb1ecea8181ec05073b6euvd, Patch
    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/62c218124fe58372e0e1f60d5b634d21c264b337euvd, Patch
    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/a6f4d582e25d512c9b492670b6608436694357b3euvd, Patch
    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/60d73c62e3e4464f375758b6f2459c13d46465b6euvd, Patch
    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/26df9ab5de308caa1503d937533c56c35793018deuvd, Patch
    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/73be49248a04746096339a48a33fa2f03bd85969euvd, Patch
    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/1512d8f45d3c5d0b5baa00bd8e600492fa569f40euvd, Patch
    • git.kernel.orgstable/c/6af289746a636f71f4c0535a9801774118486c7aeuvd, Patch
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