5.5

CVE-2025-38465

netlink: Fix wraparounds of sk->sk_rmem_alloc.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netlink: Fix wraparounds of sk->sk_rmem_alloc.

Netlink has this pattern in some places

  if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) > sk->sk_rcvbuf)
  	atomic_add(skb->truesize, &sk->sk_rmem_alloc);

, which has the same problem fixed by commit 5a465a0da13e ("udp:
Fix multiple wraparounds of sk->sk_rmem_alloc.").

For example, if we set INT_MAX to SO_RCVBUFFORCE, the condition
is always false as the two operands are of int.

Then, a single socket can eat as many skb as possible until OOM
happens, and we can see multiple wraparounds of sk->sk_rmem_alloc.

Let's fix it by using atomic_add_return() and comparing the two
variables as unsigned int.

Before:
  [root@fedora ~]# ss -f netlink
  Recv-Q      Send-Q Local Address:Port                Peer Address:Port
  -1668710080 0               rtnl:nl_wraparound/293               *

After:
  [root@fedora ~]# ss -f netlink
  Recv-Q     Send-Q Local Address:Port                Peer Address:Port
  2147483072 0               rtnl:nl_wraparound/290               *
  ^
  `--- INT_MAX - 576
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 2.6.13 < 5.4.296
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.5 < 5.10.240
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.189
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.146
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.99
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.39
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.15.7
LinuxLinux Kernel Version2.6.12 Update-
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Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b8e18af7bea92f8b7fb92d40aeae729209db250
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55baecb9eb90238f60a8350660d6762046ebd3bd
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76602d8e13864524382b0687dc32cd8f19164d5a
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9da025150b7c14a8390fc06aea314c0a4011e82c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae8f160e7eb24240a2a79fc4c815c6a0d4ee16cc
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4ceaac5c5ba0b992ee1dc88e2a02421549e5c98
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd7ff61bfffd7000143c42bbffb85eeb792466d6
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd69af06101090eaa60b3d216ae715f9c0a58e5b
Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html