PT-2026-106701 · Linux · Linux
CVE-2026-98372
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Published
2026-10-06
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Updated
2026-10-06
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfrm: iptfs: fix stack OOB read in iptfs skb reset frag walk()
iptfs skb reset frag walk() advances to the fragment containing @offset
with an unbounded loop:
while (offset >= walk->past + walk->frags[walk->fragi].len)
walk->past += walk->frags[walk->fragi++].len;walk->fragi is advanced and walk->frags[walk->fragi] is dereferenced
without ever checking fragi against walk->nr frags. When the requested
offset is at or beyond the total length spanned by the walk's fragments,
fragi runs past nr frags and off the end of the fixed-size on-stack
frags[MAX SKB FRAGS + 1] array, reading out-of-bounds stack memory.
The two callers behave differently: iptfs skb add frags() already guards
against this with
if (!walk->nr frags ||
offset >= walk->total + walk->initial offset)
return len;but iptfs skb can add frags() has no such guard and calls
iptfs skb reset frag walk() unconditionally, so it performs the
out-of-range walk. Its own "fragi < walk->nr frags" bound check runs only
afterwards, too late to prevent the read.
This is reachable from the receive path: a crafted IP-TFS (AGGFRAG)
payload delivered to an IPTFS SA drives iptfs reassem cont() ->
iptfs skb can add frags() with an offset past the fragment total, e.g.:
BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in iptfs skb reset frag walk+0x235/0x250
Read of size 4 at addr ffff888008ad7210 by task repro/345
iptfs skb reset frag walk+0x235/0x250 net/xfrm/xfrm iptfs.c:392
iptfs skb can add frags+0x155/0x310 net/xfrm/xfrm iptfs.c:420
iptfs reassem cont+0xcf8/0x1140 net/xfrm/xfrm iptfs.c:902
iptfs input ordered+0x552/0x670 net/xfrm/xfrm iptfs.c:1280
iptfs input+0x3d6/0xde0 net/xfrm/xfrm iptfs.c:1741
xfrm input+0x282f/0x6140 net/xfrm/xfrm input.c:700
xfrm4 esp rcv+0x93/0x120 net/ipv4/xfrm4 protocol.c:104
ip rcv+0x278/0x2d0 net/ipv4/ip input.c:612
Give iptfs skb can add frags() the same up-front guard that
iptfs skb add frags() already has, so the walk is never entered with an
out-of-range offset. When it triggers, the caller falls back to the
existing linearize-and-copy path, which is safe.
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