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net: netlink: af_netlink: Prevent empty skb by adding a check on len.

Published Jun 19, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lts-xenial Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-vmware Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

net: netlink: af_netlink: Prevent empty skb by adding a check on len.

Adding a check on len parameter to avoid empty skb. This prevents a
division error in netem_enqueue function which is caused when skb->len=0
and skb->data_len=0 in the randomized corruption step as shown below.

skb->data[prandom_u32() % skb_headlen(skb)] ^= 1<<(prandom_u32() % 8);

Crash Report:
[ 343.170349] netdevsim netdevsim0 netdevsim3: set [1, 0] type 2 family
0 port 6081 - 0
[ 343.216110] netem: version 1.3
[ 343.235841] divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN NOPTI
[ 343.236680] CPU: 3 PID: 4288 Comm: reproducer Not tainted 5.16.0-rc1+
[ 343.237569] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996),
BIOS 1.11.0-2.el7 04/01/2014
[ 343.238707] RIP: 0010:netem_enqueue+0x1590/0x33c0 [sch_netem]
[ 343.239499] Code: 89 85 58 ff ff ff e8 5f 5d e9 d3 48 8b b5 48 ff ff
ff 8b 8d 50 ff ff ff 8b 85 58 ff ff ff 48 8b bd 70 ff ff ff 31 d2 2b 4f
74 <f7> f1 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 49 01 d5 4c 89 e9 48 c1 e9 03
[ 343.241883] RSP: 0018:ffff88800bcd7368 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 343.242589] RAX: 00000000ba7c0a9c RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX:
0000000000000000
[ 343.243542] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff88800f8edb10 RDI:
ffff88800f8eda40
[ 343.244474] RBP: ffff88800bcd7458 R08: 0000000000000000 R09:
ffffffff94fb8445
[ 343.245403] R10: ffffffff94fb8336 R11: ffffffff94fb8445 R12:
0000000000000000
[ 343.246355] R13: ffff88800a5a7000 R14: ffff88800a5b5800 R15:
0000000000000020
[ 343.247291] FS: 00007fdde2bd7700(0000) GS:ffff888109780000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 343.248350] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 343.249120] CR2: 00000000200000c0 CR3: 000000000ef4c000 CR4:
00000000000006e0
[ 343.250076] Call Trace:
[ 343.250423] <TASK>
[ 343.250713] ? memcpy+0x4d/0x60
[ 343.251162] ? netem_init+0xa0/0xa0 [sch_netem]
[ 343.251795] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x21/0x60
[ 343.252443] netem_enqueue+0xe28/0x33c0 [sch_netem]
[ 343.253102] ? stack_trace_save+0x87/0xb0
[ 343.253655] ? filter_irq_stacks+0xb0/0xb0
[ 343.254220] ? netem_init+0xa0/0xa0 [sch_netem]
[ 343.254837] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20
[ 343.255418] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x88/0xd6
[ 343.255953] dev_qdisc_enqueue+0x50/0x180
[ 343.256508] __dev_queue_xmit+0x1a7e/0x3090
[ 343.257083] ? netdev_core_pick_tx+0x300/0x300
[ 343.257690] ? check_kcov_mode+0x10/0x40
[ 343.258219] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x29/0x40
[ 343.258899] ? __kasan_init_slab_obj+0x24/0x30
[ 343.259529] ? setup_object.isra.71+0x23/0x90
[ 343.260121] ? new_slab+0x26e/0x4b0
[ 343.260609] ? kasan_poison+0x3a/0x50
[ 343.261118] ? kasan_unpoison+0x28/0x50
[ 343.261637] ? __kasan_slab_alloc+0x71/0x90
[ 343.262214] ? memcpy+0x4d/0x60
[ 343.262674] ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
[ 343.263209] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20
[ 343.263802] ? __skb_clone+0x5d6/0x840
[ 343.264329] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x21/0x60
[ 343.264958] dev_queue_xmit+0x1c/0x20
[ 343.265470] netlink_deliver_tap+0x652/0x9c0
[ 343.266067] netlink_unicast+0x5a0/0x7f0
[ 343.266608] ? netlink_attachskb+0x860/0x860
[ 343.267183] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x21/0x60
[ 343.267820] ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
[ 343.268367] netlink_sendmsg+0x922/0xe80
[ 343.268899] ? netlink_unicast+0x7f0/0x7f0
[ 343.269472] ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0x21/0x60
[ 343.270099] ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
[ 343.270644] ? netlink_unicast+0x7f0/0x7f0
[ 343.271210] sock_sendmsg+0x155/0x190
[ 343.271721] ____sys_sendmsg+0x75f/0x8f0
[ 343.272262] ? kernel_sendmsg+0x60/0x60
[ 343.272788] ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
[ 343.273332] ? write_comp_data+0x2f/0x90
[ 343.273869] ___sys_sendmsg+0x10f/0x190
[ 343.274405] ? sendmsg_copy_msghdr+0x80/0x80
[ 343.274984] ? slab_post_alloc_hook+0x70/0x230
[ 343.275597] ? futex_wait_setup+0x240/0x240
[ 343.276175] ? security_file_alloc+0x3e/0x170
[ 343.276779] ? write_comp_d
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.11 4.4.296

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.15.15-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.15.15-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.15.15-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-105.119 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1069.73 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1073.76 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1032.35 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1068.72 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1037.38 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1018.20 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1059.62 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1067.72 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1056.63 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-169.177 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1121.129 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1069.73~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1131.144 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1073.76~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1116.130 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1068.72~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-105.119~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1018.20~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1107.109 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1087.95 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1067.72~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1056.63~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1069.73+fips2 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1073.76+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1046.52 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1067.71~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2061.63 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2043.47 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1078.87 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2026.28 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips 4.4.0-1111.118 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux 4.4.0-266.300 USN-7332-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1179.194 USN-7332-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1120.128~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1131.144~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1116.130~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-169.177~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.4.0-1142.153 USN-7332-2
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1087.95~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1141.147 USN-7332-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1131.144~14.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-266.300~14.04.1 USN-7332-3
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.3.0-427.31.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:5363
RHEL 9 rv +64 5.14.0-427.31.1.el9_4 RHSA-2024:5363

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 9 bpftool 7.3.0-427.31.1.el9_4 ALSA-2024:5363
AlmaLinux 9 rv +60 5.14.0-427.31.1.el9_4 ALSA-2024:5363

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 9 kernel 5.14.0-427.31.1.el9_4 RLSA-2024:5363
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.63.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-docs 5.14.21-150500.55.73.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-docs 4.12.14-122.225.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +3 4.12.14-122.225.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.225.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1
SLE Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-rt +3 4.12.14-10.197.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2892-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.64.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_17 +1 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1, SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.225.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_59 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.64.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dtb-aarch64 +9 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.63.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-docs 5.14.21-150500.55.73.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.64.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.64.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 kernel-livepatch-4.14.262-200.489 1.0-0.amzn2 ALAS2-2022-1749
Amazon Linux 2 perf +8 4.14.262-200.489.amzn2 ALAS2-2022-1749

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 bpftool 7.3.0-427.31.1.el9_4 ELSA-2024-5363
Oracle Linux 9 rv +27 5.14.0-427.31.1.el9_4 ELSA-2024-5363

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