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net: test for not too small csum_start in virtio_net_hdr_to_skb()

Published Oct 21, 2024 · Updated May 23, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

net: test for not too small csum_start in virtio_net_hdr_to_skb()

syzbot was able to trigger this warning [1], after injecting a
malicious packet through af_packet, setting skb->csum_start and thus
the transport header to an incorrect value.

We can at least make sure the transport header is after
the end of the network header (with a estimated minimal size).

[1]
[ 67.873027] skb len=4096 headroom=16 headlen=14 tailroom=0
mac=(-1,-1) mac_len=0 net=(16,-6) trans=10
shinfo(txflags=0 nr_frags=1 gso(size=0 type=0 segs=0))
csum(0xa start=10 offset=0 ip_summed=3 complete_sw=0 valid=0 level=0)
hash(0x0 sw=0 l4=0) proto=0x0800 pkttype=0 iif=0
priority=0x0 mark=0x0 alloc_cpu=10 vlan_all=0x0
encapsulation=0 inner(proto=0x0000, mac=0, net=0, trans=0)
[ 67.877172] dev name=veth0_vlan feat=0x000061164fdd09e9
[ 67.877764] sk family=17 type=3 proto=0
[ 67.878279] skb linear: 00000000: 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 0f 00 00 00 08 00
[ 67.879128] skb frag: 00000000: 0e 00 07 00 00 00 28 00 08 80 1c 00 04 00 00 02
[ 67.879877] skb frag: 00000010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 67.880647] skb frag: 00000020: 00 00 02 00 00 00 08 00 1b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 67.881156] skb frag: 00000030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 67.881753] skb frag: 00000040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 67.882173] skb frag: 00000050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 67.882790] skb frag: 00000060: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 67.883171] skb frag: 00000070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 67.883733] skb frag: 00000080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 67.884206] skb frag: 00000090: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 69 70 76 6c 61 6e
[ 67.884704] skb frag: 000000a0: 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2b 00 00 00 00 00
[ 67.885139] skb frag: 000000b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 67.885677] skb frag: 000000c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 67.886042] skb frag: 000000d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 67.886408] skb frag: 000000e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 67.887020] skb frag: 000000f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 67.887384] skb frag: 00000100: 00 00
[ 67.887878] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 67.887908] offset (-6) >= skb_headlen() (14)
[ 67.888445] WARNING: CPU: 10 PID: 2088 at net/core/dev.c:3332 skb_checksum_help (net/core/dev.c:3332 (discriminator 2))
[ 67.889353] Modules linked in: macsec macvtap macvlan hsr wireguard curve25519_x86_64 libcurve25519_generic libchacha20poly1305 chacha_x86_64 libchacha poly1305_x86_64 dummy bridge sr_mod cdrom evdev pcspkr i2c_piix4 9pnet_virtio 9p 9pnet netfs
[ 67.890111] CPU: 10 UID: 0 PID: 2088 Comm: b363492833 Not tainted 6.11.0-virtme #1011
[ 67.890183] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
[ 67.890309] RIP: 0010:skb_checksum_help (net/core/dev.c:3332 (discriminator 2))
[ 67.891043] Call Trace:
[ 67.891173] <TASK>
[ 67.891274] ? __warn (kernel/panic.c:741)
[ 67.891320] ? skb_checksum_help (net/core/dev.c:3332 (discriminator 2))
[ 67.891333] ? report_bug (lib/bug.c:180 lib/bug.c:219)
[ 67.891348] ? handle_bug (arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:239)
[ 67.891363] ? exc_invalid_op (arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:260 (discriminator 1))
[ 67.891372] ? asm_exc_invalid_op (./arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:621)
[ 67.891388] ? skb_checksum_help (net/core/dev.c:3332 (discriminator 2))
[ 67.891399] ? skb_checksum_help (net/core/dev.c:3332 (discriminator 2))
[ 67.891416] ip_do_fragment (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:777 (discriminator 1))
[ 67.891448] ? __ip_local_out (./include/linux/skbuff.h:1146 ./include/net/l3mdev.h:196 ./include/net/l3mdev.h:213 ne
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.6.14 – < 6.6.55, 6.7.2 – < 6.8, 6.8 6.6.55

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 6.11.4-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.11.4-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-54.56 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1023.25 USN-7311-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1025.30 USN-7384-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1024.26 USN-7304-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke +1 6.8.0-1019.23 USN-7304-1, USN-7303-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1006.8 USN-7304-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1022.22 USN-7385-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-54.56.1 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1022.25 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1022.25.2 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.11 6.11.0-1015.15 USN-7310-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1024.24 USN-7386-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1020.21 USN-7303-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv 6.8.0-53.55.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1 USN-7311-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1 USN-7384-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1 USN-7303-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-57.59~22.04.1 USN-7403-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-54.56.1~22.04.1 USN-7301-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1022.25~22.04.2 USN-7303-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1020.21~22.04.1 USN-7303-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-53.55.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2018.19 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1016.17 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.17.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.9.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4387-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1.150600.12.12.6 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.17.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.75.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4376-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1.150500.6.39.4 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20246-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-24.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20247-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-24.1.21.4 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_4 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_4 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-22.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20163-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-24.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20164-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1.150500.6.39.4 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.79.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_5 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3986-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_6 1-150600.13.3.5 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_23 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_21 1-150500.11.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.17.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3986-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.79.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source 6.11.8-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed kernel-source-longterm 6.12.11-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.17.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.30.1.150600.12.12.6 SUSE-SU-2024:4318-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.17.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3986-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-syms-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.17.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3984-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.75.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4376-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.79.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.79.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1

Advisories 26

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