CVE-2023-53578

EUVD-2025-32301
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: qrtr: Fix an uninit variable access bug in qrtr_tx_resume()

Syzbot reported a bug as following:

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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in qrtr_tx_resume+0x185/0x1f0 net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c:230
 qrtr_tx_resume+0x185/0x1f0 net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c:230
 qrtr_endpoint_post+0xf85/0x11b0 net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c:519
 qrtr_tun_write_iter+0x270/0x400 net/qrtr/tun.c:108
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2189 [inline]
 aio_write+0x63a/0x950 fs/aio.c:1600
 io_submit_one+0x1d1c/0x3bf0 fs/aio.c:2019
 __do_sys_io_submit fs/aio.c:2078 [inline]
 __se_sys_io_submit+0x293/0x770 fs/aio.c:2048
 __x64_sys_io_submit+0x92/0xd0 fs/aio.c:2048
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Uninit was created at:
 slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:766 [inline]
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3452 [inline]
 __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x71f/0xce0 mm/slub.c:3491
 __do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:967 [inline]
 __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x114/0x3b0 mm/slab_common.c:988
 kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:492 [inline]
 __alloc_skb+0x3af/0x8f0 net/core/skbuff.c:565
 __netdev_alloc_skb+0x120/0x7d0 net/core/skbuff.c:630
 qrtr_endpoint_post+0xbd/0x11b0 net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c:446
 qrtr_tun_write_iter+0x270/0x400 net/qrtr/tun.c:108
 call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2189 [inline]
 aio_write+0x63a/0x950 fs/aio.c:1600
 io_submit_one+0x1d1c/0x3bf0 fs/aio.c:2019
 __do_sys_io_submit fs/aio.c:2078 [inline]
 __se_sys_io_submit+0x293/0x770 fs/aio.c:2048
 __x64_sys_io_submit+0x92/0xd0 fs/aio.c:2048
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

It is because that skb->len requires at least sizeof(struct qrtr_ctrl_pkt)
in qrtr_tx_resume(). And skb->len equals to size in qrtr_endpoint_post().
But size is less than sizeof(struct qrtr_ctrl_pkt) when qrtr_cb->type
equals to QRTR_TYPE_RESUME_TX in qrtr_endpoint_post() under the syzbot
scenario. This triggers the uninit variable access bug.

Add size check when qrtr_cb->type equals to QRTR_TYPE_RESUME_TX in
qrtr_endpoint_post() to fix the bug.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 5%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
5.6 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.178
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.108
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 6.1.25
linuxlinux_kernel
6.2 ≤
𝑥
< 6.2.12
linuxlinux_kernel
6.3:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
6.3:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
6.3:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
6.3:rc4
linuxlinux_kernel
6.3:rc5
linuxlinux_kernel
6.3:rc6
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.148-1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.153-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.237-1
fixed
forky
6.16.9-1
fixed
sid
6.16.9-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.43-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.48-1
fixed