CVE-2025-38718

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

sctp: linearize cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv

A cloned head skb still shares these frag skbs in fraglist with the
original head skb. It's not safe to access these frag skbs.

syzbot reported two use-of-uninitialized-memory bugs caused by this:

  BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in sctp_inq_pop+0x15b7/0x1920 net/sctp/inqueue.c:211
   sctp_inq_pop+0x15b7/0x1920 net/sctp/inqueue.c:211
   sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x1a7/0xc50 net/sctp/associola.c:998
   sctp_inq_push+0x2ef/0x380 net/sctp/inqueue.c:88
   sctp_backlog_rcv+0x397/0xdb0 net/sctp/input.c:331
   sk_backlog_rcv+0x13b/0x420 include/net/sock.h:1122
   __release_sock+0x1da/0x330 net/core/sock.c:3106
   release_sock+0x6b/0x250 net/core/sock.c:3660
   sctp_wait_for_connect+0x487/0x820 net/sctp/socket.c:9360
   sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0x1ec1/0x1f00 net/sctp/socket.c:1885
   sctp_sendmsg+0x32b9/0x4a80 net/sctp/socket.c:2031
   inet_sendmsg+0x25a/0x280 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:851
   sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]

and

  BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x34e/0xbc0 net/sctp/associola.c:987
   sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x34e/0xbc0 net/sctp/associola.c:987
   sctp_inq_push+0x2a3/0x350 net/sctp/inqueue.c:88
   sctp_backlog_rcv+0x3c7/0xda0 net/sctp/input.c:331
   sk_backlog_rcv+0x142/0x420 include/net/sock.h:1148
   __release_sock+0x1d3/0x330 net/core/sock.c:3213
   release_sock+0x6b/0x270 net/core/sock.c:3767
   sctp_wait_for_connect+0x458/0x820 net/sctp/socket.c:9367
   sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0x223a/0x2260 net/sctp/socket.c:1886
   sctp_sendmsg+0x3910/0x49f0 net/sctp/socket.c:2032
   inet_sendmsg+0x269/0x2a0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:851
   sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]

This patch fixes it by linearizing cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv().
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
UNKNOWN
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LinuxCNA
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