In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: wwan: fix global oob in wwan_rtnl_policy
The variable wwan_rtnl_link_ops assign a *bigger* maxtype which leads to a global out-of-bounds read when parsing the netlink attributes. Exactly same bug cause as the oob fixed in commit b33fb5b801c6 ("net: qualcomm: rmnet: fix global oob in rmnet_policy").
================================================================== BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in validate_nla lib/nlattr.c:388 [inline] BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in __nla_validate_parse+0x19d7/0x29a0 lib/nlattr.c:603 Read of size 1 at addr ffffffff8b09cb60 by task syz.1.66276/323862
CPU: 0 PID: 323862 Comm: syz.1.66276 Not tainted 6.1.70 #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x177/0x231 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:284 [inline] print_report+0x14f/0x750 mm/kasan/report.c:395 kasan_report+0x139/0x170 mm/kasan/report.c:495 validate_nla lib/nlattr.c:388 [inline] __nla_validate_parse+0x19d7/0x29a0 lib/nlattr.c:603 __nla_parse+0x3c/0x50 lib/nlattr.c:700 nla_parse_nested_deprecated include/net/netlink.h:1269 [inline] __rtnl_newlink net/core/rtnetlink.c:3514 [inline] rtnl_newlink+0x7bc/0x1fd0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3623 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x794/0xef0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6122 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1de/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2508 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1326 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x74b/0x8c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1352 netlink_sendmsg+0x882/0xb90 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1874 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:716 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:728 [inline] ____sys_sendmsg+0x5cc/0x8f0 net/socket.c:2499 ___sys_sendmsg+0x21c/0x290 net/socket.c:2553 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2582 [inline] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2591 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg+0x19e/0x270 net/socket.c:2589 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x45/0x90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:81 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd RIP: 0033:0x7f67b19a24ad RSP: 002b:00007f67b17febb8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f67b1b45f80 RCX: 00007f67b19a24ad RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000020005e40 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007f67b1a1e01d R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007ffd2513764f R14: 00007ffd251376e0 R15: 00007f67b17fed40 </TASK>
The buggy address belongs to the variable: wwan_rtnl_policy+0x20/0x40
The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page:ffffea00002c2700 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0xb09c flags: 0xfff00000001000(reserved|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff) raw: 00fff00000001000 ffffea00002c2708 ffffea00002c2708 0000000000000000 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected page_owner info is not present (never set?)
Memory state around the buggy address: ffffffff8b09ca00: 05 f9 f9 f9 05 f9 f9 f9 00 01 f9 f9 00 01 f9 f9 ffffffff8b09ca80: 00 00 00 05 f9 f9 f9 f9 00 00 03 f9 f9 f9 f9 f9 >ffffffff8b09cb00: 00 00 00 00 05 f9 f9 f9 00 00 00 00 f9 f9 f9 f9 ^ ffffffff8b09cb80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ==================================================================
According to the comment of `nla_parse_nested_deprecated`, use correct size `IFLA_WWAN_MAX` here to fix this issue.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-headersUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.15.173-118.169Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool-debuginfo | Jan 22, 2025 | Nov 5, 2024 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade perfUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.115-126.197Upgrade kernel-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-libbpfUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 | Feb 17, 2025 | Nov 5, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linuxUpgrade linux-6.1 | Nov 11, 2024 | Nov 5, 2024 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2025342 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Oct 23, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-rtNo solution existsUpgrade kernel | May 15, 2025 | Nov 5, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-azureUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04cUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-20.04bUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1010-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1015-oemUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1081-azureUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1010-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1033-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-18-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-133-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1080-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-oemUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1033-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-azureUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade 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linux-image-5.15.0-1060-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-igxUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1070-ibmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-133-genericUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-nolpaeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gke-5.15Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1008-raspiUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-cvmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1028-raspiUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1027-awsUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1074-ibmUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-134-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1072-raspiUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1014-azure-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1011-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1078-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1026-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-133-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1010-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1028-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2023-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1081-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1009-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1024-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-58-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04bUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-6.11.0-1005-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1076-kvm | Feb 20, 2025 | Nov 5, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Oct 13, 2025 | Nov 5, 2024 |
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