Description

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

l2tp: pass correct message length to ip6_append_data

l2tp_ip6_sendmsg needs to avoid accounting for the transport header
twice when splicing more data into an already partially-occupied skbuff.

To manage this, we check whether the skbuff contains data using
skb_queue_empty when deciding how much data to append using
ip6_append_data.

However, the code which performed the calculation was incorrect:

ulen = len + skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_write_queue) ? transhdrlen : 0;

...due to C operator precedence, this ends up setting ulen to
transhdrlen for messages with a non-zero length, which results in
corrupted packets on the wire.

Add parentheses to correct the calculation in line with the original
intent.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-26752

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 15.26% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c3ce64bc9d36ca9164dd6c77ff144c121011aae
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1d3a84a67db910ce28a871273c992c3d7f9efb5
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcb4d14268595065c85dc5528056713928e17243
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0da15a70395182ee8cb75716baf00dddc0bea38d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13cd1daeea848614e585b2c6ecc11ca9c8ab2500
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/804bd8650a3a2bf3432375f8c97d5049d845ce56
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83340c66b498e49353530e41542500fc8a4782d6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/359e54a93ab43d32ee1bff3c2f9f10cb9f6b6e79

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