CVE-2024-26633
NVD-CWE-noinfoPublished: March 18, 2024· Updated: Jun 17, 2026
Official Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ip6_tunnel: fix NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT handling in ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim()
syzbot pointed out [1] that NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT handling is broken.
Reading frag_off can only be done if we pulled enough bytes
to skb->head. Currently we might access garbage.
[1]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim+0x94f/0xbb0
ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim+0x94f/0xbb0
ipxip6_tnl_xmit net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:1326 [inline]
ip6_tnl_start_xmit+0xab2/0x1a70 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:1432
__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4940 [inline]
netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4954 [inline]
xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3548 [inline]
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x247/0xa10 net/core/dev.c:3564
__dev_queue_xmit+0x33b8/0x5130 net/core/dev.c:4349
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3134 [inline]
neigh_connected_output+0x569/0x660 net/core/neighbour.c:1592
neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:542 [inline]
ip6_finish_output2+0x23a9/0x2b30 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:137
ip6_finish_output+0x855/0x12b0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:222
NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:303 [inline]
ip6_output+0x323/0x610 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:243
dst_output include/net/dst.h:451 [inline]
ip6_local_out+0xe9/0x140 net/ipv6/output_core.c:155
ip6_send_skb net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1952 [inline]
ip6_push_pending_frames+0x1f9/0x560 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1972
rawv6_push_pending_frames+0xbe8/0xdf0 net/ipv6/raw.c:582
rawv6_sendmsg+0x2b66/0x2e70 net/ipv6/raw.c:920
inet_sendmsg+0x105/0x190 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:847
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]
____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 net/socket.c:2584
___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2638
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2667 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2676 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2674 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x490 net/socket.c:2674
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x44/0x110 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0x6b
Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook+0x129/0xa70 mm/slab.h:768
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline]
__kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x5c9/0x970 mm/slub.c:3517
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:1006 [inline]
__kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x118/0x3c0 mm/slab_common.c:1027
kmalloc_reserve+0x249/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:582
pskb_expand_head+0x226/0x1a00 net/core/skbuff.c:2098
__pskb_pull_tail+0x13b/0x2310 net/core/skbuff.c:2655
pskb_may_pull_reason include/linux/skbuff.h:2673 [inline]
pskb_may_pull include/linux/skbuff.h:2681 [inline]
ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim+0x901/0xbb0 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:408
ipxip6_tnl_xmit net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:1326 [inline]
ip6_tnl_start_xmit+0xab2/0x1a70 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:1432
__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4940 [inline]
netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4954 [inline]
xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3548 [inline]
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x247/0xa10 net/core/dev.c:3564
__dev_queue_xmit+0x33b8/0x5130 net/core/dev.c:4349
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3134 [inline]
neigh_connected_output+0x569/0x660 net/core/neighbour.c:1592
neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:542 [inline]
ip6_finish_output2+0x23a9/0x2b30 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:137
ip6_finish_output+0x855/0x12b0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:222
NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:303 [inline]
ip6_output+0x323/0x610 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:243
dst_output include/net/dst.h:451 [inline]
ip6_local_out+0xe9/0x140 net/ipv6/output_core.c:155
ip6_send_skb net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1952 [inline]
ip6_push_pending_frames+0x1f9/0x560 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:1972
rawv6_push_pending_frames+0xbe8/0xdf0 net/ipv6/raw.c:582
rawv6_sendmsg+0x2b66/0x2e70 net/ipv6/raw.c:920
inet_sendmsg+0x105/0x190 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:847
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:745 [inline]
____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 net/socket.c:2584
___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2638
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2667 [inline]
__do_sys_sendms
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-26633 requires local access, meaning attackers must already have a foothold on the target system.
Exploitation requires low privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.
A successful exploit results in availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 5.5.
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