CVE-2026-23378

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Aside from being innapropriate behavior, this may lead\nto an unbounded addition of metadata to the metalist which might cause an\nout of bounds error when running the encode op:\n\n[ 138.423369][ C1] ==================================================================\n[ 138.424317][ C1] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ife_tlv_meta_encode (net/ife/ife.c:168)\n[ 138.424906][ C1] Write of size 4 at addr ffff8880077f4ffe by task ife_out_out_bou/255\n[ 138.425778][ C1] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 255 Comm: ife_out_out_bou Not tainted 7.0.0-rc1-00169-gfbdfa8da05b6 #624 PREEMPT(full)\n[ 138.425795][ C1] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011\n[ 138.425800][ C1] Call Trace:\n[ 138.425804][ C1] <IRQ>\n[ 138.425808][ C1] dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:122)\n[ 138.425828][ C1] print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:379 mm/kasan/report.c:482)\n[ 138.425839][ C1] ? srso_alias_return_thunk (arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:221)\n[ 138.425844][ C1] ? __virt_addr_valid (./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:95 (discriminator 1) ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:975 (discriminator 1) ./include/linux/mmzone.h:2207 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/mm/physaddr.c:54 (discriminator 1))\n[ 138.425853][ C1] ? ife_tlv_meta_encode (net/ife/ife.c:168)\n[ 138.425859][ C1] kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:221 mm/kasan/report.c:597)\n[ 138.425868][ C1] ? ife_tlv_meta_encode (net/ife/ife.c:168)\n[ 138.425878][ C1] kasan_check_range (mm/kasan/generic.c:186 (discriminator 1) mm/kasan/generic.c:200 (discriminator 1))\n[ 138.425884][ C1] __asan_memset (mm/kasan/shadow.c:84 (discriminator 2))\n[ 138.425889][ C1] ife_tlv_meta_encode (net/ife/ife.c:168)\n[ 138.425893][ C1] ? ife_tlv_meta_encode (net/ife/ife.c:171)\n[ 138.425898][ C1] ? srso_alias_return_thunk (arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:221)\n[ 138.425903][ C1] ife_encode_meta_u16 (net/sched/act_ife.c:57)\n[ 138.425910][ C1] ? __pfx_do_raw_spin_lock (kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:114)\n[ 138.425916][ C1] ? __asan_memcpy (mm/kasan/shadow.c:105 (discriminator 3))\n[ 138.425921][ C1] ? __pfx_ife_encode_meta_u16 (net/sched/act_ife.c:45)\n[ 138.425927][ C1] ? srso_alias_return_thunk (arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:221)\n[ 138.425931][ C1] tcf_ife_act (net/sched/act_ife.c:847 net/sched/act_ife.c:879)\n\nTo solve this issue, fix the replace behavior by adding the metalist to\nthe ife rcu data structure."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - This is a tc/netlink (net/sched) action bug triggered via RTM_NEWTFILTER or RTM_NEWACTION netlink messages, requiring local system access.\nAC:L - The attacker fully controls both sides of the race (replace operations and packet sending). Even without a race, repeated replace deterministically grows the metalist causing the u16 metalen overflow and OOB write.\nPR:L - While CAP_NET_ADMIN is needed, the tc filter path (RTM_NEWTFILTER) uses netlink_net_capable() which checks per-netns user_ns, so an unprivileged user can obtain CAP_NET_ADMIN via user+network namespace (unshare -Urn).\nUI:N - No user interaction is needed; the attacker creates the IFE action, performs replace operations, and sends packets through the interface entirely on their own.\nS:U - This is a standard kernel memory corruption leading to potential privilege escalation within the same security authority (kernel context), not crossing a VM or sandbox boundary.\nC:H - The slab-out-of-bounds write corrupts adjacent heap objects, which can be leveraged via heap spraying techniques to gain arbitrary memory read primitives.\nI:H - The slab-out-of-bounds write enables overwriting adjacent kernel heap objects, providing arbitrary write primitives and potential 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"1D2315C0-D46F-4F85-9754-F9E5E11374A6", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "512EE3A8-A590-4501-9A94-5D4B268D6138", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: act_ife: Fix metalist update behavior\n\nWhenever an ife action replace changes the metalist, instead of\nreplacing the old data on the metalist, the current ife code is appending\nthe new metadata. Aside from being innapropriate behavior, this may lead\nto an unbounded addition of metadata to the metalist which might cause an\nout of bounds error when running the encode op:\n\n[ 138.423369][ C1] ==================================================================\n[ 138.424317][ C1] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ife_tlv_meta_encode (net/ife/ife.c:168)\n[ 138.424906][ C1] Write of size 4 at addr ffff8880077f4ffe by task ife_out_out_bou/255\n[ 138.425778][ C1] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 255 Comm: ife_out_out_bou Not tainted 7.0.0-rc1-00169-gfbdfa8da05b6 #624 PREEMPT(full)\n[ 138.425795][ C1] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011\n[ 138.425800][ C1] Call Trace:\n[ 138.425804][ C1] <IRQ>\n[ 138.425808][ C1] dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:122)\n[ 138.425828][ C1] print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:379 mm/kasan/report.c:482)\n[ 138.425839][ C1] ? srso_alias_return_thunk (arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:221)\n[ 138.425844][ C1] ? __virt_addr_valid (./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:95 (discriminator 1) ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:975 (discriminator 1) ./include/linux/mmzone.h:2207 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/mm/physaddr.c:54 (discriminator 1))\n[ 138.425853][ C1] ? ife_tlv_meta_encode (net/ife/ife.c:168)\n[ 138.425859][ C1] kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:221 mm/kasan/report.c:597)\n[ 138.425868][ C1] ? ife_tlv_meta_encode (net/ife/ife.c:168)\n[ 138.425878][ C1] kasan_check_range (mm/kasan/generic.c:186 (discriminator 1) mm/kasan/generic.c:200 (discriminator 1))\n[ 138.425884][ C1] __asan_memset (mm/kasan/shadow.c:84 (discriminator 2))\n[ 138.425889][ C1] ife_tlv_meta_encode (net/ife/ife.c:168)\n[ 138.425893][ C1] ? ife_tlv_meta_encode (net/ife/ife.c:171)\n[ 138.425898][ C1] ? srso_alias_return_thunk (arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:221)\n[ 138.425903][ C1] ife_encode_meta_u16 (net/sched/act_ife.c:57)\n[ 138.425910][ C1] ? __pfx_do_raw_spin_lock (kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:114)\n[ 138.425916][ C1] ? __asan_memcpy (mm/kasan/shadow.c:105 (discriminator 3))\n[ 138.425921][ C1] ? __pfx_ife_encode_meta_u16 (net/sched/act_ife.c:45)\n[ 138.425927][ C1] ? srso_alias_return_thunk (arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:221)\n[ 138.425931][ C1] tcf_ife_act (net/sched/act_ife.c:847 net/sched/act_ife.c:879)\n\nTo solve this issue, fix the replace behavior by adding the metalist to\nthe ife rcu data structure."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nnet/sched: act_ife: Corregir el comportamiento de actualizaci\u00f3n de la metalista\n\nSiempre que una acci\u00f3n ife replace cambia la metalista, en lugar de reemplazar los datos antiguos en la metalista, el c\u00f3digo ife actual est\u00e1 a\u00f1adiendo los nuevos metadatos. Adem\u00e1s de ser un comportamiento inapropiado, esto puede llevar a una adici\u00f3n ilimitada de metadatos a la metalista, lo que podr\u00eda causar un error de fuera de l\u00edmites al ejecutar la operaci\u00f3n de codificaci\u00f3n:\n\n[ 138.423369][ C1] ==================================================================\n[ 138.424317][ C1] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ife_tlv_meta_encode (net/ife/ife.c:168)\n[ 138.424906][ C1] Write of size 4 at addr ffff8880077f4ffe by task ife_out_out_bou/255\n[ 138.425778][ C1] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 255 Comm: ife_out_out_bou Not tainted 7.0.0-rc1-00169-gfbdfa8da05b6 #624 PREEMPT(full)\n[ 138.425795][ C1] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011\n[ 138.425800][ C1] Call Trace:\n[ 138.425804][ C1] \n[ 138.425808][ C1] dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:122)\n[ 138.425828][ C1] print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:379 mm/kasan/report.c:482)\n[ 138.425839][ C1] ? srso_alias_return_thunk (arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:221)\n[ 138.425844][ C1] ? __virt_addr_valid (./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:95 (discriminator 1) ./include/linux/rcupdate.h:975 (discriminator 1) ./include/linux/mmzone.h:2207 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/mm/physaddr.c:54 (discriminator 1))\n[ 138.425853][ C1] ? ife_tlv_meta_encode (net/ife/ife.c:168)\n[ 138.425859][ C1] kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:221 mm/kasan/report.c:597)\n[ 138.425868][ C1] ? ife_tlv_meta_encode (net/ife/ife.c:168)\n[ 138.425878][ C1] kasan_check_range (mm/kasan/generic.c:186 (discriminator 1) mm/kasan/generic.c:200 (discriminator 1))\n[ 138.425884][ C1] __asan_memset (mm/kasan/shadow.c:84 (discriminator 2))\n[ 138.425889][ C1] ife_tlv_meta_encode (net/ife/ife.c:168)\n[ 138.425893][ C1] ? ife_tlv_meta_encode (net/ife/ife.c:171)\n[ 138.425898][ C1] ? srso_alias_return_thunk (arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:221)\n[ 138.425903][ C1] ife_encode_meta_u16 (net/sched/act_ife.c:57)\n[ 138.425910][ C1] ? __pfx_do_raw_spin_lock (kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:114)\n[ 138.425916][ C1] ? __asan_memcpy (mm/kasan/shadow.c:105 (discriminator 3))\n[ 138.425921][ C1] ? __pfx_ife_encode_meta_u16 (net/sched/act_ife.c:45)\n[ 138.425927][ C1] ? srso_alias_return_thunk (arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S:221)\n[ 138.425931][ C1] tcf_ife_act (net/sched/act_ife.c:847 net/sched/act_ife.c:879)\n\nPara resolver este problema, corregir el comportamiento de reemplazo a\u00f1adiendo la metalista a la estructura de datos ife rcu."}], "id": "CVE-2026-23378", "lastModified": "2026-11-10T13:18:43.463", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 5.9, "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "type": "Secondary"}, {"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 5.9, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2026-03-25T11:16:37.643", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56ade7ddea6ce605552341785d08e365c3f61861"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b1449301ca070814d866990b46f48d3f39ea4ee"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/691866c4cca54dc4df762276b49e89b36e046947"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91a89d3bdc2f63d983adc13d1771631663c5dc1b"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd888c3966672239f2e0707b846a5a936ac9038a"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2cedd400c3ec0302ffca2490e8751772906ac23"}, {"source": "0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e", "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html"}, {"source": "0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e", "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html"}, {"source": "0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e", "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html"}, {"source": "0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e", "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-787"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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