CVE-2021-47036

CRITICAL

Linux Kernel 5.6-5.12.4 - Protocol Corruption via UDP Tunnel L4 Aggregation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udp: skip L4 aggregation for UDP tunnel packets If NETIF_F_GRO_FRAGLIST or NETIF_F_GRO_UDP_FWD are enabled, and there are UDP tunnels available in the system, udp_gro_receive() could end-up doing L4 aggregation (either SKB_GSO_UDP_L4 or SKB_GSO_FRAGLIST) at the outer UDP tunnel level for packets effectively carrying and UDP tunnel header. That could cause inner protocol corruption. If e.g. the relevant packets carry a vxlan header, different vxlan ids will be ignored/ aggregated to the same GSO packet. Inner headers will be ignored, too, so that e.g. TCP over vxlan push packets will be held in the GRO engine till the next flush, etc. Just skip the SKB_GSO_UDP_L4 and SKB_GSO_FRAGLIST code path if the current packet could land in a UDP tunnel, and let udp_gro_receive() do GRO via udp_sk(sk)->gro_receive. The check implemented in this patch is broader than what is strictly needed, as the existing UDP tunnel could be e.g. configured on top of a different device: we could end-up skipping GRO at-all for some packets. Anyhow, that is a very thin corner case and covering it will add quite a bit of complexity. v1 -> v2: - hopefully clarify the commit message

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0053
EPSS Percentile 42.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (7)
Linux/Linux < 5.6
Linux/Linux 5.12.4 - 5.12.*
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.6
Linux/Linux 9fd1ff5d2ac7181844735806b0a703c942365291 - 18f25dc399901426dff61e676ba603ff52c666f7
Linux/Linux 9fd1ff5d2ac7181844735806b0a703c942365291 - 450687386cd16d081b58cd7a342acff370a96078
linux/linux_kernel 5.6 - 5.12.4
Published Feb 28, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026