CVE-2021-47245

HIGH

Linux Kernel 3.12-4.4.273 - Out-of-bounds Read in TCP Option Parser

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: synproxy: Fix out of bounds when parsing TCP options The TCP option parser in synproxy (synproxy_parse_options) could read one byte out of bounds. When the length is 1, the execution flow gets into the loop, reads one byte of the opcode, and if the opcode is neither TCPOPT_EOL nor TCPOPT_NOP, it reads one more byte, which exceeds the length of 1. This fix is inspired by commit 9609dad263f8 ("ipv4: tcp_input: fix stack out of bounds when parsing TCP options."). v2 changes: Added an early return when length < 0 to avoid calling skb_header_pointer with negative length.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0026
EPSS Percentile 17.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (20)
Linux/Linux < 3.12
Linux/Linux 3.12
Linux/Linux 4.14.238 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.196 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 4.4.274 - 4.4.*
Linux/Linux 4.9.274 - 4.9.*
Linux/Linux 48b1de4c110a7afa4b85862f6c75af817db26fad - 576c1526b4d83c44ad7b673cb841f36cbc6cb6c4
Linux/Linux 48b1de4c110a7afa4b85862f6c75af817db26fad - 5fc177ab759418c9537433e63301096e733fb915
Linux/Linux 48b1de4c110a7afa4b85862f6c75af817db26fad - 674b5f0c6a4fc5d3abce877048290cea6091fcb1
Linux/Linux 48b1de4c110a7afa4b85862f6c75af817db26fad - 6defc77d48eff74075b80ad5925061b2fc010d98
... and 10 more
Published May 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026