CVE-2021-47496

HIGH

Linux Kernel 4.17-5.4.156 - Out-of-bounds Write via Negative Error Code Handling in TLS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/tls: Fix flipped sign in tls_err_abort() calls sk->sk_err appears to expect a positive value, a convention that ktls doesn't always follow and that leads to memory corruption in other code. For instance, [kworker] tls_encrypt_done(..., err=<negative error from crypto request>) tls_err_abort(.., err) sk->sk_err = err; [task] splice_from_pipe_feed ... tls_sw_do_sendpage if (sk->sk_err) { ret = -sk->sk_err; // ret is positive splice_from_pipe_feed (continued) ret = actor(...) // ret is still positive and interpreted as bytes // written, resulting in underflow of buf->len and // sd->len, leading to huge buf->offset and bogus // addresses computed in later calls to actor() Fix all tls_err_abort() callers to pass a negative error code consistently and centralize the error-prone sign flip there, throwing in a warning to catch future misuse and uninlining the function so it really does only warn once.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (12)
Linux/Linux < 4.17
Linux/Linux 4.17
Linux/Linux 5.10.77 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.14.16 - 5.14.*
Linux/Linux 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.4.157 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux c46234ebb4d1eee5e09819f49169e51cfc6eb909 - da353fac65fede6b8b4cfe207f0d9408e3121105
Linux/Linux c46234ebb4d1eee5e09819f49169e51cfc6eb909 - e0cfd5159f314d6b304d030363650b06a2299cbb
Linux/Linux c46234ebb4d1eee5e09819f49169e51cfc6eb909 - e41473543f75f7dbc5d605007e6f883f1bd13b9a
Linux/Linux c46234ebb4d1eee5e09819f49169e51cfc6eb909 - f3dec7e7ace38224f82cf83f0049159d067c2e19
... and 2 more
Published May 22, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026