Linux: svcrdma: Reject Write/Reply chunks with segcount 0
What fixes it
- 28c5a3a572f6cf81ac304459cfd515480995d62aLinuxCVE List
- 45dbdb2637b7fc5f1355b588780d2a7fb0516805LinuxCVE List
- 9808eb7656666acc7291bae9ab6b987bd16e47e0LinuxCVE List
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
svcrdma: Reject Write/Reply chunks with segcount 0
A peer can send a Write or Reply chunk whose segcount field is zero. xdr_check_write_chunk() only rejects segcount > rc_maxpages, so zero passes the range check, and xdr_inline_decode(stream, 0) returns the current (non-NULL) cursor without advancing. The function returns true and pcl_alloc_write() then links a struct svc_rdma_chunk with ch_segcount == 0 onto rc_write_pcl or rc_reply_pcl.
An earlier patch in this series made pcl_for_each_segment() safe for ch_segcount == 0, so this no longer drives the memory walk it used to. Rejecting the malformed frame at the decode boundary is still worthwhile as defense in depth: it keeps degenerate zero-segment chunks off the parsed chunk lists entirely, so any future consumer that walks ch_segments directly cannot observe one, and it makes the zero-floor easy to backport to trees where the macro change is more intrusive. RFC 8166 has no meaning for a Write/Reply chunk that describes no remote buffer, so no legitimate client is affected.
xdr_check_reply_chunk() funnels Reply chunks through xdr_check_write_chunk() and inherits the same rejection.
pcl_alloc_write() also links each chunk onto the parsed chunk list before filling its segment array. If a future change weakens the segcount-0 rejection, an incomplete chunk is visible to consumers during the fill loop. Reorder so that list_add_tail() follows the segment fill loop, ensuring only fully-populated chunks appear on the list.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 12
- Linuxaffected: 78147ca8b4a9b6cf0e597ddd6bf17959e08376c2 before 28c5a3a572f6cf81ac304459cfd515480995d62aCVE List
- Linuxaffected: 78147ca8b4a9b6cf0e597ddd6bf17959e08376c2 before fe533ae1bed2ef2b3d54ee7ab410da1874ed3d4fCVE List
- Linuxaffected: 78147ca8b4a9b6cf0e597ddd6bf17959e08376c2 before a798714b58041e88716db3bf8fb03ae13eecd54aCVE List
- Linuxaffected: 78147ca8b4a9b6cf0e597ddd6bf17959e08376c2 before 45dbdb2637b7fc5f1355b588780d2a7fb0516805CVE List
- Linuxaffected: 78147ca8b4a9b6cf0e597ddd6bf17959e08376c2 before 9808eb7656666acc7291bae9ab6b987bd16e47e0CVE List
- Linuxaffected: 5.11CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: all versions before 5.11CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 6.6.160 through 6.6.*CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 6.12.111 through 6.12.*CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 6.18.50 through 6.18.*CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 7.2.4 through 7.2.*CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List
References 5
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/28c5a3a572f6cf81ac304459cfd515480995d62aReferencevia CVE List
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe533ae1bed2ef2b3d54ee7ab410da1874ed3d4fReferencevia CVE List
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a798714b58041e88716db3bf8fb03ae13eecd54aReferencevia CVE List
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/45dbdb2637b7fc5f1355b588780d2a7fb0516805Referencevia CVE List
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9808eb7656666acc7291bae9ab6b987bd16e47e0Referencevia CVE List