Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tls: fix NULL deref on tls_sw_splice_eof() with empty record
syzkaller discovered that if tls_sw_splice_eof() is executed as part of sendfile() when the plaintext/ciphertext sk_msg are empty, the send path gets confused because the empty ciphertext buffer does not have enough space for the encryption overhead. This causes tls_push_record() to go on the `split = true` path (which is only supposed to be used when interacting with an attached BPF program), and then get further confused and hit the tls_merge_open_record() path, which then assumes that there must be at least one populated buffer element, leading to a NULL deref.
It is possible to have empty plaintext/ciphertext buffers if we previously bailed from tls_sw_sendmsg_locked() via the tls_trim_both_msgs() path. tls_sw_push_pending_record() already handles this case correctly; let's do the same check in tls_sw_splice_eof().
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 5ad627faed136089e27bcd15e0c33760e575c8c3, < 944900fe2736c07288efe2d9394db4d3ca23f2c9; >= df720d288dbb1793e82b6ccbfc670ec871e9def4, < 2214e2bb5489145aba944874d0ee1652a0a63dc8; >= df720d288dbb1793e82b6ccbfc670ec871e9def4, < 53f2cb491b500897a619ff6abd72f565933760f0 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.5 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2214e2bb5489145aba944874d0ee1652a0a63dc8Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53f2cb491b500897a619ff6abd72f565933760f0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/944900fe2736c07288efe2d9394db4d3ca23f2c9Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2214e2bb5489145aba944874d0ee1652a0a63dc8Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53f2cb491b500897a619ff6abd72f565933760f0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/944900fe2736c07288efe2d9394db4d3ca23f2c9Patch
Timeline
- Published
- May 21, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed