CVE: CVE-2024-56636
Published: 2024-12-27
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

geneve: do not assume mac header is set in geneve_xmit_skb()

We should not assume mac header is set in output path.

Use skb_eth_hdr() instead of eth_hdr() to fix the issue.

sysbot reported the following :

 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11635 at include/linux/skbuff.h:3052 skb_mac_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3052 [inline]
 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11635 at include/linux/skbuff.h:3052 eth_hdr include/linux/if_ether.h:24 [inline]
 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11635 at include/linux/skbuff.h:3052 geneve_xmit_skb drivers/net/geneve.c:898 [inline]
 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11635 at include/linux/skbuff.h:3052 geneve_xmit+0x4c38/0x5730 drivers/net/geneve.c:1039
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 11635 Comm: syz.4.1423 Not tainted 6.12.0-syzkaller-10296-gaaf20f870da0 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
 RIP: 0010:skb_mac_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3052 [inline]
 RIP: 0010:eth_hdr include/linux/if_ether.h:24 [inline]
 RIP: 0010:geneve_xmit_skb drivers/net/geneve.c:898 [inline]
 RIP: 0010:geneve_xmit+0x4c38/0x5730 drivers/net/geneve.c:1039
Code: 21 c6 02 e9 35 d4 ff ff e8 a5 48 4c fb 90 0f 0b 90 e9 fd f5 ff ff e8 97 48 4c fb 90 0f 0b 90 e9 d8 f5 ff ff e8 89 48 4c fb 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 41 e4 ff ff e8 7b 48 4c fb 90 0f 0b 90 e9 cd e7 ff ff
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003b2f870 EFLAGS: 00010283
RAX:[PII_REDACTED]00037a RBX:[PII_REDACTED]00ffff RCX: ffffc9000dc3d000
RDX: [PII_REDACTED] RSI: ffffffff86428417 RDI: [PII_REDACTED]
RBP: ffffc90003b2f9f0 R08: [PII_REDACTED] R09:[PII_REDACTED]00ffff
R10:[PII_REDACTED]00ffff R11: [PII_REDACTED] R12: ffff88806603c000
R13: [PII_REDACTED] R14: ffff8880685b2780 R15:[PII_REDACTED]000e23
FS:  00007fdc2deed6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b8600000(0000) knlGS:[PII_REDACTED]
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: [PII_REDACTED]
CR2: 0000001b30a1dff8 CR3:[PII_REDACTED]b8c000 CR4:[PII_REDACTED]3526f0
DR0: [PII_REDACTED] DR1: [PII_REDACTED] DR2: [PII_REDACTED]
DR3: [PII_REDACTED] DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: [PII_REDACTED]
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
  __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5002 [inline]
  netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5011 [inline]
  __dev_direct_xmit+0x58a/0x720 net/core/dev.c:4490
  dev_direct_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3181 [inline]
  packet_xmit+0x1e4/0x360 net/packet/af_packet.c:285
  packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3146 [inline]
  packet_sendmsg+0x2700/0x5660 net/packet/af_packet.c:3178
  sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:711 [inline]
  __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:726 [inline]
  __sys_sendto+0x488/0x4f0 net/socket.c:2197
  __do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2204 [inline]
  __se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2200 [inline]
  __x64_sys_sendto+0xe0/0x1c0 net/socket.c:2200
  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
  do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
CVSS Score: 5.5 (MEDIUM)
References: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/177b72ed7c77b11e46dd4336d73a87a77a5603af; https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ee7bdc7cb40abfe658a71fbd10c7db2f4fc4f9a; https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8588c99c7d47448fcae39e3227d6e2bb97aad86d