CVE-2025-37749
net: ppp: Add bound checking for skb data on ppp_sync_txmung
Published:
5/1/2025
Last updated:
8/5/2026
Reserved:
4/16/2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ppp: Add bound checking for skb data on ppp_sync_txmung
Ensure we have enough data in linear buffer from skb before accessing
initial bytes. This prevents potential out-of-bounds accesses
when processing short packets.
When ppp_sync_txmung receives an incoming package with an empty
payload:
(remote) gef➤ p *(struct pppoe_hdr *) (skb->head + skb->network_header)
$18 = {
type = 0x1,
ver = 0x1,
code = 0x0,
sid = 0x2,
length = 0x0,
tag = 0xffff8880371cdb96
}
from the skb struct (trimmed)
tail = 0x16,
end = 0x140,
head = 0xffff88803346f400 "4",
data = 0xffff88803346f416 ":\377",
truesize = 0x380,
len = 0x0,
data_len = 0x0,
mac_len = 0xe,
hdr_len = 0x0,
it is not safe to access data[2].
[pabeni@redhat.com: fixed subj typo]
CNA assigner:
Linux (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
Requested by:
n/a
Products affected (3)
| Product |
Vendor |
Version |
| Linux |
Linux
|
< 10.0.17763.4010
|
| Linux |
Linux
|
< 10.0.19042.2604
|
| Linux |
Linux
|
4.60 through 4.73
|