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LIN1022-18562 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2023-53517

Created: Oct 10, 2025    Updated: Oct 17, 2025
Found In Version: 10.22.33.1
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 22
Component/s: Kernel

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:[EOL][EOL]tipc: do not update mtu if msg_max is too small in mtu negotiation[EOL][EOL]When doing link mtu negotiation, a malicious peer may send Activate msg[EOL]with a very small mtu, e.g. 4 in Shuang's testing, without checking for[EOL]the minimum mtu, l->mtu will be set to 4 in tipc_link_proto_rcv(), then[EOL]n->links[bearer_id].mtu is set to 4294967228, which is a overflow of[EOL]'4 - INT_H_SIZE - EMSG_OVERHEAD' in tipc_link_mss().[EOL][EOL]With tipc_link.mtu = 4, tipc_link_xmit() kept printing the warning:[EOL][EOL] tipc: Too large msg, purging xmit list 1 5 0 40 4![EOL] tipc: Too large msg, purging xmit list 1 15 0 60 4![EOL][EOL]And with tipc_link_entry.mtu 4294967228, a huge skb was allocated in[EOL]named_distribute(), and when purging it in tipc_link_xmit(), a crash[EOL]was even caused:[EOL][EOL]  general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x2100001011000dd: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI[EOL]  CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.3.0.neta #19[EOL]  RIP: 0010:kfree_skb_list_reason+0x7e/0x1f0[EOL]  Call Trace:[EOL]   <IRQ>[EOL]   skb_release_data+0xf9/0x1d0[EOL]   kfree_skb_reason+0x40/0x100[EOL]   tipc_link_xmit+0x57a/0x740 [tipc][EOL]   tipc_node_xmit+0x16c/0x5c0 [tipc][EOL]   tipc_named_node_up+0x27f/0x2c0 [tipc][EOL]   tipc_node_write_unlock+0x149/0x170 [tipc][EOL]   tipc_rcv+0x608/0x740 [tipc][EOL]   tipc_udp_recv+0xdc/0x1f0 [tipc][EOL]   udp_queue_rcv_one_skb+0x33e/0x620[EOL]   udp_unicast_rcv_skb.isra.72+0x75/0x90[EOL]   __udp4_lib_rcv+0x56d/0xc20[EOL]   ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x100/0x2d0[EOL][EOL]This patch fixes it by checking the new mtu against tipc_bearer_min_mtu(),[EOL]and not updating mtu if it is too small.
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