In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: deal with integer overflows in kmalloc_reserve()
Blamed commit changed:
ptr = kmalloc(size);
if (ptr)
size = ksize(ptr);
size = kmalloc_size_roundup(size);
ptr = kmalloc(size);
This allowed various crash as reported by syzbot [1]
and Kyle Zeng.
Problem is that if @size is bigger than 0x80000001,
kmalloc_size_roundup(size) returns 2^32.
kmalloc_reserve() uses a 32bit variable (obj_size),
so 2^32 is truncated to 0.
kmalloc(0) returns ZERO_SIZE_PTR which is not handled by
skb allocations.
Following trace can be triggered if a netdev->mtu is set
close to 0x7fffffff
We might in the future limit netdev->mtu to more sensible
limit (like KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE).
This patch is based on a syzbot report, and also a report
and tentative fix from Kyle Zeng.
[1]
BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in __build_skb_around net/core/skbuff.c:294 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in __alloc_skb+0x3c4/0x6e8 net/core/skbuff.c:527
Write of size 32 at addr 00000000fffffd10 by task syz-executor.4/22554
CPU: 1 PID: 22554 Comm: syz-executor.4 Not tainted 6.1.39-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/03/2023
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0x1c8/0x1f4 arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:279
show_stack+0x2c/0x3c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:286
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x120/0x1a0 lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_report+0xe4/0x4b4 mm/kasan/report.c:398
kasan_report+0x150/0x1ac mm/kasan/report.c:495
kasan_check_range+0x264/0x2a4 mm/kasan/generic.c:189
memset+0x40/0x70 mm/kasan/shadow.c:44
__build_skb_around net/core/skbuff.c:294 [inline]
__alloc_skb+0x3c4/0x6e8 net/core/skbuff.c:527
alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1316 [inline]
igmpv3_newpack+0x104/0x1088 net/ipv4/igmp.c:359
add_grec+0x81c/0x1124 net/ipv4/igmp.c:534
igmpv3_send_cr net/ipv4/igmp.c:667 [inline]
igmp_ifc_timer_expire+0x1b0/0x1008 net/ipv4/igmp.c:810
call_timer_fn+0x1c0/0x9f0 kernel/time/timer.c:1474
expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1519 [inline]
__run_timers+0x54c/0x710 kernel/time/timer.c:1790
run_timer_softirq+0x28/0x4c kernel/time/timer.c:1803
_stext+0x380/0xfbc
____do_softirq+0x14/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/irq.c:79
call_on_irq_stack+0x24/0x4c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:891
do_softirq_own_stack+0x20/0x2c arch/arm64/kernel/irq.c:84
invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:437 [inline]
__irq_exit_rcu+0x1c0/0x4cc kernel/softirq.c:683
irq_exit_rcu+0x14/0x78 kernel/softirq.c:695
el0_interrupt+0x7c/0x2e0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:717
__el0_irq_handler_common+0x18/0x24 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:724
el0t_64_irq_handler+0x10/0x1c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:729
el0t_64_irq+0x1a0/0x1a4 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:584
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.1% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-27). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it