Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

geneve: fix header validation in geneve[6]_xmit_skb

syzbot is able to trigger an uninit-value in geneve_xmit() [1]

Problem : While most ip tunnel helpers (like ip_tunnel_get_dsfield())
uses skb_protocol(skb, true), pskb_inet_may_pull() is only using
skb->protocol.

If anything else than ETH_P_IPV6 or ETH_P_IP is found in skb->protocol,
pskb_inet_may_pull() does nothing at all.

If a vlan tag was provided by the caller (af_packet in the syzbot case),
the network header might not point to the correct location, and skb
linear part could be smaller than expected.

Add skb_vlan_inet_prepare() to perform a complete mac validation.

Use this in geneve for the moment, I suspect we need to adopt this
more broadly.

v4 - Jakub reported v3 broke l2_tos_ttl_inherit.sh selftest
- Only call __vlan_get_protocol() for vlan types.

v2,v3 - Addressed Sabrina comments on v1 and v2

[1]

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in geneve_xmit_skb drivers/net/geneve.c:910 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in geneve_xmit+0x302d/0x5420 drivers/net/geneve.c:1030
geneve_xmit_skb drivers/net/geneve.c:910 [inline]
geneve_xmit+0x302d/0x5420 drivers/net/geneve.c:1030
__netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4903 [inline]
netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:4917 [inline]
xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3531 [inline]
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x247/0xa20 net/core/dev.c:3547
__dev_queue_xmit+0x348d/0x52c0 net/core/dev.c:4335
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3091 [inline]
packet_xmit+0x9c/0x6c0 net/packet/af_packet.c:276
packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3081 [inline]
packet_sendmsg+0x8bb0/0x9ef0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3113
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:745
__sys_sendto+0x685/0x830 net/socket.c:2191
__do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2203 [inline]
__se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2199 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendto+0x125/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2199
do_syscall_64+0xd5/0x1f0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75

Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:3804 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3845 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x613/0xc50 mm/slub.c:3888
kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:577
__alloc_skb+0x35b/0x7a0 net/core/skbuff.c:668
alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1318 [inline]
alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc8/0xbf0 net/core/skbuff.c:6504
sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xa81/0xbf0 net/core/sock.c:2795
packet_alloc_skb net/packet/af_packet.c:2930 [inline]
packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3024 [inline]
packet_sendmsg+0x722d/0x9ef0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3113
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x30f/0x380 net/socket.c:745
__sys_sendto+0x685/0x830 net/socket.c:2191
__do_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2203 [inline]
__se_sys_sendto net/socket.c:2199 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendto+0x125/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2199
do_syscall_64+0xd5/0x1f0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75

CPU: 0 PID: 5033 Comm: syz-executor346 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc1-syzkaller-00005-g928a87efa423 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/29/2024
Published: 2024-05-20
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3840-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3842-1 linux-5.10 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6893-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6893-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6893-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6896-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6896-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6896-3 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6896-4 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6896-5 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6898-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6898-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6898-3 Linux kernel kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6898-4 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6917-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6918-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6919-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6927-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7019-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7428-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7428-2 Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 12 May 2026 12:30:00 +0000


Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Debian
Debian debian Linux
Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-908
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Debian
Debian debian Linux
Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000


Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:45:00 +0000


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Debian Debian Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T11:53:20.615Z

Reserved: 2024-05-17T13:50:33.142Z

Link: CVE-2024-35973

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T03:21:49.047Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-05-20T10:15:12.077

Modified: 2026-05-12T12:16:44.727

Link: CVE-2024-35973

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-05-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-35973 - Bugzilla

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