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

tcp: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in dctcp_update_alpha().

In dctcp_update_alpha(), we use a module parameter dctcp_shift_g
as follows:

alpha -= min_not_zero(alpha, alpha >> dctcp_shift_g);
...
delivered_ce <<= (10 - dctcp_shift_g);

It seems syzkaller started fuzzing module parameters and triggered
shift-out-of-bounds [0] by setting 100 to dctcp_shift_g:

memcpy((void*)0x20000080,
"/sys/module/tcp_dctcp/parameters/dctcp_shift_g\000", 47);
res = syscall(__NR_openat, /*fd=*/0xffffffffffffff9cul, /*file=*/0x20000080ul,
/*flags=*/2ul, /*mode=*/0ul);
memcpy((void*)0x20000000, "100\000", 4);
syscall(__NR_write, /*fd=*/r[0], /*val=*/0x20000000ul, /*len=*/4ul);

Let's limit the max value of dctcp_shift_g by param_set_uint_minmax().

With this patch:

# echo 10 > /sys/module/tcp_dctcp/parameters/dctcp_shift_g
# cat /sys/module/tcp_dctcp/parameters/dctcp_shift_g
10
# echo 11 > /sys/module/tcp_dctcp/parameters/dctcp_shift_g
-bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument

[0]:
UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c:143:12
shift exponent 100 is too large for 32-bit type 'u32' (aka 'unsigned int')
CPU: 0 PID: 8083 Comm: syz-executor345 Not tainted 6.9.0-05151-g1b294a1f3561 #2
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x201/0x300 lib/dump_stack.c:114
ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:231 [inline]
__ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x346/0x3a0 lib/ubsan.c:468
dctcp_update_alpha+0x540/0x570 net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c:143
tcp_in_ack_event net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:3802 [inline]
tcp_ack+0x17b1/0x3bc0 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:3948
tcp_rcv_state_process+0x57a/0x2290 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6711
tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x764/0xc40 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1937
sk_backlog_rcv include/net/sock.h:1106 [inline]
__release_sock+0x20f/0x350 net/core/sock.c:2983
release_sock+0x61/0x1f0 net/core/sock.c:3549
mptcp_subflow_shutdown+0x3d0/0x620 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2907
mptcp_check_send_data_fin+0x225/0x410 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2976
__mptcp_close+0x238/0xad0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:3072
mptcp_close+0x2a/0x1a0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:3127
inet_release+0x190/0x1f0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:437
__sock_release net/socket.c:659 [inline]
sock_close+0xc0/0x240 net/socket.c:1421
__fput+0x41b/0x890 fs/file_table.c:422
task_work_run+0x23b/0x300 kernel/task_work.c:180
exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:38 [inline]
do_exit+0x9c8/0x2540 kernel/exit.c:878
do_group_exit+0x201/0x2b0 kernel/exit.c:1027
__do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1038 [inline]
__se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1036 [inline]
__x64_sys_exit_group+0x3f/0x40 kernel/exit.c:1036
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xe4/0x240 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0x6f
RIP: 0033:0x7f6c2b5005b6
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7f6c2b50058c.
RSP: 002b:00007ffe883eb948 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f6c2b5862f0 RCX: 00007f6c2b5005b6
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 000000000000003c RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 00000000000000e7 R09: ffffffffffffffc0
R10: 0000000000000006 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f6c2b5862f0
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000001
</TASK>
Published: 2024-06-21
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-190
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H'}

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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2::nfv

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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv

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First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus

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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T11:54:30.036Z

Reserved: 2024-06-21T10:13:16.306Z

Link: CVE-2024-37356

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Updated: 2025-11-04T17:21:20.246Z

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Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-21T11:15:10.677

Modified: 2026-05-12T12:16:51.453

Link: CVE-2024-37356

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-06-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-37356 - Bugzilla

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