Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tls: device: fix out-of-bounds write in tls_append_frag()
Found with syzkaller and a local syzbot instance running on top of a
netdevsim TLS offload emulation; tls_device.c is otherwise only reachable
on a machine with a NIC that implements the offload.
tls_push_data() only checks whether the open record still has room for
another frag at the bottom of its loop, and the MSG_MORE early break
skips that check. The record survives to the next syscall with the frag
count it already had, and tls_append_frag() does not check either, so
with TLS_TX_ZEROCOPY_RO every splice(SPLICE_F_MORE) of a byte or two adds
a non-coalescing pipe page and num_frags walks off the end of
tls_record_info.frags[MAX_SKB_FRAGS]. Once the record is pushed,
tls_push_record() runs the same index over sg_tx_data[MAX_SKB_FRAGS] and
the sg_set_page() writes land on the destruct_work that follows it, which
the workqueue then calls.
The byte limit is fine because copy drops to 0 and the loop falls through
to the same check; the frag count has no such feedback.
Push the record rather than keep a full one open, which is what a plain
TCP socket does - tcp_sendmsg_locked() uses tcp_mark_push() and
new_segment in both the copy and the MSG_SPLICE_PAGES paths, and tls_sw
already sets full_record when the sk_msg ring fills up, MSG_MORE or not.
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in tls_append_frag ( net/tls/tls_device.c:269)
Write of size 8 at addr ffff8881104d1530 by task tls_oob/450
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 450 Comm: tls_oob Not tainted 7.2.0-rc7+ #329 PREEMPT
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:94 lib/dump_stack.c:120)
print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:378 mm/kasan/report.c:482)
kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595)
tls_append_frag (net/tls/tls_device.c:269)
tls_push_data (net/tls/tls_device.c:518)
tls_device_sendmsg (net/tls/tls_device.c:583)
inet_sendmsg (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:865)
sock_sendmsg (net/socket.c:775 net/socket.c:790 net/socket.c:813)
splice_to_socket (fs/splice.c:884)
do_splice (fs/splice.c:936 fs/splice.c:1349)
__do_splice (fs/splice.c:1431)
__x64_sys_splice (fs/splice.c:1634 fs/splice.c:1616)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)
</TASK>
and, once the record is pushed:
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/tls/tls_device.c:300:24
index 18 is out of range for type 'skb_frag_t [17]'
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/tls/tls_device.c:301:41
index 18 is out of range for type 'scatterlist [17]'
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/tls/tls_device.c:302:39
index 18 is out of range for type 'scatterlist [17]'
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/tls/tls_device.c:307:38
index 26 is out of range for type 'scatterlist [17]'
kernel tried to execute NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: 0)
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffea000411a680
#PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0011) - permissions violation
Oops: Oops: 0011 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
Workqueue: ktls_device_destruct 0xffffea000411a680
RIP: 0010:0xffffea000411a680
Call Trace:
<TASK>
worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3405 kernel/workqueue.c:3486)
kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436)
ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158)
ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245)
</TASK>
tls: device: fix out-of-bounds write in tls_append_frag()
Found with syzkaller and a local syzbot instance running on top of a
netdevsim TLS offload emulation; tls_device.c is otherwise only reachable
on a machine with a NIC that implements the offload.
tls_push_data() only checks whether the open record still has room for
another frag at the bottom of its loop, and the MSG_MORE early break
skips that check. The record survives to the next syscall with the frag
count it already had, and tls_append_frag() does not check either, so
with TLS_TX_ZEROCOPY_RO every splice(SPLICE_F_MORE) of a byte or two adds
a non-coalescing pipe page and num_frags walks off the end of
tls_record_info.frags[MAX_SKB_FRAGS]. Once the record is pushed,
tls_push_record() runs the same index over sg_tx_data[MAX_SKB_FRAGS] and
the sg_set_page() writes land on the destruct_work that follows it, which
the workqueue then calls.
The byte limit is fine because copy drops to 0 and the loop falls through
to the same check; the frag count has no such feedback.
Push the record rather than keep a full one open, which is what a plain
TCP socket does - tcp_sendmsg_locked() uses tcp_mark_push() and
new_segment in both the copy and the MSG_SPLICE_PAGES paths, and tls_sw
already sets full_record when the sk_msg ring fills up, MSG_MORE or not.
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in tls_append_frag ( net/tls/tls_device.c:269)
Write of size 8 at addr ffff8881104d1530 by task tls_oob/450
CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 450 Comm: tls_oob Not tainted 7.2.0-rc7+ #329 PREEMPT
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:94 lib/dump_stack.c:120)
print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:378 mm/kasan/report.c:482)
kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595)
tls_append_frag (net/tls/tls_device.c:269)
tls_push_data (net/tls/tls_device.c:518)
tls_device_sendmsg (net/tls/tls_device.c:583)
inet_sendmsg (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:865)
sock_sendmsg (net/socket.c:775 net/socket.c:790 net/socket.c:813)
splice_to_socket (fs/splice.c:884)
do_splice (fs/splice.c:936 fs/splice.c:1349)
__do_splice (fs/splice.c:1431)
__x64_sys_splice (fs/splice.c:1634 fs/splice.c:1616)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)
</TASK>
and, once the record is pushed:
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/tls/tls_device.c:300:24
index 18 is out of range for type 'skb_frag_t [17]'
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/tls/tls_device.c:301:41
index 18 is out of range for type 'scatterlist [17]'
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/tls/tls_device.c:302:39
index 18 is out of range for type 'scatterlist [17]'
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/tls/tls_device.c:307:38
index 26 is out of range for type 'scatterlist [17]'
kernel tried to execute NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: 0)
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffea000411a680
#PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0011) - permissions violation
Oops: Oops: 0011 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI
Workqueue: ktls_device_destruct 0xffffea000411a680
RIP: 0010:0xffffea000411a680
Call Trace:
<TASK>
worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3405 kernel/workqueue.c:3486)
kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436)
ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158)
ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245)
</TASK>
Published:
2026-09-04
Score:
n/a
EPSS:
n/a
KEV:
No
Impact:
n/a
Action:
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History
Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-119 CWE-788 |
Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: device: fix out-of-bounds write in tls_append_frag() Found with syzkaller and a local syzbot instance running on top of a netdevsim TLS offload emulation; tls_device.c is otherwise only reachable on a machine with a NIC that implements the offload. tls_push_data() only checks whether the open record still has room for another frag at the bottom of its loop, and the MSG_MORE early break skips that check. The record survives to the next syscall with the frag count it already had, and tls_append_frag() does not check either, so with TLS_TX_ZEROCOPY_RO every splice(SPLICE_F_MORE) of a byte or two adds a non-coalescing pipe page and num_frags walks off the end of tls_record_info.frags[MAX_SKB_FRAGS]. Once the record is pushed, tls_push_record() runs the same index over sg_tx_data[MAX_SKB_FRAGS] and the sg_set_page() writes land on the destruct_work that follows it, which the workqueue then calls. The byte limit is fine because copy drops to 0 and the loop falls through to the same check; the frag count has no such feedback. Push the record rather than keep a full one open, which is what a plain TCP socket does - tcp_sendmsg_locked() uses tcp_mark_push() and new_segment in both the copy and the MSG_SPLICE_PAGES paths, and tls_sw already sets full_record when the sk_msg ring fills up, MSG_MORE or not. BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in tls_append_frag ( net/tls/tls_device.c:269) Write of size 8 at addr ffff8881104d1530 by task tls_oob/450 CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 450 Comm: tls_oob Not tainted 7.2.0-rc7+ #329 PREEMPT Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:94 lib/dump_stack.c:120) print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:378 mm/kasan/report.c:482) kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595) tls_append_frag (net/tls/tls_device.c:269) tls_push_data (net/tls/tls_device.c:518) tls_device_sendmsg (net/tls/tls_device.c:583) inet_sendmsg (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:865) sock_sendmsg (net/socket.c:775 net/socket.c:790 net/socket.c:813) splice_to_socket (fs/splice.c:884) do_splice (fs/splice.c:936 fs/splice.c:1349) __do_splice (fs/splice.c:1431) __x64_sys_splice (fs/splice.c:1634 fs/splice.c:1616) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121) </TASK> and, once the record is pushed: UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/tls/tls_device.c:300:24 index 18 is out of range for type 'skb_frag_t [17]' UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/tls/tls_device.c:301:41 index 18 is out of range for type 'scatterlist [17]' UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/tls/tls_device.c:302:39 index 18 is out of range for type 'scatterlist [17]' UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/tls/tls_device.c:307:38 index 26 is out of range for type 'scatterlist [17]' kernel tried to execute NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: 0) BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffea000411a680 #PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0011) - permissions violation Oops: Oops: 0011 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI Workqueue: ktls_device_destruct 0xffffea000411a680 RIP: 0010:0xffffea000411a680 Call Trace: <TASK> worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3405 kernel/workqueue.c:3486) kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436) ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158) ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245) </TASK> | |
| Title | tls: device: fix out-of-bounds write in tls_append_frag() | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-04T15:55:02.806Z
Reserved: 2026-08-26T14:34:25.797Z
Link: CVE-2026-80852
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-04T16:18:14.073
Modified: 2026-09-04T16:18:14.073
Link: CVE-2026-80852
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-04T18:45:03Z