🇰🇷 한글 설명
Linux 커널의 IPv4 raw 소켓 처리 과정에서 IHL(Internet Header Length) 값이 5 미만인 잘못된 패킷을 검증하지 못하는 취약점입니다. 이로 인해 AH(Authentication Header) 처리 과정에서 음수 값이 계산되어 메모리 범위 외 접근(OOB)이 발생하며, 결과적으로 커널 패닉을 유발할 수 있습니다.
💡 쉬운 설명
잘못된 규격의 네트워크 패킷을 보내 커널이 계산 오류를 일으키게 만드는 취약점입니다. 이 공격이 성공하면 컴퓨터의 운영체제가 갑자기 멈추거나 꺼질 수 있습니다.
🇺🇸 원문 (English)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv4: raw: reject IP_HDRINCL packets with ihl < 5
raw_send_hdrinc() validates that the caller-supplied IPv4 header
fits within the message length:
iphlen = iph->ihl * 4;
err = -EINVAL;
if (iphlen > length)
goto error_free;
if (iphlen >= sizeof(*iph)) {
/* fix up saddr, tot_len, id, csum, transport_header */
}
It does not, however, reject ihl < 5. For such a packet the
"if (iphlen >= sizeof(*iph))" branch is skipped, leaving the
crafted iphdr untouched, but the packet is still handed to
__ip_local_out() and onward. Downstream consumers that read
iph->ihl assume a sane value: net/ipv4/ah4.c:ah_output() in
particular subtracts sizeof(struct iphdr) from top_iph->ihl * 4
and passes the (signed-int-negative, then cast to size_t)
result to memcpy(), producing an OOB access of length close to
SIZE_MAX and a host kernel panic.
An IPv4 header with ihl < 5 is malformed by definition (RFC 791:
"Internet Header Length is the length of the internet header in
32 bit words ... Note that the minimum value for a correct header
is 5."). The kernel should not be willing to inject such a
packet into its own output path.
Reject "iphlen < sizeof(*iph)" alongside the existing
"iphlen > length" check. This matches the principle that locally
constructed packets that re-enter the IP stack must pass the same
basic sanity tests that a foreign packet would be subjected to.
Once this lands, the "if (iphlen >= sizeof(*iph))" wrapper around
the fixup branch becomes redundant; left in place to keep the
patch minimal and backport-friendly. A follow-up can unwrap it.
Note that commit 86f4c90a1c5c ("ipv4, ipv6: ensure raw socket
message is big enough to hold an IP header") ensures the message
buffer is large enough to hold an iphdr, but does not constrain
the self-reported iph->ihl.
Reachability: the malformed packet source is any caller with
CAP_NET_RAW, including an unprivileged process in a user+net
namespace on a kernel with CONFIG_USER_NS=y. The reproduced AH
crash also requires a matching xfrm AH policy on the outgoing
route; a container granted CAP_NET_ADMIN can install that state
and policy in its netns. Loopback bypasses xfrm_output, so the
trigger uses a real netdev.
Reproduced on UML + KASAN: kernel-mode fault at addr 0x0 with
memcpy_orig at the crash site. Same shape reproduces inside a
rootless Docker container with --cap-add NET_ADMIN on a stock
distro kernel.
📍 영향받는 시스템
Linux kernel (CAP_NET_RAW 권한을 가진 프로세스가 실행 가능한 환경)
⚔️ 공격 벡터
CAP_NET_RAW 권한을 가진 사용자(또는 사용자 네임스페이스 내의 비특권 프로세스)가 IHL이 5 미만인 조작된 IPv4 패킷을 전송
🛡️ 대응 방법
Linux 커널을 최신 보안 패치가 적용된 버전으로 업데이트하여 IHL 검증 로직을 적용해야 합니다.
🔧 검증 코드
출력된 커널 버전을 확인하여 해당 취약점이 해결된 패치 버전인지 보안 공지(CVE-2026-64114 관련)와 대조합니다.