CVE-2023-52580

What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/core: Fix ETH_P_1588 flow dissector When a PTP ethernet raw frame with a size of more than 256 bytes followed by a 0xff pattern is sent to __skb_flow_dissect, nhoff value calculation is wrong. For example: hdr->message_length takes the wrong value (0xffff) and it does not replicate real header length. In this case, 'nhoff' value was overridden and the PTP header was badly dissected. This leads to a kernel crash. net/core: flow_dissector net/core flow dissector nhoff = 0x0000000e net/core flow dissector hdr->message_length = 0x0000ffff net/core flow dissector nhoff = 0x0001000d (u16 overflow) ... skb linear: 00000000: 00 a0 c9 00 00 00 00 a0 c9 00 00 00 88 skb frag: 00000000: f7 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff Using the size of the ptp_header struct will allow the corrected calculation of the nhoff value. net/core flow dissector nhoff = 0x0000000e net/core flow dissector nhoff = 0x00000030 (sizeof ptp_header) ... skb linear: 00000000: 00 a0 c9 00 00 00 00 a0 c9 00 00 00 88 f7 ff ff skb linear: 00000010: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff skb linear: 00000020: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff skb frag: 00000000: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff Kernel trace: [ 74.984279] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 74.989471] kernel BUG at include/linux/skbuff.h:2440! [ 74.995237] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 75.001098] CPU: 4 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/4 Tainted: G U 5.15.85-intel-ese-standard-lts #1 [ 75.011629] Hardware name: Intel Corporation A-Island (CPU:AlderLake)/A-Island (ID:06), BIOS SB_ADLP.01.01.00.01.03.008.D-6A9D9E73-dirty Mar 30 2023 [ 75.026507] RIP: 0010:eth_type_trans+0xd0/0x130 [ 75.031594] Code: 03 88 47 78 eb c7 8b 47 68 2b 47 6c 48 8b 97 c0 00 00 00 83 f8 01 7e 1b 48 85 d2 74 06 66 83 3a ff 74 09 b8 00 04 00 00 eb ab <0f> 0b b8 00 01 00 00 eb a2 48 85 ff 74 eb 48 8d 54 24 06 31 f6 b9 [ 75.052612] RSP: 0018:ffff9948c0228de0 EFLAGS: 00010297 [ 75.058473] RAX: 00000000000003f2 RBX: ffff8e47047dc300 RCX: 0000000000001003 [ 75.066462] RDX: ffff8e4e8c9ea040 RSI: ffff8e4704e0a000 RDI: ffff8e47047dc300 [ 75.074458] RBP: ffff8e4704e2acc0 R08: 00000000000003f3 R09: 0000000000000800 [ 75.082466] R10: 000000000000000d R11: ffff9948c0228dec R12: ffff8e4715e4e010 [ 75.090461] R13: ffff9948c0545018 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000800 [ 75.098464] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8e4e8fb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 75.107530] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 75.113982] CR2: 00007f5eb35934a0 CR3: 0000000150e0a002 CR4: 0000000000770ee0 [ 75.121980] PKRU: 55555554 [ 75.125035] Call Trace: [ 75.127792] <IRQ> [ 75.130063] ? eth_get_headlen+0xa4/0xc0 [ 75.134472] igc_process_skb_fields+0xcd/0x150 [ 75.139461] igc_poll+0xc80/0x17b0 [ 75.143272] __napi_poll+0x27/0x170 [ 75.147192] net_rx_action+0x234/0x280 [ 75.151409] __do_softirq+0xef/0x2f4 [ 75.155424] irq_exit_rcu+0xc7/0x110 [ 75.159432] common_interrupt+0xb8/0xd0 [ 75.163748] </IRQ> [ 75.166112] <TASK> [ 75.168473] asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40 [ 75.173175] RIP: 0010:cpuidle_enter_state+0xe2/0x350 [ 75.178749] Code: 85 c0 0f 8f 04 02 00 00 31 ff e8 39 6c 67 ff 45 84 ff 74 12 9c 58 f6 c4 02 0f 85 50 02 00 00 31 ff e8 52 b0 6d ff fb 45 85 f6 <0f> 88 b1 00 00 00 49 63 ce 4c 2b 2c 24 48 89 c8 48 6b d1 68 48 c1 [ 75.199757] RSP: 0018:ffff9948c013bea8 EFLAGS: 00000202 [ 75.205614] RAX: ffff8e4e8fb00000 RBX: ffffb948bfd23900 RCX: 000000000000001f [ 75.213619] RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: ffffffff94206161 RDI: ffffffff94212e20 [ 75.221620] RBP: 0000000000000004 R08: 000000117568973a R09: 0000000000000001 [ 75.229622] R10: 000000000000afc8 R11: ffff8e4e8fb29ce4 R12: ffffffff945ae980 [ 75.237628] R13: 000000117568973a R14: 0000000000000004 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 75.245635] ? ---truncated---

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of service disruption.

Exploit odds

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

1. 2024-03-02 22:15 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-06-17 06:43 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

• Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
• Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
• Severity: 5.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
• Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.

Details

Published

2024-03-02 22:15 UTC

Last modified

2026-06-17 06:43 UTC

Exploit probability

0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days

Record status

Analyzed

Affected

• Linux Kernel < 5.15.134
• Linux Kernel < 6.1.56
• Linux Kernel < 6.5.6
• Linux Kernel 6.6

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.5

Attack vector

Local

Complexity

Low

Privileges needed

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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