{
  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2023-52845",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-52845"
  ],
  "published": "2024-05-21T15:34:20Z",
  "summary": "tipc: Change nla_policy for bearer-related names to NLA_NUL_STRING",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntipc: Change nla_policy for bearer-related names to NLA_NUL_STRING\n\nsyzbot reported the following uninit-value access issue [1]:\n\n=====================================================\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in strlen lib/string.c:418 [inline]\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in strstr+0xb8/0x2f0 lib/string.c:756\n strlen lib/string.c:418 [inline]\n strstr+0xb8/0x2f0 lib/string.c:756\n tipc_nl_node_reset_link_stats+0x3ea/0xb50 net/tipc/node.c:2595\n genl_family_rcv_msg_doit net/netlink/genetlink.c:971 [inline]\n genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1051 [inline]\n genl_rcv_msg+0x11ec/0x1290 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1066\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x371/0x650 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2545\n genl_rcv+0x40/0x60 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1075\n netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1342 [inline]\n netlink_unicast+0xf47/0x1250 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1368\n netlink_sendmsg+0x1238/0x13d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1910\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]\n sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:753 [inline]\n ____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 net/socket.c:2541\n ___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2595\n __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2624 [inline]\n __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2633 [inline]\n __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2631 [inline]\n __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x490 net/socket.c:2631\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n\nUninit was created at:\n slab_post_alloc_hook+0x12f/0xb70 mm/slab.h:767\n slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3478 [inline]\n kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x577/0xa80 mm/slub.c:3523\n kmalloc_reserve+0x13d/0x4a0 net/core/skbuff.c:559\n __alloc_skb+0x318/0x740 net/core/skbuff.c:650\n alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1286 [inline]\n netlink_alloc_large_skb net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1214 [inline]\n netlink_sendmsg+0xb34/0x13d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1885\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:730 [inline]\n sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:753 [inline]\n ____sys_sendmsg+0x9c2/0xd60 net/socket.c:2541\n ___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2595\n __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2624 [inline]\n __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2633 [inline]\n __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2631 [inline]\n __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x307/0x490 net/socket.c:2631\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0x41/0xc0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n\nTIPC bearer-related names including link names must be null-terminated\nstrings. If a link name which is not null-terminated is passed through\nnetlink, strstr() and similar functions can cause buffer overrun. This\ncauses the above issue.\n\nThis patch changes the nla_policy for bearer-related names from NLA_STRING\nto NLA_NUL_STRING. This resolves the issue by ensuring that only\nnull-terminated strings are accepted as bearer-related names.\n\nsyzbot reported similar uninit-value issue related to bearer names [2]. The\nroot cause of this issue is that a non-null-terminated bearer name was\npassed. This patch also resolved this issue.",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
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        "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
      ],
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            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-2712",
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            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7l",
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            "upstream_version": "6.1.47",
            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
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          }
        }
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52845"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6744008c354bca2e4686a5b6056ee6b535d9f67d"
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      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abc1582119e8c4af14cedb0db6541fd603f45a04"
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      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/560992f41c0cea44b7603bc9e6c73bffbf6b5709"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19b3f72a41a8751e26bffc093bb7e1cef29ad579"
    }
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  "database_specific": {
    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-08-05T11:24:39Z"
  }
}