CVE-2023-53624

NameCVE-2023-53624
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: sch_fq: fix integer overflow of "credit" if sch_fq is configured with "initial quantum" having values greater than INT_MAX, the first assignment of "credit" does signed integer overflow to a very negative value. In this situation, the syzkaller script provided by Cristoph triggers the CPU soft-lockup warning even with few sockets. It's not an infinite loop, but "credit" wasn't probably meant to be minus 2Gb for each new flow. Capping "initial quantum" to INT_MAX proved to fix the issue. v2: validation of "initial quantum" is done in fq_policy, instead of open coding in fq_change() _ suggested by Jakub Kicinski
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.237-1fixed
bookworm6.1.148-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.153-1fixed
trixie6.12.43-1fixed
trixie (security)6.12.48-1fixed
forky6.16.9-1fixed
sid6.16.11-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebullseye5.10.191-1
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.37-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.3.7-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/7041101ff6c3073fd8f2e99920f535b111c929cb (6.4-rc1)

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