published September 4, 2026
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>