In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mac802154: llsec: reject frames shorter than the authentication tag
llsec_do_decrypt_auth() computes the associated-data length for the AEAD request as
assoclen += datalen - authlen;
where datalen is the number of bytes after the MAC header and authlen (4, 8 or 16) is the length of the authentication tag. Nothing verifies that the frame actually carries at least authlen payload bytes. A secured frame whose payload is shorter than the tag makes datalen - authlen negative; assoclen is then passed to aead_request_set_ad() as an unsigned value close to 4 GiB, so crypto_aead_decrypt() walks far off the end of the scatterlist that only spans the real frame.
The frame is fully attacker-controlled and reaches this path from any IEEE 802.15.4 peer in radio range. Reject frames whose payload is shorter than the authentication tag before the subtraction.
Dynamically reproduced on a KASAN kernel as a general-protection-fault in the AEAD scatterwalk, and the fix confirmed.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bbf0cd9b6a7076af86c75e87e180099be2e11ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de80808f37d99c6dc67bb6f97eea00c8f57a8821
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e09e0301d616c1ef38a5e64e8e4326fd39df13cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f20dedce0429b293d4bad604e0d3f65d8ac96c83
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd3a3f28ed60c6af4b2a39933b151d6b27842c3b