---
id: CVE-2024-41048
title: 'skmsg: Skip zero length skb in sk_msg_recvmsg'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  skmsg: Skip zero length skb in sk_msg_recvmsg

  When running BPF selftests (./test_progs -t sockmap_basic) on a Loongarch
  platform, the following kernel panic occurs:

   …
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c <
    ddf6f5179638ef0716d32e8fc04a72822b135351
  - >-
    Linux >= 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c <
    195b7bcdfc5adc5b2468f279dd9eb7eebd2e7632
  - >-
    Linux >= 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c <
    fb61d7b9fb6ef0032de469499a54dab4c7260d0d
  - >-
    Linux >= 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c <
    b180739b45a38b4caa88fe16bb5273072e6613dc
  - >-
    Linux >= 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c <
    f8bd689f37f4198a4c61c4684f591ba639595b97
  - >-
    Linux >= 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c <
    f0c18025693707ec344a70b6887f7450bf4c826b
  - Linux 4.20
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2024-09-10T16:22:50.876207Z'
published: '2024-07-29'
updated: '2026-10-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-30T12:18:45.453Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41048'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddf6f5179638ef0716d32e8fc04a72822b135351'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/195b7bcdfc5adc5b2468f279dd9eb7eebd2e7632'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb61d7b9fb6ef0032de469499a54dab4c7260d0d'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b180739b45a38b4caa88fe16bb5273072e6613dc'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8bd689f37f4198a4c61c4684f591ba639595b97'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0c18025693707ec344a70b6887f7450bf4c826b'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00818
epssPercentile: 0.57415
ingestedAt: '2026-11-03T13:45:42.680Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

skmsg: Skip zero length skb in sk_msg_recvmsg

When running BPF selftests (./test_progs -t sockmap_basic) on a Loongarch
platform, the following kernel panic occurs:

  [...]
  Oops[#1]:
  CPU: 22 PID: 2824 Comm: test_progs Tainted: G           OE  6.10.0-rc2+ #18
  Hardware name: LOONGSON Dabieshan/Loongson-TC542F0, BIOS Loongson-UDK2018
     ... ...
     ra: 90000000048bf6c0 sk_msg_recvmsg+0x120/0x560
    ERA: 9000000004162774 copy_page_to_iter+0x74/0x1c0
   CRMD: 000000b0 (PLV0 -IE -DA +PG DACF=CC DACM=CC -WE)
   PRMD: 0000000c (PPLV0 +PIE +PWE)
   EUEN: 00000007 (+FPE +SXE +ASXE -BTE)
   ECFG: 00071c1d (LIE=0,2-4,10-12 VS=7)
  ESTAT: 00010000 [PIL] (IS= ECode=1 EsubCode=0)
   BADV: 0000000000000040
   PRID: 0014c011 (Loongson-64bit, Loongson-3C5000)
  Modules linked in: bpf_testmod(OE) xt_CHECKSUM xt_MASQUERADE xt_conntrack
  Process test_progs (pid: 2824, threadinfo=0000000000863a31, task=...)
  Stack : ...
  Call Trace:
  [<9000000004162774>] copy_page_to_iter+0x74/0x1c0
  [<90000000048bf6c0>] sk_msg_recvmsg+0x120/0x560
  [<90000000049f2b90>] tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser+0x170/0x4e0
  [<90000000049aae34>] inet_recvmsg+0x54/0x100
  [<900000000481ad5c>] sock_recvmsg+0x7c/0xe0
  [<900000000481e1a8>] __sys_recvfrom+0x108/0x1c0
  [<900000000481e27c>] sys_recvfrom+0x1c/0x40
  [<9000000004c076ec>] do_syscall+0x8c/0xc0
  [<9000000003731da4>] handle_syscall+0xc4/0x160
  Code: ...
  ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
  Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
  Kernel relocated by 0x3510000
   .text @ 0x9000000003710000
   .data @ 0x9000000004d70000
   .bss  @ 0x9000000006469400
  ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception ]---
  [...]

This crash happens every time when running sockmap_skb_verdict_shutdown
subtest in sockmap_basic.

This crash is because a NULL pointer is passed to page_address() in the
sk_msg_recvmsg(). Due to the different implementations depending on the
architecture, page_address(NULL) will trigger a panic on Loongarch
platform but not on x86 platform. So this bug was hidden on x86 platform
for a while, but now it is exposed on Loongarch platform. The root cause
is that a zero length skb (skb->len == 0) was put on the queue.

This zero length skb is a TCP FIN packet, which was sent by shutdown(),
invoked in test_sockmap_skb_verdict_shutdown():

	shutdown(p1, SHUT_WR);

In this case, in sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue(), num_sge is zero, and no
page is put to this sge (see sg_set_page in sg_set_page), but this empty
sge is queued into ingress_msg list.

And in sk_msg_recvmsg(), this empty sge is used, and a NULL page is got by
sg_page(sge). Pass this NULL page to copy_page_to_iter(), which passes it
to kmap_local_page() and to page_address(), then kernel panics.

To solve this, we should skip this zero length skb. So in sk_msg_recvmsg(),
if copy is zero, that means it's a zero length skb, skip invoking
copy_page_to_iter(). We are using the EFAULT return triggered by
copy_page_to_iter to check for is_fin in tcp_bpf.c.

## Affected

- `Linux >= 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c < ddf6f5179638ef0716d32e8fc04a72822b135351`
- `Linux >= 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c < 195b7bcdfc5adc5b2468f279dd9eb7eebd2e7632`
- `Linux >= 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c < fb61d7b9fb6ef0032de469499a54dab4c7260d0d`
- `Linux >= 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c < b180739b45a38b4caa88fe16bb5273072e6613dc`
- `Linux >= 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c < f8bd689f37f4198a4c61c4684f591ba639595b97`
- `Linux >= 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c < f0c18025693707ec344a70b6887f7450bf4c826b`
- `Linux 4.20`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.