{"cve":"CVE-2023-52906","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-21T07:15:06.663","modified":"2026-06-17T06:43:54.353","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: act_mpls: Fix warning during failed attribute validation\n\nThe 'TCA_MPLS_LABEL' attribute is of 'NLA_U32' type, but has a\nvalidation type of 'NLA_VALIDATE_FUNCTION'. This is an invalid\ncombination according to the comment above 'struct nla_policy':\n\n\"\nMeaning of `validate' field, use via NLA_POLICY_VALIDATE_FN:\n   NLA_BINARY           Validation function called for the attribute.\n   All other            Unused - but note that it's a union\n\"\n\nThis can trigger the warning [1] in nla_get_range_unsigned() when\nvalidation of the attribute fails. Despite being of 'NLA_U32' type, the\nassociated 'min'/'max' fields in the policy are negative as they are\naliased by the 'validate' field.\n\nFix by changing the attribute type to 'NLA_BINARY' which is consistent\nwith the above comment and all other users of NLA_POLICY_VALIDATE_FN().\nAs a result, move the length validation to the validation function.\n\nNo regressions in MPLS tests:\n\n # ./tdc.py -f tc-tests/actions/mpls.json\n [...]\n # echo $?\n 0\n\n[1]\nWARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 17743 at lib/nlattr.c:118\nnla_get_range_unsigned+0x1d8/0x1e0 lib/nlattr.c:117\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 0 PID: 17743 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc8 #3\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS\nrel-1.13.0-48-gd9c812dda519-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:nla_get_range_unsigned+0x1d8/0x1e0 lib/nlattr.c:117\n[...]\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __netlink_policy_dump_write_attr+0x23d/0x990 net/netlink/policy.c:310\n netlink_policy_dump_write_attr+0x22/0x30 net/netlink/policy.c:411\n netlink_ack_tlv_fill net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2454 [inline]\n netlink_ack+0x546/0x760 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2506\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x1b7/0x240 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2546\n rtnetlink_rcv+0x18/0x20 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6109\n netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 [inline]\n netlink_unicast+0x5e9/0x6b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345\n netlink_sendmsg+0x739/0x860 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]\n sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:734 [inline]\n ____sys_sendmsg+0x38f/0x500 net/socket.c:2482\n ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2536 [inline]\n __sys_sendmsg+0x197/0x230 net/socket.c:2565\n __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2574 [inline]\n __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2572 [inline]\n __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x42/0x50 net/socket.c:2572\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0x2b/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b157c3c5d6b8ddca48d53c9e662032f65af8d61","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/453277feb41c2235cf2c0de9209eef962c401457","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a97b544b98e44f596219ebb290fd2ba2fd5d644","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e17f99220d111ea031b44153fdfe364b0024ff2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e2c38827cdc6fdd3bb375c8607fc04d289756f9"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:16.205165117+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-52906","score":0.00248,"percentile":0.16193,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}