CVE-2022-48691

2024-05-0315:15:07

CWE-401

Linux

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linux kernel

netfilter

memory leak

bug

fixed

nf_tables

offload flags check

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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

netfilter: nf_tables: clean up hook list when offload flags check fails

splice back the hook list so nft_chain_release_hook() has a chance to
release the hooks.

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff88810180b100 (size 96):
comm “syz-executor133”, pid 3619, jiffies 4294945714 (age 12.690s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
28 64 23 02 81 88 ff ff 28 64 23 02 81 88 ff ff (d#…(d#…
90 a8 aa 83 ff ff ff ff 00 00 b5 0f 81 88 ff ff …
backtrace:
[<ffffffff83a8c59b>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:600 [inline]
[<ffffffff83a8c59b>] nft_netdev_hook_alloc+0x3b/0xc0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:1901
[<ffffffff83a9239a>] nft_chain_parse_netdev net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:1998 [inline]
[<ffffffff83a9239a>] nft_chain_parse_hook+0x33a/0x530 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:2073
[<ffffffff83a9b14b>] nf_tables_addchain.constprop.0+0x10b/0x950 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:2218
[<ffffffff83a9c41b>] nf_tables_newchain+0xa8b/0xc60 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:2593
[<ffffffff83a3d6a6>] nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0xa46/0xd20 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:517
[<ffffffff83a3db79>] nfnetlink_rcv_skb_batch net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:638 [inline]
[<ffffffff83a3db79>] nfnetlink_rcv+0x1f9/0x220 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:656
[<ffffffff83a13b17>] netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 [inline]
[<ffffffff83a13b17>] netlink_unicast+0x397/0x4c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345
[<ffffffff83a13fd6>] netlink_sendmsg+0x396/0x710 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921
[<ffffffff83865ab6>] sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]
[<ffffffff83865ab6>] sock_sendmsg+0x56/0x80 net/socket.c:734
[<ffffffff8386601c>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x36c/0x390 net/socket.c:2482
[<ffffffff8386a918>] ___sys_sendmsg+0xa8/0x110 net/socket.c:2536
[<ffffffff8386aaa8>] __sys_sendmsg+0x88/0x100 net/socket.c:2565
[<ffffffff845e5955>] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
[<ffffffff845e5955>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
[<ffffffff84800087>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Affected configurations

Nvd

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.5–5.10.143

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.11–5.15.68

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.16–5.19.9

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

CNA Affected

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    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
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        "version": "d54725cd11a5",
        "lessThan": "910891a2a44c",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
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        "version": "d54725cd11a5",
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        "versionType": "git"
      },
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    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
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    ],
    "versions": [
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        "version": "5.5",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "5.5",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.10.143",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.15.68",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
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      },
      {
        "version": "5.19.9",
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        "status": "unaffected",
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      },
      {
        "version": "6.0",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]