Linux Kernel up to 5.10.142/5.15.67/5.19.8 include/linux/slab.h nft_chain_release_hook memory leak

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.142/5.15.67/5.19.8. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function nft_chain_release_hook of the file include/linux/slab.h. Such manipulation leads to memory leak. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-48691. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.142/5.15.67/5.19.8. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function nft_chain_release_hook of the file include/linux/slab.h. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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: [] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:600 [inline] [] nft_netdev_hook_alloc+0x3b/0xc0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:1901 [] nft_chain_parse_netdev net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:1998 [inline] [] nft_chain_parse_hook+0x33a/0x530 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:2073 [] nf_tables_addchain.constprop.0+0x10b/0x950 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:2218 [] nf_tables_newchain+0xa8b/0xc60 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:2593 [] nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0xa46/0xd20 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:517 [] nfnetlink_rcv_skb_batch net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:638 [inline] [] nfnetlink_rcv+0x1f9/0x220 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:656 [] netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 [inline] [] netlink_unicast+0x397/0x4c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345 [] netlink_sendmsg+0x396/0x710 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921 [] sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] [] sock_sendmsg+0x56/0x80 net/socket.c:734 [] ____sys_sendmsg+0x36c/0x390 net/socket.c:2482 [] ___sys_sendmsg+0xa8/0x110 net/socket.c:2536 [] __sys_sendmsg+0x88/0x100 net/socket.c:2565 [] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] [] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 [] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-48691. The exploitation is known to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 5.10.143, 5.15.68, 5.19.9 or 6.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 910891a2a44c/1ce55ec5cb7c/94ed8eeb8d9a/77972a36ecc4 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1025). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• EMC Avamar
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
• Dell NetWorker
• Open Source Linux Kernel

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.10.142
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6
• 5.15.7
• 5.15.8
• 5.15.9
• 5.15.10
• 5.15.11
• 5.15.12
• 5.15.13
• 5.15.14
• 5.15.15
• 5.15.16
• 5.15.17
• 5.15.18
• 5.15.19
• 5.15.20
• 5.15.21
• 5.15.22
• 5.15.23
• 5.15.24
• 5.15.25
• 5.15.26
• 5.15.27
• 5.15.28
• 5.15.29
• 5.15.30
• 5.15.31
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• 5.15.33
• 5.15.34
• 5.15.35
• 5.15.36
• 5.15.37
• 5.15.38
• 5.15.39
• 5.15.40
• 5.15.41
• 5.15.42
• 5.15.43
• 5.15.44
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• 5.15.46
• 5.15.47
• 5.15.48
• 5.15.49
• 5.15.50
• 5.15.51
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• 5.15.53
• 5.15.54
• 5.15.55
• 5.15.56
• 5.15.57
• 5.15.58
• 5.15.59
• 5.15.60
• 5.15.61
• 5.15.62
• 5.15.63
• 5.15.64
• 5.15.65
• 5.15.66
• 5.15.67
• 5.19.0
• 5.19.1
• 5.19.2
• 5.19.3
• 5.19.4
• 5.19.5
• 5.19.6
• 5.19.7
• 5.19.8

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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