Linux Kernel up to 5.12.10 default_device_exit null pointer dereference

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.125/5.9/5.10/5.10.43/5.12.10. The affected element is the function default_device_exit. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2021-47266. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.125/5.9/5.10/5.10.43/5.12.10. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function default_device_exit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/ipoib: Fix warning caused by destroying non-initial netns After the commit 5ce2dced8e95 ("RDMA/ipoib: Set rtnl_link_ops for ipoib interfaces"), if the IPoIB device is moved to non-initial netns, destroying that netns lets the device vanish instead of moving it back to the initial netns, This is happening because default_device_exit() skips the interfaces due to having rtnl_link_ops set. Steps to reporoduce: ip netns add foo ip link set mlx5_ib0 netns foo ip netns delete foo WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 704 at net/core/dev.c:11435 netdev_exit+0x3f/0x50 Modules linked in: xt_CHECKSUM xt_MASQUERADE xt_conntrack ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 nft_compat nft_counter nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_tables nfnetlink tun d fuse CPU: 1 PID: 704 Comm: kworker/u64:3 Tainted: G S W 5.13.0-rc1+ #1 Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R630/02C2CP, BIOS 2.1.5 04/11/2016 Workqueue: netns cleanup_net RIP: 0010:netdev_exit+0x3f/0x50 Code: 48 8b bb 30 01 00 00 e8 ef 81 b1 ff 48 81 fb c0 3a 54 a1 74 13 48 8b 83 90 00 00 00 48 81 c3 90 00 00 00 48 39 d8 75 02 5b c3 0b 5b c3 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 0f 1f 44 00 RSP: 0018:ffffb297079d7e08 EFLAGS: 00010206 RAX: ffff8eb542c00040 RBX: ffff8eb541333150 RCX: 000000008010000d RDX: 000000008010000e RSI: 000000008010000d RDI: ffff8eb440042c00 RBP: ffffb297079d7e48 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffffff9fdeac00 R10: ffff8eb5003be000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffffffffa1545620 R13: ffffffffa1545628 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffffffa1543b20 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8ed37fa00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00005601b5f4c2e8 CR3: 0000001fc8c10002 CR4: 00000000003706e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: ops_exit_list.isra.9+0x36/0x70 cleanup_net+0x234/0x390 process_one_work+0x1cb/0x360 ? process_one_work+0x360/0x360 worker_thread+0x30/0x370 ? process_one_work+0x360/0x360 kthread+0x116/0x130 ? kthread_park+0x80/0x80 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 To avoid the above warning and later on the kernel panic that could happen on shutdown due to a NULL pointer dereference, make sure to set the netns_refund flag that was introduced by commit 3a5ca857079e ("can: dev: Move device back to init netns on owning netns delete") to properly restore the IPoIB interfaces to the initial netns.

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-47266 since 05/21/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 5.4.126, 5.10, 5.10.44 or 5.12.11 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 64f1fb6acc2a/67cf4e447b5e/0a672f7d89db/a3e74fb9247c 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.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.4.125
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 5.10
• 5.10.0
• 5.10.1
• 5.10.2
• 5.10.3
• 5.10.4
• 5.10.5
• 5.10.6
• 5.10.7
• 5.10.8
• 5.10.9
• 5.10.10
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• 5.10.37
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• 5.10.39
• 5.10.40
• 5.10.41
• 5.10.42
• 5.10.43
• 5.12.0
• 5.12.1
• 5.12.2
• 5.12.3
• 5.12.4
• 5.12.5
• 5.12.6
• 5.12.7
• 5.12.8
• 5.12.9
• 5.12.10

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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