CVE-2021-47125

sch_htb: fix refcount leak in htb_parent_to_leaf_offload

published March 15, 2024

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

sch_htb: fix refcount leak in htb_parent_to_leaf_offload

The commit ae81feb7338c ("sch_htb: fix null pointer dereference

on a null new_q") fixes a NULL pointer dereference bug, but it

is not correct.

Because htb_graft_helper properly handles the case when new_q

is NULL, and after the previous patch by skipping this call

which creates an inconsistency : dev_queue->qdisc will still

point to the old qdisc, but cl->parent->leaf.q will point to

the new one (which will be noop_qdisc, because new_q was NULL).

The code is based on an assumption that these two pointers are

the same, so it can lead to refcount leaks.

The correct fix is to add a NULL pointer check to protect

qdisc_refcount_inc inside htb_parent_to_leaf_offload.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00193 · 8.6th percentile
Published
2024-03-15T20:14Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 MAR 20:14Z
    sch_htb: fix refcount leak in htb_parent_to_leaf_offload
    cvelistv5