CVE-2022-48933

netfilter: nf_tables: fix memory leak during stateful obj update

published August 22, 2024

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

netfilter: nf_tables: fix memory leak during stateful obj update

stateful objects can be updated from the control plane.

The transaction logic allocates a temporary object for this purpose.

The ->init function was called for this object, so plain kfree() leaks

resources. We must call ->destroy function of the object.

nft_obj_destroy does this, but it also decrements the module refcount,

but the update path doesn't increment it.

To avoid special-casing the update object release, do module_get for

the update case too and release it via nft_obj_destroy().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00210 · 10.6th percentile
Published
2024-08-22T03:31Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 AUG 03:31Z
    netfilter: nf_tables: fix memory leak during stateful obj update
    cvelistv5