CVE-2024-27012CWE-401

CVE-2024-27012

High · published May 1, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
18.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

netfilter: nf_tables: restore set elements when delete set fails

From abort path, nft_mapelem_activate() needs to restore refcounters to

the original state. Currently, it uses the set->ops->walk() to iterate

over these set elements. The existing set iterator skips inactive

elements in the next generation, this does not work from the abort path

to restore the original state since it has to skip active elements

instead (not inactive ones).

This patch moves the check for inactive elements to the set iterator

callback, then it reverses the logic for the .activate case which

needs to skip active elements.

Toggle next generation bit for elements when delete set command is

invoked and call nft_clear() from .activate (abort) path to restore the

next generation bit.

The splat below shows an object in mappings memleak:

[43929.457523] ------------[ cut here ]------------

[43929.457532] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1139 at include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h:1237 nft_setelem_data_deactivate+0xe4/0xf0 [nf_tables]

[...]

[43929.458014] RIP: 0010:nft_setelem_data_deactivate+0xe4/0xf0 [nf_tables]

[43929.458076] Code: 83 f8 01 77 ab 49 8d 7c 24 08 e8 37 5e d0 de 49 8b 6c 24 08 48 8d 7d 50 e8 e9 5c d0 de 8b 45 50 8d 50 ff 89 55 50 85 c0 75 86 <0f> 0b eb 82 0f 0b eb b3 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90

[43929.458081] RSP: 0018:ffff888140f9f4b0 EFLAGS: 00010246

[43929.458086] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8881434f5288 RCX: dffffc0000000000

[43929.458090] RDX: 00000000ffffffff RSI: ffffffffa26d28a7 RDI: ffff88810ecc9550

[43929.458093] RBP: ffff88810ecc9500 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed10281f3e8f

[43929.458096] R10: 0000000000000003 R11: ffff0000ffff0000 R12: ffff8881434f52a0

[43929.458100] R13: ffff888140f9f5f4 R14: ffff888151c7a800 R15: 0000000000000002

[43929.458103] FS: 00007f0c687c4740(0000) GS:ffff888390800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000

[43929.458107] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033

[43929.458111] CR2: 00007f58dbe5b008 CR3: 0000000123602005 CR4: 00000000001706f0

[43929.458114] Call Trace:

[43929.458118] <TASK>

[43929.458121] ? __warn+0x9f/0x1a0

[43929.458127] ? nft_setelem_data_deactivate+0xe4/0xf0 [nf_tables]

[43929.458188] ? report_bug+0x1b1/0x1e0

[43929.458196] ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x70

[43929.458200] ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x40

[43929.458211] ? nft_setelem_data_deactivate+0xd7/0xf0 [nf_tables]

[43929.458271] ? nft_setelem_data_deactivate+0xe4/0xf0 [nf_tables]

[43929.458332] nft_mapelem_deactivate+0x24/0x30 [nf_tables]

[43929.458392] nft_rhash_walk+0xdd/0x180 [nf_tables]

[43929.458453] ? __pfx_nft_rhash_walk+0x10/0x10 [nf_tables]

[43929.458512] ? rb_insert_color+0x2e/0x280

[43929.458520] nft_map_deactivate+0xdc/0x1e0 [nf_tables]

[43929.458582] ? __pfx_nft_map_deactivate+0x10/0x10 [nf_tables]

[43929.458642] ? __pfx_nft_mapelem_deactivate+0x10/0x10 [nf_tables]

[43929.458701] ? __rcu_read_unlock+0x46/0x70

[43929.458709] nft_delset+0xff/0x110 [nf_tables]

[43929.458769] nft_flush_table+0x16f/0x460 [nf_tables]

[43929.458830] nf_tables_deltable+0x501/0x580 [nf_tables]

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00272 · 18.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Published
2024-05-01T10:15Z
Affected products (8)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.4, < 6.8.86.8.8
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
fedoraproject/fedoraall versions—
fedoraproject/fedoraall versions—
fedoraproject/fedoraall versions—
References (9)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 MAY 05:29Z
    netfilter: nf_tables: restore set elements when delete set fails
    cvelistv5