CVE-2021-47106: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fix use-after-free in nft_set_catchall_destroy() We need to use…

PriorityP339high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.22%

12.2th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fix use-after-free in nft_set_catchall_destroy() We need to use list_for_each_entry_safe() iterator because we can not access @catchall after kfree_rcu() call. syzbot reported: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in nft_set_catchall_destroy net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:4486 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in nft_set_destroy net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:4504 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in nft_set_destroy+0x3fd/0x4f0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:4493 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880716e5b80 by task syz-executor.3/8871 CPU: 1 PID: 8871 Comm: syz-executor.3 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc5-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x8d/0x2ed mm/kasan/report.c:247 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:433 [inline] kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf mm/kasan/report.c:450 nft_set_catchall_destroy net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:4486 [inline] nft_set_destroy net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:4504 [inline] nft_set_destroy+0x3fd/0x4f0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:4493 __nft_release_table+0x79f/0xcd0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:9626 nft_rcv_nl_event+0x4f8/0x670 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:9688 notifier_call_chain+0xb5/0x200 kernel/notifier.c:83 blocking_notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:318 [inline] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x67/0x90 kernel/notifier.c:306 netlink_release+0xcb6/0x1dd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:788 __sock_release+0xcd/0x280 net/socket.c:649 sock_close+0x18/0x20 net/socket.c:1314 __fput+0x286/0x9f0 fs/file_table.c:280 task_work_run+0xdd/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:164 tracehook_notify_resume include/linux/tracehook.h:189 [inline] exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:175 [inline] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x27e/0x290 kernel/entry/common.c:207 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	linux	< linux 5.15.15-1 (bookworm)	linux 5.15.15-1 (bookworm)
linux	linux	—	—
linux	linux	>= aaa31047a6d25da0fa101da1ed544e1247949b40 < 9d558e5f0d6fdd0a568f73dceb0b40c4f5012e5a	9d558e5f0d6fdd0a568f73dceb0b40c4f5012e5a
linux	linux	>= aaa31047a6d25da0fa101da1ed544e1247949b40 < 0f7d9b31ce7abdbb29bf018131ac920c9f698518	0f7d9b31ce7abdbb29bf018131ac920c9f698518
linux	linux_kernel	—	—
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 5.15.15-1	5.15.15-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 5.15.15-1	5.15.15-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 5.15.15-1	5.15.15-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.13 < 5.15.12	5.15.12

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_debian7.8HIGH

vendor_redhat7.8HIGH

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