CVE-2024-27011

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

netfilter: nf_tables: fix memleak in map from abort path

The delete set command does not rely on the transaction object for element removal, therefore, a combination of delete element + delete set from the abort path could result in restoring twice the refcount of the mapping.

Check for inactive element in the next generation for the delete element command in the abort path, skip restoring state if next generation bit has been already cleared. This is similar to the activate logic using the set walk iterator.

[ 6170.286929] ————[ cut here ]———— [ 6170.286939] WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 790302 at net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:2086 nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x1f7/0x220 [nf_tables] [ 6170.287071] Modules linked in: […] [ 6170.287633] CPU: 6 PID: 790302 Comm: kworker/6:2 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc3+ #365 [ 6170.287768] RIP: 0010:nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x1f7/0x220 [nf_tables] [ 6170.287886] Code: df 48 8d 7d 58 e8 69 2e 3b df 48 8b 7d 58 e8 80 1b 37 df 48 8d 7d 68 e8 57 2e 3b df 48 8b 7d 68 e8 6e 1b 37 df 48 89 ef eb c4 <0f> 0b 48 83 c4 08 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc 0f [ 6170.287895] RSP: 0018:ffff888134b8fd08 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 6170.287904] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff888125bffb28 RCX: dffffc0000000000 [ 6170.287912] RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: ffffffffa20298ab RDI: ffff88811ebe4750 [ 6170.287919] RBP: ffff88811ebe4700 R08: ffff88838e812650 R09: fffffbfff0623a55 [ 6170.287926] R10: ffffffff8311d2af R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff888125bffb10 [ 6170.287933] R13: ffff888125bffb10 R14: dead000000000122 R15: dead000000000100 [ 6170.287940] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888390b00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 6170.287948] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 6170.287955] CR2: 00007fd31fc00710 CR3: 0000000133f60004 CR4: 00000000001706f0 [ 6170.287962] Call Trace: [ 6170.287967] [ 6170.287973] ? __warn+0x9f/0x1a0 [ 6170.287986] ? nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x1f7/0x220 [nf_tables] [ 6170.288092] ? report_bug+0x1b1/0x1e0 [ 6170.287986] ? nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x1f7/0x220 [nf_tables] [ 6170.288092] ? report_bug+0x1b1/0x1e0 [ 6170.288104] ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x70 [ 6170.288112] ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x40 [ 6170.288120] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 [ 6170.288132] ? nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x2b/0x220 [nf_tables] [ 6170.288243] ? nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x1f7/0x220 [nf_tables] [ 6170.288366] ? nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x2b/0x220 [nf_tables] [ 6170.288483] nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x588/0x590 [nf_tables]

Weakness

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Choose a language or tool that provides automatic memory management, or makes manual memory management less error-prone.
• For example, glibc in Linux provides protection against free of invalid pointers.
• When using Xcode to target OS X or iOS, enable automatic reference counting (ARC) [REF-391].
• To help correctly and consistently manage memory when programming in C++, consider using a smart pointer class such as std::auto_ptr (defined by ISO/IEC ISO/IEC 14882:2003), std::shared_ptr and std::unique_ptr (specified by an upcoming revision of the C++ standard, informally referred to as C++ 1x), or equivalent solutions such as Boost.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49d0e656d19dfb2d4d7c230e4a720d37b3decff6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86a1471d7cde792941109b93b558b5dc078b9ee9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1bd2a38a1c6388fc8556816dc203c3e9dc52237
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49d0e656d19dfb2d4d7c230e4a720d37b3decff6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86a1471d7cde792941109b93b558b5dc078b9ee9
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4EZ6PJW7VOZ224TD7N4JZNU6KV32ZJ53/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DAMSOZXJEPUOXW33WZYWCVAY7Z5S7OOY/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GCBZZEC7L7KTWWAS2NLJK6SO3IZIL4WW/