5.5

CVE-2023-53200

netfilter: x_tables: fix percpu counter block leak on error path when creating new netns

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

netfilter: x_tables: fix percpu counter block leak on error path when creating new netns

Here is the stack where we allocate percpu counter block:

  +-< __alloc_percpu
    +-< xt_percpu_counter_alloc
      +-< find_check_entry # {arp,ip,ip6}_tables.c
        +-< translate_table

And it can be leaked on this code path:

  +-> ip6t_register_table
    +-> translate_table # allocates percpu counter block
    +-> xt_register_table # fails

there is no freeing of the counter block on xt_register_table fail.
Note: xt_percpu_counter_free should be called to free it like we do in
do_replace through cleanup_entry helper (or in __ip6t_unregister_table).

Probability of hitting this error path is low AFAICS (xt_register_table
can only return ENOMEM here, as it is not replacing anything, as we are
creating new netns, and it is hard to imagine that all previous
allocations succeeded and after that one in xt_register_table failed).
But it's worth fixing even the rare leak.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.2 < 5.15.100
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.18
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.2.5
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.15% 0.041
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e306dbee4c98025a9326386023a12ef4d887e9d1
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/512b6c4b83c91d007301ea7d7f095d16c3aceacd
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cc9610a87b7dde82f7360dd4eb6c2c27940ed57
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af8c09c896810879387decfba8c942994bb61f5
Patch