5.5

CVE-2024-57841

net: fix memory leak in tcp_conn_request()

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

net: fix memory leak in tcp_conn_request()

If inet_csk_reqsk_queue_hash_add() return false, tcp_conn_request() will
return without free the dst memory, which allocated in af_ops->route_req.

Here is the kmemleak stack:

unreferenced object 0xffff8881198631c0 (size 240):
  comm "softirq", pid 0, jiffies 4299266571 (age 1802.392s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 10 9b 03 81 88 ff ff 80 98 da bc ff ff ff ff  ................
    81 55 18 bb ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .U..............
  backtrace:
    [<ffffffffb93e8d4c>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x60c/0xa80
    [<ffffffffba11b4c5>] dst_alloc+0x55/0x250
    [<ffffffffba227bf6>] rt_dst_alloc+0x46/0x1d0
    [<ffffffffba23050a>] __mkroute_output+0x29a/0xa50
    [<ffffffffba23456b>] ip_route_output_key_hash+0x10b/0x240
    [<ffffffffba2346bd>] ip_route_output_flow+0x1d/0x90
    [<ffffffffba254855>] inet_csk_route_req+0x2c5/0x500
    [<ffffffffba26b331>] tcp_conn_request+0x691/0x12c0
    [<ffffffffba27bd08>] tcp_rcv_state_process+0x3c8/0x11b0
    [<ffffffffba2965c6>] tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x156/0x3b0
    [<ffffffffba299c98>] tcp_v4_rcv+0x1cf8/0x1d80
    [<ffffffffba239656>] ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xf6/0x360
    [<ffffffffba2399a6>] ip_local_deliver_finish+0xe6/0x1e0
    [<ffffffffba239b8e>] ip_local_deliver+0xee/0x360
    [<ffffffffba239ead>] ip_rcv+0xad/0x2f0
    [<ffffffffba110943>] __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x123/0x140

Call dst_release() to free the dst memory when
inet_csk_reqsk_queue_hash_add() return false in tcp_conn_request().
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.15.162 < 5.15.176
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.1.97 < 6.1.124
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.6.37 < 6.6.70
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.9.8 < 6.12.9
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.13 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.13 Updaterc2
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.13 Updaterc3
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.22% 0.12
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
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 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/2af69905180b3fea12f9c1db374b153a06977021
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f4aa4aa28142d53f8b06585c478476cfe325cfc
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d38959677291552d1b0ed2689a540af279b5bf8
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0b190218c78d8aeecfba36ea3a90063b3ede52d
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de3f999bf8aee16e9da1c1224191abdc69e97c9d
Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html