{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2021-47546", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-05-24T15:02:54.829Z", "datePublished": "2024-05-24T15:09:51.286Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-06-17T17:34:48.850Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2024-05-29T05:09:50.177Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: fix memory leak in fib6_rule_suppress\n\nThe kernel leaks memory when a `fib` rule is present in IPv6 nftables\nfirewall rules and a suppress_prefix rule is present in the IPv6 routing\nrules (used by certain tools such as wg-quick). In such scenarios, every\nincoming packet will leak an allocation in `ip6_dst_cache` slab cache.\n\nAfter some hours of `bpftrace`-ing and source code reading, I tracked\ndown the issue to ca7a03c41753 (\"ipv6: do not free rt if\nFIB_LOOKUP_NOREF is set on suppress rule\").\n\nThe problem with that change is that the generic `args->flags` always have\n`FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF` set[1][2] but the IPv6-specific flag\n`RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF` might not be, leading to `fib6_rule_suppress` not\ndecreasing the refcount when needed.\n\nHow to reproduce:\n - Add the following nftables rule to a prerouting chain:\n meta nfproto ipv6 fib saddr . mark . iif oif missing drop\n This can be done with:\n sudo nft create table inet test\n sudo nft create chain inet test test_chain '{ type filter hook prerouting priority filter + 10; policy accept; }'\n sudo nft add rule inet test test_chain meta nfproto ipv6 fib saddr . mark . iif oif missing drop\n - Run:\n sudo ip -6 rule add table main suppress_prefixlength 0\n - Watch `sudo slabtop -o | grep ip6_dst_cache` to see memory usage increase\n with every incoming ipv6 packet.\n\nThis patch exposes the protocol-specific flags to the protocol\nspecific `suppress` function, and check the protocol-specific `flags`\nargument for RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF instead of the generic\nFIB_LOOKUP_NOREF when decreasing the refcount, like this.\n\n[1]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/ca7a03c4175366a92cee0ccc4fec0038c3266e26/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c#L71\n[2]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/ca7a03c4175366a92cee0ccc4fec0038c3266e26/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c#L99"}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["include/net/fib_rules.h", "net/core/fib_rules.c", "net/ipv4/fib_rules.c", "net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c"], "versions": [{"version": "ca7a03c41753", "lessThan": "ee38eb8cf9a7", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "ca7a03c41753", "lessThan": "209d35ee34e2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "ca7a03c41753", "lessThan": "8ef8a76a340e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "ca7a03c41753", "lessThan": "cdef485217d3", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["include/net/fib_rules.h", "net/core/fib_rules.c", "net/ipv4/fib_rules.c", "net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c"], "versions": [{"version": "5.4", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "5.4", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "custom"}, {"version": "5.4.164", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "custom"}, {"version": "5.10.84", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "custom"}, {"version": "5.15.7", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "custom"}, {"version": "5.16", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee38eb8cf9a7323884c2b8e0adbbeb2192d31e29"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/209d35ee34e25f9668c404350a1c86d914c54ffa"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ef8a76a340ebdb2c2eea3f6fb0ebbed09a16383"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdef485217d30382f3bf6448c54b4401648fe3f1"}], "title": "ipv6: fix memory leak in fib6_rule_suppress", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-a5840b7849dd"}}, "adp": [{"metrics": [{"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"timestamp": "2024-06-17T17:34:31.593424Z", "id": "CVE-2021-47546", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3"}}}], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2024-06-17T17:34:48.850Z"}}]}}

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In such scenarios, every\nincoming packet will leak an allocation in `ip6_dst_cache` slab cache.\n\nAfter some hours of `bpftrace`-ing and source code reading, I tracked\ndown the issue to ca7a03c41753 (\"ipv6: do not free rt if\nFIB_LOOKUP_NOREF is set on suppress rule\").\n\nThe problem with that change is that the generic `args->flags` always have\n`FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF` set[1][2] but the IPv6-specific flag\n`RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF` might not be, leading to `fib6_rule_suppress` not\ndecreasing the refcount when needed.\n\nHow to reproduce:\n - Add the following nftables rule to a prerouting chain:\n meta nfproto ipv6 fib saddr . mark . iif oif missing drop\n This can be done with:\n sudo nft create table inet test\n sudo nft create chain inet test test_chain '{ type filter hook prerouting priority filter + 10; policy accept; }'\n sudo nft add rule inet test test_chain meta nfproto ipv6 fib saddr . mark . iif oif missing drop\n - Run:\n sudo ip -6 rule add table main suppress_prefixlength 0\n - Watch `sudo slabtop -o | grep ip6_dst_cache` to see memory usage increase\n with every incoming ipv6 packet.\n\nThis patch exposes the protocol-specific flags to the protocol\nspecific `suppress` function, and check the protocol-specific `flags`\nargument for RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF instead of the generic\nFIB_LOOKUP_NOREF when decreasing the refcount, like this.\n\n[1]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/ca7a03c4175366a92cee0ccc4fec0038c3266e26/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c#L71\n[2]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/ca7a03c4175366a92cee0ccc4fec0038c3266e26/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c#L99"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se resolvi\u00f3 la siguiente vulnerabilidad: ipv6: corrige la p\u00e9rdida de memoria en fib6_rule_suppress El kernel pierde memoria cuando una regla `fib` est\u00e1 presente en las reglas de firewall de nftables de IPv6 y una regla de supresi\u00f3n_prefix est\u00e1 presente en las reglas de enrutamiento de IPv6 (utilizadas por ciertas herramientas como wg-quick). En tales escenarios, cada paquete entrante perder\u00e1 una asignaci\u00f3n en el cach\u00e9 de losa `ip6_dst_cache`. Despu\u00e9s de algunas horas de `bpftrace`-ing y lectura del c\u00f3digo fuente, rastre\u00e9 el problema hasta ca7a03c41753 (\"ipv6: no libere rt si FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF est\u00e1 configurado en la regla de supresi\u00f3n\"). El problema con ese cambio es que los `args->flags` gen\u00e9ricos siempre tienen `FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF` configurado[1][2] pero el indicador espec\u00edfico de IPv6 `RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF` podr\u00eda no estarlo, lo que lleva a que `fib6_rule_suppress` no disminuya el recuento cuando necesario. C\u00f3mo reproducir: - Agregue la siguiente regla nftables a una cadena de enrutamiento previo: meta nfproto ipv6 fib saddr. marca . iif oif falta gota Esto se puede hacer con: sudo nft create table inet test sudo nft create chain inet test test_chain '{ tipo filtro gancho prerouting filtro de prioridad + 10; aceptar pol\u00edtica; }' sudo nft agregar regla inet test test_chain meta nfproto ipv6 fib saddr. marca . iif oif falta gota - Ejecutar: sudo ip -6 regla agregar tabla principal suprimir_prefixlength 0 - Ver `sudo slabtop -o | grep ip6_dst_cache` para ver el aumento del uso de memoria con cada paquete ipv6 entrante. Este parche expone los indicadores espec\u00edficos del protocolo a la funci\u00f3n `suprimir` espec\u00edfica del protocolo y verifica el argumento `flags` espec\u00edfico del protocolo para RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF en lugar del FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF gen\u00e9rico al disminuir el recuento, de esta manera. 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