Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_tables: fix memleak when more than 255 elements expired
When more than 255 elements expired we’re supposed to switch to a new gc container structure.
This never happens: u8 type will wrap before reaching the boundary and nft_trans_gc_space() always returns true.
This means we recycle the initial gc container structure and lose track of the elements that came before.
While at it, don’t deref ‘gc’ after we’ve passed it to call_rcu.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , CentOS 6 ELS , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , CloudLinux 6 ELS , Oracle Linux 6 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 2.6.32 (+8 more)
Fixes
KernelCare state
Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.
| Operating system | Status | Covered kernels |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 8 | Will Not Fix |
40 kernels
|
| AlmaLinux 9 | Will Not Fix |
19 kernels
|
| CentOS 8 | Will Not Fix |
33 kernels
|
| CloudLinux OS 7h | Will Not Fix |
54 kernels
|
| CloudLinux OS 8 | Will Not Fix |
49 kernels
|
| Oracle Linux 8 | Will Not Fix |
64 kernels
|
| Oracle Linux 9 | Will Not Fix |
25 kernels
|
| RHEL 8 | Will Not Fix |
61 kernels
|
| RHEL 9 | Will Not Fix |
19 kernels
|
| Rocky Linux 8 | Will Not Fix |
34 kernels
|
| Rocky Linux 9 | Will Not Fix |
18 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 AWS | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 Azure | Will Not Fix | — |