CVE-2021-47394

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.12-5.14.10 - Use-After-Free in Netfilter nf_tables

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: unlink table before deleting it syzbot reports following UAF: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in memcmp+0x18f/0x1c0 lib/string.c:955 nla_strcmp+0xf2/0x130 lib/nlattr.c:836 nft_table_lookup.part.0+0x1a2/0x460 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:570 nft_table_lookup net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:4064 [inline] nf_tables_getset+0x1b3/0x860 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:4064 nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x659/0x13f0 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:285 netlink_rcv_skb+0x153/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2504 Problem is that all get operations are lockless, so the commit_mutex held by nft_rcv_nl_event() isn't enough to stop a parallel GET request from doing read-accesses to the table object even after synchronize_rcu(). To avoid this, unlink the table first and store the table objects in on-stack scratch space.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 14.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (8)
Linux/Linux < 5.12
Linux/Linux 5.12
Linux/Linux 5.14.10 - 5.14.*
Linux/Linux 5.15
Linux/Linux 6001a930ce0378b62210d4f83583fc88a903d89d - a499b03bf36b0c2e3b958a381d828678ab0ffc5e
Linux/Linux 6001a930ce0378b62210d4f83583fc88a903d89d - f65c73d3aabb87d4353e0bc4a718b5ae8c43fd04
linux/linux_kernel 5.15 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 5.12 - 5.14.10
Published May 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026