CVE-2022-49865
7.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.2
Source: NVD
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: addrlabel: fix infoleak when sending struct ifaddrlblmsg to network
When copying a `struct ifaddrlblmsg` to the network, __ifal_reserved
remained uninitialized, resulting in a 1-byte infoleak:
BUG: KMSAN: kernel-network-infoleak in __netdev_start_xmit ./include/linux/netdevice.h:4841
__netdev_start_xmit ./include/linux/netdevice.h:4841
netdev_start_xmit ./include/linux/netdevice.h:4857
xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3590
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x1dc/0x800 net/core/dev.c:3606
__dev_queue_xmit+0x17e8/0x4350 net/core/dev.c:4256
dev_queue_xmit ./include/linux/netdevice.h:3009
__netlink_deliver_tap_skb net/netlink/af_netlink.c:307
__netlink_deliver_tap+0x728/0xad0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:325
netlink_deliver_tap net/netlink/af_netlink.c:338
__netlink_sendskb net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1263
netlink_sendskb+0x1d9/0x200 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1272
netlink_unicast+0x56d/0xf50 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1360
nlmsg_unicast ./include/net/netlink.h:1061
rtnl_unicast+0x5a/0x80 net/core/rtnetlink.c:758
ip6addrlbl_get+0xfad/0x10f0 net/ipv6/addrlabel.c:628
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0xb33/0x1570 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6082
...
Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook+0x118/0xb00 mm/slab.h:742
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3398
__kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x4f2/0x930 mm/slub.c:3437
__do_kmalloc_node mm/slab_common.c:954
__kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x117/0x3d0 mm/slab_common.c:975
kmalloc_reserve net/core/skbuff.c:437
__alloc_skb+0x27a/0xab0 net/core/skbuff.c:509
alloc_skb ./include/linux/skbuff.h:1267
nlmsg_new ./include/net/netlink.h:964
ip6addrlbl_get+0x490/0x10f0 net/ipv6/addrlabel.c:608
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0xb33/0x1570 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6082
netlink_rcv_skb+0x299/0x550 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2540
rtnetlink_rcv+0x26/0x30 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6109
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319
netlink_unicast+0x9ab/0xf50 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345
netlink_sendmsg+0xebc/0x10f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921
...
This patch ensures that the reserved field is always initialized.
Affected (11)
Products: Linux: Linux Kernel
Configuration A
| Vulnerable Software | Affected Versions |
|---|---|
| From 2.6.25 to 4.9.334 |
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