FKIE_CVE-2024-39490

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-07-10 08:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:42
Severity
6.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: sr: fix missing sk_buff release in seg6_input_core The seg6_input() function is responsible for adding the SRH into a packet, delegating the operation to the seg6_input_core(). This function uses the skb_cow_head() to ensure that there is sufficient headroom in the sk_buff for accommodating the link-layer header. In the event that the skb_cow_header() function fails, the seg6_input_core() catches the error but it does not release the sk_buff, which will result in a memory leak. This issue was introduced in commit af3b5158b89d ("ipv6: sr: fix BUG due to headroom too small after SRH push") and persists even after commit 7a3f5b0de364 ("netfilter: add netfilter hooks to SRv6 data plane"), where the entire seg6_input() code was refactored to deal with netfilter hooks. The proposed patch addresses the identified memory leak by requiring the seg6_input_core() function to release the sk_buff in the event that skb_cow_head() fails.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5447f9708d9e4c17a647b16a9cb29e9e02820bd9Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f1fc3b86eaea70be6abcae2e9aa7e7b99453864Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8688218e38111ace457509d8f0cad75f79c1a7aPatch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4df8c7670a73752201cbde215254598efdf6ce8Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5fec1588642e415a3d72e02140160661b303940Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5447f9708d9e4c17a647b16a9cb29e9e02820bd9Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f1fc3b86eaea70be6abcae2e9aa7e7b99453864Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8688218e38111ace457509d8f0cad75f79c1a7aPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4df8c7670a73752201cbde215254598efdf6ce8Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5fec1588642e415a3d72e02140160661b303940Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: sr: fix missing sk_buff release in seg6_input_core\n\nThe seg6_input() function is responsible for adding the SRH into a\npacket, delegating the operation to the seg6_input_core(). This function\nuses the skb_cow_head() to ensure that there is sufficient headroom in\nthe sk_buff for accommodating the link-layer header.\nIn the event that the skb_cow_header() function fails, the\nseg6_input_core() catches the error but it does not release the sk_buff,\nwhich will result in a memory leak.\n\nThis issue was introduced in commit af3b5158b89d (\"ipv6: sr: fix BUG due\nto headroom too small after SRH push\") and persists even after commit\n7a3f5b0de364 (\"netfilter: add netfilter hooks to SRv6 data plane\"),\nwhere the entire seg6_input() code was refactored to deal with netfilter\nhooks.\n\nThe proposed patch addresses the identified memory leak by requiring the\nseg6_input_core() function to release the sk_buff in the event that\nskb_cow_head() fails."
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