CVE-2022-48809
Published: Jul 16, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix a memleak when uncloning an skb dst and its metadata When uncloning an skb dst and its associated metadata, a new dst+metadata is allocated and later replaces the old one in the skb. This is helpful to have a non-shared dst+metadata attached to a specific skb. The issue is the uncloned dst+metadata is initialized with a refcount of 1, which is increased to 2 before attaching it to the skb. When tun_dst_unclone returns, the dst+metadata is only referenced from a single place (the skb) while its refcount is 2. Its refcount will never drop to 0 (when the skb is consumed), leading to a memory leak. Fix this by removing the call to dst_hold in tun_dst_unclone, as the dst+metadata refcount is already 1.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected fc4099f17240767554ff3a73977acb78ef615404 - < 4ac84498fbe84a00e7aef185e2bb3e40ce71eca4affected fc4099f17240767554ff3a73977acb78ef615404 - < c1ff27d100e2670b03cbfddb9117e5f9fc672540affected fc4099f17240767554ff3a73977acb78ef615404 - < 0be943916d781df2b652793bb2d3ae4f9624c10aaffected fc4099f17240767554ff3a73977acb78ef615404 - < a80817adc2a4c1ba26a7aa5f3ed886e4a18dff88affected fc4099f17240767554ff3a73977acb78ef615404 - < 00e6d6c3bc14dfe32824e2c515f0e0f2d6ecf2f1+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.3unaffected 0 - < 4.3unaffected 4.9.302 - <= 4.9.*unaffected 4.14.267 - <= 4.14.*unaffected 4.19.230 - <= 4.19.*+5 more versions |
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