Memory Leak Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.el8_10
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELHEADERS-6389249
- published 5 Mar 2024
- disclosed 2 Mar 2024
Introduced: 2 Mar 2024
CVE-2023-52581 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-headers to version 0:4.18.0-553.el8_10 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-headers package and not the kernel-headers package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52581
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aea243b6853d06c1d160a9955b759189aa02b14
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf5000a7787cbc10341091d37245a42c119d26c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09c85f2d21ab6b5acba31a037985b13e8e6565b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e5d732e6902eb6a37b35480796838a145ae5f07
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a995a68e8a3b48533e47c856865d109a1f1a9d01
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef99506eaf1dc31feff1adfcfd68bc5535a22171
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cf055b43756b10aa2b851c927c940f5ed652125