CVE-2021-47250

net: ipv4: fix memory leak in netlbl_cipsov4_add_std

Published May 21, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ipv4: fix memory leak in netlbl_cipsov4_add_std

Reported by syzkaller:
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888105df7000 (size 64):
comm "syz-executor842", pid 360, jiffies 4294824824 (age 22.546s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<00000000e67ed558>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:590 [inline]
[<00000000e67ed558>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:720 [inline]
[<00000000e67ed558>] netlbl_cipsov4_add_std net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c:145 [inline]
[<00000000e67ed558>] netlbl_cipsov4_add+0x390/0x2340 net/netlabel/netlabel_cipso_v4.c:416
[<0000000006040154>] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x20e/0x320 net/netlink/genetlink.c:739
[<00000000204d7a1c>] genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:783 [inline]
[<00000000204d7a1c>] genl_rcv_msg+0x2bf/0x4f0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:800
[<00000000c0d6a995>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x134/0x3d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2504
[<00000000d78b9d2c>] genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:811
[<000000009733081b>] netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1314 [inline]
[<000000009733081b>] netlink_unicast+0x4a0/0x6a0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1340
[<00000000d5fd43b8>] netlink_sendmsg+0x789/0xc70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1929
[<000000000a2d1e40>] sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:654 [inline]
[<000000000a2d1e40>] sock_sendmsg+0x139/0x170 net/socket.c:674
[<00000000321d1969>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x658/0x7d0 net/socket.c:2350
[<00000000964e16bc>] ___sys_sendmsg+0xf8/0x170 net/socket.c:2404
[<000000001615e288>] __sys_sendmsg+0xd3/0x190 net/socket.c:2433
[<000000004ee8b6a5>] do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90 arch/x86/entry/common.c:47
[<00000000171c7cee>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

The memory of doi_def->map.std pointing is allocated in
netlbl_cipsov4_add_std, but no place has freed it. It should be
freed in cipso_v4_doi_free which frees the cipso DOI resource.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-401
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 1:50 PM
Reserved
Apr 10, 2024, 6:59 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 21, 2024, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:17 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
May 21, 2024, 12:00 AM