CVE-2021-47126

ipv6: Fix KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in fib6_nh_flush_exceptions

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 15, 2024 at 08:14 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 09:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: Fix KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in fib6_nh_flush_exceptions Reported by syzbot: HEAD commit: 90c911ad Merge tag 'fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm.. git tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=123aa35098fd3c000eb7 compiler: Debian clang version 11.0.1-2 ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in fib6_nh_get_excptn_bucket net/ipv6/route.c:1604 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in fib6_nh_flush_exceptions+0xbd/0x360 net/ipv6/route.c:1732 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880145c78f8 by task syz-executor.4/17760 CPU: 0 PID: 17760 Comm: syz-executor.4 Not tainted 5.12.0-rc8-syzkaller #0 Call Trace: <IRQ> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:79 [inline] dump_stack+0x202/0x31e lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description+0x5f/0x3b0 mm/kasan/report.c:232 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:399 [inline] kasan_report+0x15c/0x200 mm/kasan/report.c:416 fib6_nh_get_excptn_bucket net/ipv6/route.c:1604 [inline] fib6_nh_flush_exceptions+0xbd/0x360 net/ipv6/route.c:1732 fib6_nh_release+0x9a/0x430 net/ipv6/route.c:3536 fib6_info_destroy_rcu+0xcb/0x1c0 net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c:174 rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2559 [inline] rcu_core+0x8f6/0x1450 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2794 __do_softirq+0x372/0x7a6 kernel/softirq.c:345 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:221 [inline] __irq_exit_rcu+0x22c/0x260 kernel/softirq.c:422 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:434 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x91/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1100 </IRQ> asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:632 RIP: 0010:lock_acquire+0x1f6/0x720 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5515 Code: f6 84 24 a1 00 00 00 02 0f 85 8d 02 00 00 f7 c3 00 02 00 00 49 bd 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 74 01 fb 48 c7 44 24 40 0e 36 e0 45 <4b> c7 44 3d 00 00 00 00 00 4b c7 44 3d 09 00 00 00 00 43 c7 44 3d RSP: 0018:ffffc90009e06560 EFLAGS: 00000206 RAX: 1ffff920013c0cc0 RBX: 0000000000000246 RCX: dffffc0000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffffc90009e066e0 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1f992b1 R10: fffffbfff1f992b1 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 1ffff920013c0cb4 rcu_lock_acquire+0x2a/0x30 include/linux/rcupdate.h:267 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:656 [inline] ext4_get_group_info+0xea/0x340 fs/ext4/ext4.h:3231 ext4_mb_prefetch+0x123/0x5d0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:2212 ext4_mb_regular_allocator+0x8a5/0x28f0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:2379 ext4_mb_new_blocks+0xc6e/0x24f0 fs/ext4/mballoc.c:4982 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x2be3/0x7210 fs/ext4/extents.c:4238 ext4_map_blocks+0xab3/0x1cb0 fs/ext4/inode.c:638 ext4_getblk+0x187/0x6c0 fs/ext4/inode.c:848 ext4_bread+0x2a/0x1c0 fs/ext4/inode.c:900 ext4_append+0x1a4/0x360 fs/ext4/namei.c:67 ext4_init_new_dir+0x337/0xa10 fs/ext4/namei.c:2768 ext4_mkdir+0x4b8/0xc00 fs/ext4/namei.c:2814 vfs_mkdir+0x45b/0x640 fs/namei.c:3819 ovl_do_mkdir fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h:161 [inline] ovl_mkdir_real+0x53/0x1a0 fs/overlayfs/dir.c:146 ovl_create_real+0x280/0x490 fs/overlayfs/dir.c:193 ovl_workdir_create+0x425/0x600 fs/overlayfs/super.c:788 ovl_make_workdir+0xed/0x1140 fs/overlayfs/super.c:1355 ovl_get_workdir fs/overlayfs/super.c:1492 [inline] ovl_fill_super+0x39ee/0x5370 fs/overlayfs/super.c:2035 mount_nodev+0x52/0xe0 fs/super.c:1413 legacy_get_tree+0xea/0x180 fs/fs_context.c:592 vfs_get_tree+0x86/0x270 fs/super.c:1497 do_new_mount fs/namespace.c:2903 [inline] path_mount+0x196f/0x2be0 fs/namespace.c:3233 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3246 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3454 [inline] __se_sys_mount+0x2f9/0x3b0 fs/namespace.c:3431 do_syscall_64+0x2d/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae RIP: 0033:0x4665f9 Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 ---truncated---

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.11 ≤ v < 5.12.105.3 ≤ v < 5.10.435.3 ≤ v < 5.12.105.3 ≤ v < 5.135.3 ≤ v < 5.4.1255.5 ≤ v < 5.10.435.13 rc15.13 rc25.13 rc35.13 rc4f88d8ea67fbdbac7a64bfa6ed9a2ba27bb822f74
Vendor states this is fixed in 09870235827451409ff546b073d754a19fd17e2e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0a462e25ef0f7ab305081a08d435bbd1f13c0a94 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7ba7fa78a92dc410b6f93ed73075ab669c3a0b59 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 821bbf79fe46a8b1d18aa456e8ed0a3c208c3754 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.43 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.12.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.125 (unaffected)

References (4)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09870235827451409ff546b073d754a19fd17e2e
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a462e25ef0f7ab305081a08d435bbd1f13c0a94
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ba7fa78a92dc410b6f93ed73075ab669c3a0b59
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/821bbf79fe46a8b1d18aa456e8ed0a3c208c3754

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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