CVE-2021-47402

net: sched: flower: protect fl_walk() with rcu

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 21, 2024 at 03:03 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: net: sched: flower: protect fl_walk() with rcu Patch that refactored fl_walk() to use idr_for_each_entry_continue_ul() also removed rcu protection of individual filters which causes following use-after-free when filter is deleted concurrently. Fix fl_walk() to obtain rcu read lock while iterating and taking the filter reference and temporary release the lock while calling arg->fn() callback that can sleep. KASAN trace: [ 352.773640] ================================================================== [ 352.775041] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in fl_walk+0x159/0x240 [cls_flower] [ 352.776304] Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881c8251480 by task tc/2987 [ 352.777862] CPU: 3 PID: 2987 Comm: tc Not tainted 5.15.0-rc2+ #2 [ 352.778980] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 352.781022] Call Trace: [ 352.781573] dump_stack_lvl+0x46/0x5a [ 352.782332] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1f/0x140 [ 352.783400] ? fl_walk+0x159/0x240 [cls_flower] [ 352.784292] ? fl_walk+0x159/0x240 [cls_flower] [ 352.785138] kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf [ 352.785851] ? fl_walk+0x159/0x240 [cls_flower] [ 352.786587] kasan_check_range+0x145/0x1a0 [ 352.787337] fl_walk+0x159/0x240 [cls_flower] [ 352.788163] ? fl_put+0x10/0x10 [cls_flower] [ 352.789007] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath.constprop.0+0x220/0x220 [ 352.790102] tcf_chain_dump+0x231/0x450 [ 352.790878] ? tcf_chain_tp_delete_empty+0x170/0x170 [ 352.791833] ? __might_sleep+0x2e/0xc0 [ 352.792594] ? tfilter_notify+0x170/0x170 [ 352.793400] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath.constprop.0+0x220/0x220 [ 352.794477] tc_dump_tfilter+0x385/0x4b0 [ 352.795262] ? tc_new_tfilter+0x1180/0x1180 [ 352.796103] ? __mod_node_page_state+0x1f/0xc0 [ 352.796974] ? __build_skb_around+0x10e/0x130 [ 352.797826] netlink_dump+0x2c0/0x560 [ 352.798563] ? netlink_getsockopt+0x430/0x430 [ 352.799433] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath.constprop.0+0x220/0x220 [ 352.800542] __netlink_dump_start+0x356/0x440 [ 352.801397] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x3ff/0x550 [ 352.802190] ? tc_new_tfilter+0x1180/0x1180 [ 352.802872] ? rtnl_calcit.isra.0+0x1f0/0x1f0 [ 352.803668] ? tc_new_tfilter+0x1180/0x1180 [ 352.804344] ? _copy_from_iter_nocache+0x800/0x800 [ 352.805202] ? kasan_set_track+0x1c/0x30 [ 352.805900] netlink_rcv_skb+0xc6/0x1f0 [ 352.806587] ? rht_deferred_worker+0x6b0/0x6b0 [ 352.807455] ? rtnl_calcit.isra.0+0x1f0/0x1f0 [ 352.808324] ? netlink_ack+0x4d0/0x4d0 [ 352.809086] ? netlink_deliver_tap+0x62/0x3d0 [ 352.809951] netlink_unicast+0x353/0x480 [ 352.810744] ? netlink_attachskb+0x430/0x430 [ 352.811586] ? __alloc_skb+0xd7/0x200 [ 352.812349] netlink_sendmsg+0x396/0x680 [ 352.813132] ? netlink_unicast+0x480/0x480 [ 352.813952] ? __import_iovec+0x192/0x210 [ 352.814759] ? netlink_unicast+0x480/0x480 [ 352.815580] sock_sendmsg+0x6c/0x80 [ 352.816299] ____sys_sendmsg+0x3a5/0x3c0 [ 352.817096] ? kernel_sendmsg+0x30/0x30 [ 352.817873] ? __ia32_sys_recvmmsg+0x150/0x150 [ 352.818753] ___sys_sendmsg+0xd8/0x140 [ 352.819518] ? sendmsg_copy_msghdr+0x110/0x110 [ 352.820402] ? ___sys_recvmsg+0xf4/0x1a0 [ 352.821110] ? __copy_msghdr_from_user+0x260/0x260 [ 352.821934] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x81/0xd0 [ 352.822680] ? __handle_mm_fault+0xef3/0x1b20 [ 352.823549] ? rb_insert_color+0x2a/0x270 [ 352.824373] ? copy_page_range+0x16b0/0x16b0 [ 352.825209] ? perf_event_update_userpage+0x2d0/0x2d0 [ 352.826190] ? __fget_light+0xd9/0xf0 [ 352.826941] __sys_sendmsg+0xb3/0x130 [ 352.827613] ? __sys_sendmsg_sock+0x20/0x20 [ 352.828377] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2c5/0x8a0 [ 352.829184] ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x52/0x60 [ 352.830001] ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x32/0x160 [ 352.830845] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [ 352.831445] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [ 352.832331] RIP: 0033:0x7f7bee973c17 [ ---truncated---

Affected

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

5.11 ≤ v < 5.14.105.3 ≤ v < 5.10.715.3 ≤ v < 5.14.105.3 ≤ v < 5.155.3 ≤ v < 5.4.1515.5 ≤ v < 5.10.715.15 rc15.15 rc25.15 rc3d39d714969cda5cbda291402c8c6b1fb1047f42e
Vendor states this is fixed in 694b0cee7f8546b69a80996a29cb3cf4149c0453 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d0d520c19e7ea19ed38dc5797b12397b6ccf9f88 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d5ef190693a7d76c5c192d108e8dec48307b46ee (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dab4677bdbffa5c8270e79e34e51c89efa0728a0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.71 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.14.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.151 (unaffected)

References (4)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/694b0cee7f8546b69a80996a29cb3cf4149c0453
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0d520c19e7ea19ed38dc5797b12397b6ccf9f88
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5ef190693a7d76c5c192d108e8dec48307b46ee
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dab4677bdbffa5c8270e79e34e51c89efa0728a0

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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