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CVE-2024-27011

medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fix memleak in map from abort path The delete set command does not…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fix memleak in map from abort path The delete set command does not rely on the transaction object for element removal, therefore, a combination of delete element + delete set from the abort path could result in restoring twice the refcount of the mapping. Check for inactive element in the next generation for the delete element command in the abort path, skip restoring state if next generation bit has been already cleared. This is similar to the activate logic using the set walk iterator. [ 6170.286929] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 6170.286939] WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 790302 at net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:2086 nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x1f7/0x220 [nf_tables] [ 6170.287071] Modules linked in: [...] [ 6170.287633] CPU: 6 PID: 790302 Comm: kworker/6:2 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc3+ #365 [ 6170.287768] RIP: 0010:nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x1f7/0x220 [nf_tables] [ 6170.287886] Code: df 48 8d 7d 58 e8 69 2e 3b df 48 8b 7d 58 e8 80 1b 37 df 48 8d 7d 68 e8 57 2e 3b df 48 8b 7d 68 e8 6e 1b 37 df 48 89 ef eb c4 0b 48 83 c4 08 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc 0f [ 6170.287895] RSP: 0018:ffff888134b8fd08 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 6170.287904] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff888125bffb28 RCX: dffffc0000000000 [ 6170.287912] RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: ffffffffa20298ab RDI: ffff88811ebe4750 [ 6170.287919] RBP: ffff88811ebe4700 R08: ffff88838e812650 R09: fffffbfff0623a55 [ 6170.287926] R10: ffffffff8311d2af R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff888125bffb10 [ 6170.287933] R13: ffff888125bffb10 R14: dead000000000122 R15: dead000000000100 [ 6170.287940] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888390b00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 6170.287948] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 6170.287955] CR2: 00007fd31fc00710 CR3: 0000000133f60004 CR4: 00000000001706f0 [ 6170.287962] Call Trace: [ 6170.287967] [ 6170.287973] ? __warn+0x9f/0x1a0 [ 6170.287986] ? nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x1f7/0x220 [nf_tables] [ 6170.288092] ? report_bug+0x1b1/0x1e0 [ 6170.287986] ? nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x1f7/0x220 [nf_tables] [ 6170.288092] ? report_bug+0x1b1/0x1e0 [ 6170.288104] ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x70 [ 6170.288112] ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x40 [ 6170.288120] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 [ 6170.288132] ? nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x2b/0x220 [nf_tables] [ 6170.288243] ? nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x1f7/0x220 [nf_tables] [ 6170.288366] ? nf_tables_chain_destroy+0x2b/0x220 [nf_tables] [ 6170.288483] nf_tables_trans_destroy_work+0x588/0x590 [nf_tables]

CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2024-05-01 06:15
Modified: 2026-10-30 13:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥4.12 <6.8.8, 6.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49d0e656d19dfb2d4d7c230e4a720d37b3decff6
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86a1471d7cde792941109b93b558b5dc078b9ee9
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1bd2a38a1c6388fc8556816dc203c3e9dc52237
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49d0e656d19dfb2d4d7c230e4a720d37b3decff6
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86a1471d7cde792941109b93b558b5dc078b9ee9

References

Data sources

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