Bug 2039811 (CVE-2021-46283)

Summary:	CVE-2021-46283 kernel: DoS in nf_tables_newset in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Marian Rehak <mrehak>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, adscvr, airlied, alciregi, bdettelb, bhu, brdeoliv, bskeggs, chwhite, crwood, dhoward, dvlasenk, fhrbata, fpacheco, hdegoede, hkrzesin, jarod, jarodwilson, jburrell, jeremy, jfaracco, jforbes, jglisse, jlelli, jonathan, josef, jshortt, jstancek, jwboyer, kcarcia, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, lgoncalv, linville, lzampier, masami256, mchehab, nmurray, ptalbert, qzhao, rvrbovsk, scweaver, steved, vkumar, walters, williams
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	Linux kernel 5.13-rc7	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A NULL pointer dereference flaw in the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem was found in the way user set a netfilter table expression. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2022-01-27 12:05:11 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	2039812

Description Marian Rehak 2022-01-12 13:49:55 UTC

nf_tables_newset in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and general protection fault) because of the missing initialization for nft_set_elem_expr_alloc. A local user can set a netfilter table expression in their own namespace.

Reference:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ad9f151e560b016b6ad3280b48e42fa11e1a5440
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.12.13

Comment 3 juneau 2022-01-27 15:43:44 UTC

Services notaffected per kernel analysis.