Bug 2347790 (CVE-2022-49558)

Summary:	CVE-2022-49558 kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: double hook unregistration in netns path
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-02-26 03:06:50 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: double hook unregistration in netns path

__nft_release_hooks() is called from pre_netns exit path which
unregisters the hooks, then the NETDEV_UNREGISTER event is triggered
which unregisters the hooks again.

[  565.221461] WARNING: CPU: 18 PID: 193 at net/netfilter/core.c:495 __nf_unregister_net_hook+0x247/0x270
[...]
[  565.246890] CPU: 18 PID: 193 Comm: kworker/u64:1 Tainted: G            E     5.18.0-rc7+ #27
[  565.253682] Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
[  565.257059] RIP: 0010:__nf_unregister_net_hook+0x247/0x270
[...]
[  565.297120] Call Trace:
[  565.300900]  <TASK>
[  565.304683]  nf_tables_flowtable_event+0x16a/0x220 [nf_tables]
[  565.308518]  raw_notifier_call_chain+0x63/0x80
[  565.312386]  unregister_netdevice_many+0x54f/0xb50

Unregister and destroy netdev hook from netns pre_exit via kfree_rcu
so the NETDEV_UNREGISTER path see unregistered hooks.

Comment 3 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-28 02:27:36 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022617-CVE-2022-49558-f8ba@gregkh/T