CVE-2021-47438

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix memory leak in mlx5_core_destroy_cq() error path Prior to this patch in case mlx5_core_destroy_cq() failed it returns without completing all destroy operations and that leads to memory leak. Instead, complete the destroy flow before return error. Also move mlx5_debug_cq_remove() to the beginning of mlx5_core_destroy_cq() to be symmetrical with mlx5_core_create_cq(). kmemleak complains on: unreferenced object 0xc000000038625100 (size 64): comm "ethtool", pid 28301, jiffies 4298062946 (age 785.380s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 60 01 48 94 00 00 00 c0 b8 05 34 c3 00 00 00 c0 `.H.......4..... 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 db 7d c1 00 00 00 c0 ..........}..... backtrace: [<000000009e8643cb>] add_res_tree+0xd0/0x270 [mlx5_core] [<00000000e7cb8e6c>] mlx5_debug_cq_add+0x5c/0xc0 [mlx5_core] [<000000002a12918f>] mlx5_core_create_cq+0x1d0/0x2d0 [mlx5_core] [<00000000cef0a696>] mlx5e_create_cq+0x210/0x3f0 [mlx5_core] [<000000009c642c26>] mlx5e_open_cq+0xb4/0x130 [mlx5_core] [<0000000058dfa578>] mlx5e_ptp_open+0x7f4/0xe10 [mlx5_core] [<0000000081839561>] mlx5e_open_channels+0x9cc/0x13e0 [mlx5_core] [<0000000009cf05d4>] mlx5e_switch_priv_channels+0xa4/0x230 [mlx5_core] [<0000000042bbedd8>] mlx5e_safe_switch_params+0x14c/0x300 [mlx5_core] [<0000000004bc9db8>] set_pflag_tx_port_ts+0x9c/0x160 [mlx5_core] [<00000000a0553443>] mlx5e_set_priv_flags+0xd0/0x1b0 [mlx5_core] [<00000000a8f3d84b>] ethnl_set_privflags+0x234/0x2d0 [<00000000fd27f27c>] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x108/0x1d0 [<00000000f495e2bb>] genl_family_rcv_msg+0xe4/0x1f0 [<00000000646c5c2c>] genl_rcv_msg+0x78/0x120 [<00000000d53e384e>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x74/0x1a0

CVSS Metrics

• v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.01%• Percentile: 3%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-401•Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

  The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

Affected Systems

• linux•linux

  ≥ e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c, < 4f7bddf8c5c01cac74373443b13a68e1c6723a94 | ≥ e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c, < ed8aafea4fec9c654e63445236e0b505e27ed3a7 | ≥ e126ba97dba9edeb6fafa3665b5f8497fc9cdf8c, < 94b960b9deffc02fc0747afc01f72cc62ab099e3 | 3.11

• linux•linux_kernel

  ≥ 3.11, < 5.10.75 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.14.14 | 5.15:rc1 | 5.15:rc2 | 5.15:rc3 | 5.15:rc4 | 5.15:rc5

References (3)

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f7bddf8c5c01cac74373443b13a68e1c6723a94
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed8aafea4fec9c654e63445236e0b505e27ed3a7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94b960b9deffc02fc0747afc01f72cc62ab099e3