CVE-2022-48809

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48809
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-48809.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-48809
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-07-16T11:43:59.757Z
Modified
2026-03-13T05:59:32.557738Z
Summary
net: fix a memleak when uncloning an skb dst and its metadata
Details

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

net: fix a memleak when uncloning an skb dst and its metadata

When uncloning an skb dst and its associated metadata, a new dst+metadata is allocated and later replaces the old one in the skb. This is helpful to have a non-shared dst+metadata attached to a specific skb.

The issue is the uncloned dst+metadata is initialized with a refcount of 1, which is increased to 2 before attaching it to the skb. When tundstunclone returns, the dst+metadata is only referenced from a single place (the skb) while its refcount is 2. Its refcount will never drop to 0 (when the skb is consumed), leading to a memory leak.

Fix this by removing the call to dsthold in tundst_unclone, as the dst+metadata refcount is already 1.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/48xxx/CVE-2022-48809.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
fc4099f17240767554ff3a73977acb78ef615404
Fixed
4ac84498fbe84a00e7aef185e2bb3e40ce71eca4
Fixed
c1ff27d100e2670b03cbfddb9117e5f9fc672540
Fixed
0be943916d781df2b652793bb2d3ae4f9624c10a
Fixed
a80817adc2a4c1ba26a7aa5f3ed886e4a18dff88
Fixed
00e6d6c3bc14dfe32824e2c515f0e0f2d6ecf2f1
Fixed
fdcb263fa5cda15b8cb24a641fa2718c47605314
Fixed
8b1087b998e273f07be13dcb5f3ca4c309c7f108
Fixed
9eeabdf17fa0ab75381045c867c370f4cc75a613

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-48809.json"