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
2026-05-28T03:53:08.722125033Z
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
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/48xxx/CVE-2022-48809.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
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"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.3.0
Fixed
4.9.302
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.10.0
Fixed
4.14.267
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.15.0
Fixed
4.19.230
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.20.0
Fixed
5.4.180
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.101
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.24
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
5.16.10

Database specific

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