net/smc: fix connection leak (Linux Linux)

CVE-2022-48909
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.24 % · percentile 15 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix connection leak There's a potential leak issue under following execution sequence : smc_release smc_connect_work if (sk->sk_state == SMC_INIT) send_clc_confirim tcp_abort(); ... sk.sk_state = SMC_ACTIVE smc_close_active switch(sk->sk_state) { ... case SMC_ACTIVE: smc_close_final() // then wait peer closed Unfortunately, tcp_abort() may discard CLC CONFIRM messages that are still in the tcp send buffer, in which case our connection token cannot be delivered to the server side, which means that we cannot get a passive close message at all. Therefore, it is impossible for the to be disconnected at all. This patch tries a very simple way to avoid this issue, once the state has changed to SMC_ACTIVE after tcp_abort(), we can actively abort the smc connection, considering that the state is SMC_INIT before tcp_abort(), abandoning the complete disconnection process should not cause too much problem. In fact, this problem may exist as long as the CLC CONFIRM message is not received by the server. Whether a timer should be added after smc_close_final() needs to be discussed in the future. But even so, this patch provides a faster release for connection in above case, it should also be valuable.

Weaknesses (CWE)

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

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 39f41f367b08650e9aa314e3a13fb6dda1e9eec7 < 2e8d465b83db307f04ad265848f8ab3f78f6918f ; affected 39f41f367b08650e9aa314e3a13fb6dda1e9eec7 < 80895b6f9154fb22d36fab311ccbb75503a2c87b ; affected 39f41f367b08650e9aa314e3a13fb6dda1e9eec7 < e98d46ccfa84b35a9e4b1ccdd83961b41a5d7ce5 ; affected 39f41f367b08650e9aa314e3a13fb6dda1e9eec7 < 9f1c50cf39167ff71dc5953a3234f3f6eeb8fcb5
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.3 ; unaffected 0 < 5.3 ; unaffected 5.10.104 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.27 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 5.16.13 ≤ 5.16.* ; unaffected 5.17 ≤ *

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD