net: stream: purge sk_error_queue in sk_stream_kill_queues() (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.28 % · percentile 21 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stream: purge sk_error_queue in sk_stream_kill_queues() Changheon Lee reported TCP socket leaks, with a nice repro. It seems we leak TCP sockets with the following sequence: 1) SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_ACK is enabled on the socket. Each ACK will cook an skb put in error queue, from __skb_tstamp_tx(). __skb_tstamp_tx() is using skb_clone(), unless SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_TSONLY was also requested. 2) If the application is also using MSG_ZEROCOPY, then we put in the error queue cloned skbs that had a struct ubuf_info attached to them. Whenever an struct ubuf_info is allocated, sock_zerocopy_alloc() does a sock_hold(). As long as the cloned skbs are still in sk_error_queue, socket refcount is kept elevated. 3) Application closes the socket, while error queue is not empty. Since tcp_close() no longer purges the socket error queue, we might end up with a TCP socket with at least one skb in error queue keeping the socket alive forever. This bug can be (ab)used to consume all kernel memory and freeze the host. We need to purge the error queue, with proper synchronization against concurrent writers.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8c1eec578a9ae2dc8f14a1846942a0b7bf29d1d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bab542cf56fc174c8447c00b73be99ffd66d2d39
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f00bd0402a1e3d2d556afba57c045bd7931e4d3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f1d37ff4226eb99d6b69e9f4518e279e1a851bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9062493811676ee0efe6c74d98f00ca38c4e17d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9da204cd67c4fe97e8aa465d10d5c2e7076f7f42
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c330c36b3970d0917f48827fa6c7a9c75aa4602
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b458d349f8753f666233828ebd30df6f100cf7d5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0c8bccd40fc1c19e1d246c39bcf79e357e1ada3
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-55860
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-50838
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0108 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 7737b104c211fa843de268b897d601e070292a72 < c8c1eec578a9ae2dc8f14a1846942a0b7bf29d1d ; affected 89be5c357de34718eaaaefed80737f432c5ab86f < bab542cf56fc174c8447c00b73be99ffd66d2d39 ; affected 8b8b3d738e450d2c2ccdc75f0ab5a951746c2a96 < 6f00bd0402a1e3d2d556afba57c045bd7931e4d3 ; affected b631c603b5fb98d2bd709c35d384901965a3dd51 < 4f1d37ff4226eb99d6b69e9f4518e279e1a851bf ; affected daf15fa1fd997749e881aedd9f03f73a11240e82 < 9062493811676ee0efe6c74d98f00ca38c4e17d4 ; affected 3988164fe9ddf98ebf5b5cdede91ac38c5f08a7e < 9da204cd67c4fe97e8aa465d10d5c2e7076f7f42 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 5.16 ; unaffected 0 < 5.16 ; unaffected 4.9.337 ≤ 4.9.* ; unaffected 4.14.303 ≤ 4.14.* ; unaffected 4.19.270 ≤ 4.19.* ; unaffected 5.4.229 ≤ 5.4.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |