CVE-2021-47082

tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Mar 4, 2024
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
Reserved
Feb 29, 2024

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Description

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

tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev

Avoid double free in tun_free_netdev() by moving the dev->tstats and tun->security allocs to a new ndo_init routine (tun_net_init()) that will be called by register_netdevice(). ndo_init is paired with the desctructor (tun_free_netdev()), so if there's an error in register_netdevice() the destructor will handle the frees.

BUG: KASAN: double-free or invalid-free in selinux_tun_dev_free_security+0x1a/0x20 security/selinux/hooks.c:5605

CPU: 0 PID: 25750 Comm: syz-executor416 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc2-syzk #1 Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x89/0xb5 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description.constprop.9+0x28/0x160 mm/kasan/report.c:247 kasan_report_invalid_free+0x55/0x80 mm/kasan/report.c:372 ____kasan_slab_free mm/kasan/common.c:346 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x107/0x120 mm/kasan/common.c:374 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:1723 [inline] slab_free_freelist_hook mm/slub.c:1749 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:3513 [inline] kfree+0xac/0x2d0 mm/slub.c:4561 selinux_tun_dev_free_security+0x1a/0x20 security/selinux/hooks.c:5605 security_tun_dev_free_security+0x4f/0x90 security/security.c:2342 tun_free_netdev+0xe6/0x150 drivers/net/tun.c:2215 netdev_run_todo+0x4df/0x840 net/core/dev.c:10627 rtnl_unlock+0x13/0x20 net/core/rtnetlink.c:112 __tun_chr_ioctl+0x80c/0x2870 drivers/net/tun.c:3302 tun_chr_ioctl+0x2f/0x40 drivers/net/tun.c:3311 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:860 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x19d/0x220 fs/ioctl.c:860 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 662ca437e714caaab855b12415d6ffd815985bc0 to before 8eb43d635950e27c29f1e9e49a23b31637f37757Affected
  • 662ca437e714caaab855b12415d6ffd815985bc0 to before 0c0e566f0387490d16f166808c72e9c772027681Affected
  • 662ca437e714caaab855b12415d6ffd815985bc0 to before a01a4e9f5dc93335c716fa4023b1901956e8c904Affected
  • 662ca437e714caaab855b12415d6ffd815985bc0 to before 3cb5ae77799e8ed6ec3fec0b6b4cd07f01650cc5Affected
  • 662ca437e714caaab855b12415d6ffd815985bc0 to before 158b515f703e75e7d68289bf4d98c664e1d632dfAffected
  • a81a02460bdf054ca0c60c5aed29941f7134092dAffected
  • 6fc265f7a86d81e052508d03da555188f5882c3eAffected
  • 3.10.16 to before 3.11Affected
  • 3.11.5 to before 3.12Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 3.12Affected
  • before 3.12Not affected
  • 4.19.280 through 4.19.*Not affected
  • 5.4.240 through 5.4.*Not affected
  • 5.10.136 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.12 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 5.16 and laterNot affected

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