CVE-2022-50043
net: fix potential refcount leak in ndisc_router_discovery()
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 18, 2025
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 18, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: fix potential refcount leak in ndisc_router_discovery()
The issue happens on specific paths in the function. After both the object `rt` and `neigh` are grabbed successfully, when `lifetime` is nonzero but the metric needs change, the function just deletes the route and set `rt` to NULL. Then, it may try grabbing `rt` and `neigh` again if above conditions hold. The function simply overwrite `neigh` if succeeds or returns if fails, without decreasing the reference count of previous `neigh`. This may result in memory leaks.
Fix it by decrementing the reference count of `neigh` in place.
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Affected Products
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LinuxLinux |
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