CVE-2021-46912
net: Make tcp_allowed_congestion_control readonly in non-init netns
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: Make tcp_allowed_congestion_control readonly in non-init netns Currently, tcp_allowed_congestion_control is global and writable;
writing to it in any net namespace will leak into all other net
namespaces. tcp_available_congestion_control and tcp_allowed_congestion_control are
the only sysctls in ipv4_net_table (the per-netns sysctl table) with a
NULL data pointer; their handlers (proc_tcp_available_congestion_control
and proc_allowed_congestion_control) have no other way of referencing a
struct net. Thus, they operate globally. Because ipv4_net_table does not use designated initializers, there is no
easy way to fix up this one "bad" table entry. However, the data pointer
updating logic shouldn't be applied to NULL pointers anyway, so we
instead force these entries to be read-only. These sysctls used to exist in ipv4_table (init-net only), but they were
moved to the per-net ipv4_net_table, presumably without realizing that
tcp_allowed_congestion_control was writable and thus introduced a leak. Because the intent of that commit was only to know (i.e. read) "which
congestion algorithms are available or allowed", this read-only solution
should be sufficient. The logic added in recent commit
31c4d2f160eb: ("net: Ensure net namespace isolation of sysctls")
does not and cannot check for NULL data pointers, because
other table entries (e.g. /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_log/) have
.data=NULL but use other methods (.extra2) to access the struct net.
En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: net: hacer que tcp_allowed_congestion_control sea de solo lectura en redes no init. Actualmente, tcp_allowed_congestion_control es global y se puede escribir; escribir en él en cualquier espacio de nombres de red se filtrará a todos los demás espacios de nombres de red. tcp_available_congestion_control y tcp_allowed_congestion_control son los únicos sysctls en ipv4_net_table (la tabla sysctl por red) con un puntero de datos NULL; sus controladores (proc_tcp_available_congestion_control y proc_allowed_congestion_control) no tienen otra forma de hacer referencia a una estructura neta. Por lo tanto, operan globalmente. Debido a que ipv4_net_table no utiliza inicializadores designados, no existe una manera fácil de corregir esta entrada "mala" de la tabla. Sin embargo, la lógica de actualización del puntero de datos no debería aplicarse a los punteros NULL de todos modos, por lo que forzamos que estas entradas sean de solo lectura. Estos sysctls solían existir en ipv4_table (solo init-net), pero se movieron a ipv4_net_table por red, presumiblemente sin darse cuenta de que tcp_allowed_congestion_control se podía escribir y, por lo tanto, introdujeron una fuga. Debido a que la intención de esa confirmación era sólo saber (es decir, leer) "qué algoritmos de congestión están disponibles o permitidos", esta solución de solo lectura debería ser suficiente. La lógica agregada en la reciente confirmación 31c4d2f160eb: ("net: Garantizar el aislamiento del espacio de nombres de red de sysctls") no verifica ni puede verificar los punteros de datos NULL, porque otras entradas de la tabla (por ejemplo, /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_log/) tienen .data=NULL pero usa otros métodos (.extra2) para acceder a la estructura neta.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: Make tcp_allowed_congestion_control readonly in non-init netns Currently, tcp_allowed_congestion_control is global and writable; writing to it in any net namespace will leak into all other net namespaces. tcp_available_congestion_control and tcp_allowed_congestion_control are the only sysctls in ipv4_net_table (the per-netns sysctl table) with a NULL data pointer; their handlers (proc_tcp_available_congestion_control and proc_allowed_congestion_control) have no other way of referencing a struct net. Thus, they operate globally. Because ipv4_net_table does not use designated initializers, there is no easy way to fix up this one "bad" table entry. However, the data pointer updating logic shouldn't be applied to NULL pointers anyway, so we instead force these entries to be read-only. These sysctls used to exist in ipv4_table (init-net only), but they were moved to the per-net ipv4_net_table, presumably without realizing that tcp_allowed_congestion_control was writable and thus introduced a leak. Because the intent of that commit was only to know (i.e. read) "which congestion algorithms are available or allowed", this read-only solution should be sufficient. The logic added in recent commit 31c4d2f160eb: ("net: Ensure net namespace isolation of sysctls") does not and cannot check for NULL data pointers, because other table entries (e.g. /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_log/) have .data=NULL but use other methods (.extra2) to access the struct net.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track
Timeline
- 2024-02-25 CVE Reserved
- 2024-02-27 CVE Published
- 2024-04-21 EPSS Updated
- 2024-12-19 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
CAPEC
References (4)
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cb8e048e5d93825ec5e8dfb5b8df4987ea25745 | Vuln. Introduced |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.7 < 5.10.32 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.7 < 5.10.32" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.7 < 5.11.16 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.7 < 5.11.16" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.7 < 5.12 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.7 < 5.12" | en |
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