GHSA-RC8Q-6743-JH4W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-01 15:31 – Updated: 2025-05-07 15:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: macvlan: fix memory leaks of macvlan_common_newlink
kmemleak reports memory leaks in macvlan_common_newlink, as follows:
ip link add link eth0 name .. type macvlan mode source macaddr add
kmemleak reports:
unreferenced object 0xffff8880109bb140 (size 64): comm "ip", pid 284, jiffies 4294986150 (age 430.108s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b8 aa 5a 12 80 88 ff ff ..........Z..... 80 1b fa 0d 80 88 ff ff 1e ff ac af c7 c1 6b 6b ..............kk backtrace: [] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x1c7/0x300 [] macvlan_hash_add_source+0x45/0xc0 [] macvlan_changelink_sources+0xd7/0x170 [] macvlan_common_newlink+0x38c/0x5a0 [] macvlan_newlink+0xe/0x20 [] __rtnl_newlink+0x7af/0xa50 [] rtnl_newlink+0x48/0x70 ...
In the scenario where the macvlan mode is configured as 'source', macvlan_changelink_sources() will be execured to reconfigure list of remote source mac addresses, at the same time, if register_netdevice() return an error, the resource generated by macvlan_changelink_sources() is not cleaned up.
Using this patch, in the case of an error, it will execute macvlan_flush_sources() to ensure that the resource is cleaned up.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-49853"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-401"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-01T15:16:08Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: macvlan: fix memory leaks of macvlan_common_newlink\n\nkmemleak reports memory leaks in macvlan_common_newlink, as follows:\n\n ip link add link eth0 name .. type macvlan mode source macaddr add\n \u003cMAC-ADDR\u003e\n\nkmemleak reports:\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880109bb140 (size 64):\n comm \"ip\", pid 284, jiffies 4294986150 (age 430.108s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b8 aa 5a 12 80 88 ff ff ..........Z.....\n 80 1b fa 0d 80 88 ff ff 1e ff ac af c7 c1 6b 6b ..............kk\n backtrace:\n [\u003cffffffff813e06a7\u003e] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x1c7/0x300\n [\u003cffffffff81b66025\u003e] macvlan_hash_add_source+0x45/0xc0\n [\u003cffffffff81b66a67\u003e] macvlan_changelink_sources+0xd7/0x170\n [\u003cffffffff81b6775c\u003e] macvlan_common_newlink+0x38c/0x5a0\n [\u003cffffffff81b6797e\u003e] macvlan_newlink+0xe/0x20\n [\u003cffffffff81d97f8f\u003e] __rtnl_newlink+0x7af/0xa50\n [\u003cffffffff81d98278\u003e] rtnl_newlink+0x48/0x70\n ...\n\nIn the scenario where the macvlan mode is configured as \u0027source\u0027,\nmacvlan_changelink_sources() will be execured to reconfigure list of\nremote source mac addresses, at the same time, if register_netdevice()\nreturn an error, the resource generated by macvlan_changelink_sources()\nis not cleaned up.\n\nUsing this patch, in the case of an error, it will execute\nmacvlan_flush_sources() to ensure that the resource is cleaned up.",
"id": "GHSA-rc8q-6743-jh4w",
"modified": "2025-05-07T15:31:24Z",
"published": "2025-05-01T15:31:49Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49853"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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