Global infos:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: act_ct: fix wild memory access when clearing fragments while testing re-assembly/re-fragmentation using act_ct, it's possible to observe a crash like the following one: KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0x0001000000000448-0x000100000000044f] CPU: 50 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/50 Tainted: G S 5.12.0-rc7+ #424 Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R730/072T6D, BIOS 2.4.3 01/17/2017 RIP: 0010:inet_frag_rbtree_purge+0x50/0xc0 Code: 00 fc ff df 48 89 c3 31 ed 48 89 df e8 a9 7a 38 ff 4c 89 fe 48 89 df 49 89 c6 e8 5b 3a 38 ff 48 8d 7b 40 48 89 f8 48 c1 e8 03 <42> 80 3c 20 00 75 59 48 8d bb d0 00 00 00 4c 8b 6b 40 48 89 f8 48 RSP: 0018:ffff888c31449db8 EFLAGS: 00010203 RAX: 0000200000000089 RBX: 000100000000040e RCX: ffffffff989eb960 RDX: 0000000000000140 RSI: ffffffff97cfb977 RDI: 000100000000044e RBP: 0000000000000900 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffed1186289350 R10: 0000000000000003 R11: ffffed1186289350 R12: dffffc0000000000 R13: 000100000000040e R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888155e02160 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888c31440000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00005600cb70a5b8 CR3: 0000000a2c014005 CR4: 00000000003706e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: inet_frag_destroy+0xa9/0x150 call_timer_fn+0x2d/0x180 run_timer_softirq+0x4fe/0xe70 __do_softirq+0x197/0x5a0 irq_exit_rcu+0x1de/0x200 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6b/0x80 when act_ct temporarily stores an IP fragment, restoring the skb qdisc cb results in putting random data in FRAG_CB(), and this causes those "wild" memory accesses later, when the rbtree is purged. Never overwrite the skb cb in case tcf_ct_handle_fragments() returns -EINPROGRESS.

CVE Status: Analyzed

References:

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Metrics:

Attribute	Value
Attack Complexity	LOW
Attack Vector	LOCAL
Availability Impact	HIGH
Base Score	7.8
Base Severity	HIGH
Confidentiality Impact	HIGH
Integrity Impact	HIGH
Privileges Required	LOW
Scope	UNCHANGED
User Interaction	NONE
Vector String	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability Score	1.8
Impact Score	5.9
Source	[email protected]
Type	Primary

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