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En tales escenarios, cada paquete entrante perder\u00e1 una asignaci\u00f3n en el cach\u00e9 de losa `ip6_dst_cache`. Despu\u00e9s de algunas horas de `bpftrace`-ing y lectura del c\u00f3digo fuente, rastre\u00e9 el problema hasta ca7a03c41753 (\"ipv6: no libere rt si FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF est\u00e1 configurado en la regla de supresi\u00f3n\"). El problema con ese cambio es que los `args->flags` gen\u00e9ricos siempre tienen `FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF` configurado[1][2] pero el indicador espec\u00edfico de IPv6 `RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF` podr\u00eda no estarlo, lo que lleva a que `fib6_rule_suppress` no disminuya el recuento cuando necesario. C\u00f3mo reproducir: - Agregue la siguiente regla nftables a una cadena de enrutamiento previo: meta nfproto ipv6 fib saddr. marca . iif oif falta gota Esto se puede hacer con: sudo nft create table inet test sudo nft create chain inet test test_chain '{ tipo filtro gancho prerouting filtro de prioridad + 10; aceptar pol\u00edtica; }' sudo nft agregar regla inet test test_chain meta nfproto ipv6 fib saddr. marca . iif oif falta gota - Ejecutar: sudo ip -6 regla agregar tabla principal suprimir_prefixlength 0 - Ver `sudo slabtop -o | grep ip6_dst_cache` para ver el aumento del uso de memoria con cada paquete ipv6 entrante. Este parche expone los indicadores espec\u00edficos del protocolo a la funci\u00f3n `suprimir` espec\u00edfica del protocolo y verifica el argumento `flags` espec\u00edfico del protocolo para RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF en lugar del FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF gen\u00e9rico al disminuir el recuento, de esta manera. 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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: ipv6: fix memory leak in fib6_rule_suppress", "id": "2283403", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2283403"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "3.1", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-401", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nipv6: fix memory leak in fib6_rule_suppress\nThe kernel leaks memory when a `fib` rule is present in IPv6 nftables\nfirewall rules and a suppress_prefix rule is present in the IPv6 routing\nrules (used by certain tools such as wg-quick). In such scenarios, every\nincoming packet will leak an allocation in `ip6_dst_cache` slab cache.\nAfter some hours of `bpftrace`-ing and source code reading, I tracked\ndown the issue to ca7a03c41753 (\"ipv6: do not free rt if\nFIB_LOOKUP_NOREF is set on suppress rule\").\nThe problem with that change is that the generic `args->flags` always have\n`FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF` set[1][2] but the IPv6-specific flag\n`RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF` might not be, leading to `fib6_rule_suppress` not\ndecreasing the refcount when needed.\nHow to reproduce:\n- Add the following nftables rule to a prerouting chain:\nmeta nfproto ipv6 fib saddr . mark . iif oif missing drop\nThis can be done with:\nsudo nft create table inet test\nsudo nft create chain inet test test_chain '{ type filter hook prerouting priority filter + 10; policy accept; }'\nsudo nft add rule inet test test_chain meta nfproto ipv6 fib saddr . mark . iif oif missing drop\n- Run:\nsudo ip -6 rule add table main suppress_prefixlength 0\n- Watch `sudo slabtop -o | grep ip6_dst_cache` to see memory usage increase\nwith every incoming ipv6 packet.\nThis patch exposes the protocol-specific flags to the protocol\nspecific `suppress` function, and check the protocol-specific `flags`\nargument for RT6_LOOKUP_F_DST_NOREF instead of the generic\nFIB_LOOKUP_NOREF when decreasing the refcount, like this.\n[1]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/ca7a03c4175366a92cee0ccc4fec0038c3266e26/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c#L71\n[2]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/ca7a03c4175366a92cee0ccc4fec0038c3266e26/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c#L99"], "name": "CVE-2021-47546", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2024-05-24T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-47546\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47546\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024052440-CVE-2021-47546-f25b@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Low"}

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