netfilter: nf_tables: fix memory leak during stateful obj update
stateful objects can be updated from the control plane.
The transaction logic allocates a temporary object for this purpose.
The ->init function was called for this object, so plain kfree() leaks
resources. We must call ->destroy function of the object.
nft_obj_destroy does this, but it also decrements the module refcount,
but the update path doesn't increment it.
To avoid special-casing the update object release, do module_get for
the update case too and release it via nft_obj_destroy().
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Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:30:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fix memory leak during stateful obj update stateful objects can be updated from the control plane. The transaction logic allocates a temporary object for this purpose. The ->init function was called for this object, so plain kfree() leaks resources. We must call ->destroy function of the object. nft_obj_destroy does this, but it also decrements the module refcount, but the update path doesn't increment it. To avoid special-casing the update object release, do module_get for the update case too and release it via nft_obj_destroy(). | |
| Title | netfilter: nf_tables: fix memory leak during stateful obj update | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T18:49:57.498Z
Reserved: 2024-08-21T06:06:23.299Z
Link: CVE-2022-48933
Updated: 2024-09-11T12:42:12.637Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-08-22T04:15:16.143
Modified: 2024-08-23T01:50:09.313
Link: CVE-2022-48933
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