CVE-2021-47199

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5e: CT, Fix multiple allocations and memleak of mod acts

CT clear action offload adds additional mod hdr actions to the

flow's original mod actions in order to clear the registers which

hold ct_state.

When such flow also includes encap action, a neigh update event

can cause the driver to unoffload the flow and then reoffload it.

Each time this happens, the ct clear handling adds that same set

of mod hdr actions to reset ct_state until the max of mod hdr

actions is reached.

Also the driver never releases the allocated mod hdr actions and

causing a memleak.

Fix above two issues by moving CT clear mod acts allocation

into the parsing actions phase and only use it when offloading the rule.

The release of mod acts will be done in the normal flow_put().

backtrace:

[<000000007316e2f3>] krealloc+0x83/0xd0

[<00000000ef157de1>] mlx5e_mod_hdr_alloc+0x147/0x300 [mlx5_core]

[<00000000970ce4ae>] mlx5e_tc_ma

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References