netfilter: nftables: avoid overflows in nft_hash_buckets()

Summary

CVECVE-2021-46992
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-02-28 09:15:37 UTC
Updated2026-08-04 10:16:40 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nftables: avoid overflows in nft_hash_buckets() Number of buckets being stored in 32bit variables, we have to ensure that no overflows occur in nft_hash_buckets() syzbot injected a size == 0x40000000 and reported: UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in ./include/linux/log2.h:57:13 shift exponent 64 is too large for 64-bit type 'long unsigned int' CPU: 1 PID: 29539 Comm: syz-executor.4 Not tainted 5.12.0-rc7-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:79 [inline] dump_stack+0x141/0x1d7 lib/dump_stack.c:120 ubsan_epilogue+0xb/0x5a lib/ubsan.c:148 __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds.cold+0xb1/0x181 lib/ubsan.c:327 __roundup_pow_of_two include/linux/log2.h:57 [inline] nft_hash_buckets net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c:411 [inline] nft_hash_estimate.cold+0x19/0x1e net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c:652 nft_select_set_ops net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:3586 [inline] nf_tables_newset+0xe62/0x3110 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:4322 nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0xa09/0x24b0 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:488 nfnetlink_rcv_skb_batch net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:612 [inline] nfnetlink_rcv+0x3af/0x420 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:630 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1312 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x533/0x7d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1338 netlink_sendmsg+0x856/0xd90 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1927 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:654 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0xcf/0x120 net/socket.c:674 ____sys_sendmsg+0x6e8/0x810 net/socket.c:2350 ___sys_sendmsg+0xf3/0x170 net/socket.c:2404 __sys_sendmsg+0xe5/0x1b0 net/socket.c:2433 do_syscall_64+0x2d/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.1 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-125


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
3.1416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67Secondary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 0ed6389c483dc77cdbdd48de0ca7ce41723dd667 2824cafc6a93792d9ad85939c499161214d84c4b git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 0ed6389c483dc77cdbdd48de0ca7ce41723dd667 efcd730ddd6f25578bd31bfe703e593e2421d708 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 0ed6389c483dc77cdbdd48de0ca7ce41723dd667 c77e2ef18167ad334e27610ced9a7f6af5ec1787 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 0ed6389c483dc77cdbdd48de0ca7ce41723dd667 72b49dd116ca00a46a11d5a4d8d7987f05ed9cd7 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 0ed6389c483dc77cdbdd48de0ca7ce41723dd667 1e8ab479cfbe5751efccedb95afb9b112a5ba475 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 0ed6389c483dc77cdbdd48de0ca7ce41723dd667 a388d10961ff8578b1a6691945d406c0f33aa71b git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 0ed6389c483dc77cdbdd48de0ca7ce41723dd667 a54754ec9891830ba548e2010c889e3c8146e449 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 4.9 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 4.9 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 4.14.233 4.14.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 4.19.191 4.19.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.4.120 5.4.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.10.38 5.10.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.11.22 5.11.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.12.5 5.12.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.13 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/c77e2ef18167ad334e27610ced9a7f6af5ec1787 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/efcd730ddd6f25578bd31bfe703e593e2421d708 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/2824cafc6a93792d9ad85939c499161214d84c4b af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/a54754ec9891830ba548e2010c889e3c8146e449 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e8ab479cfbe5751efccedb95afb9b112a5ba475 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/72b49dd116ca00a46a11d5a4d8d7987f05ed9cd7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/a388d10961ff8578b1a6691945d406c0f33aa71b af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Patch
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 755988 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:0975-1)
  • 756005 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:0925-1)

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