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nvd416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67NVD:CVE-2021-47125
HistoryMar 15, 2024 - 9:15 p.m.

CVE-2021-47125

2024-03-1521:15:07
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
web.nvd.nist.gov
linux kernel
vulnerability
refcount leak
htb_parent_to_leaf_offload
patch
null pointer

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.2%

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

sch_htb: fix refcount leak in htb_parent_to_leaf_offload

The commit ae81feb7338c (“sch_htb: fix null pointer dereference
on a null new_q”) fixes a NULL pointer dereference bug, but it
is not correct.

Because htb_graft_helper properly handles the case when new_q
is NULL, and after the previous patch by skipping this call
which creates an inconsistency : dev_queue->qdisc will still
point to the old qdisc, but cl->parent->leaf.q will point to
the new one (which will be noop_qdisc, because new_q was NULL).
The code is based on an assumption that these two pointers are
the same, so it can lead to refcount leaks.

The correct fix is to add a NULL pointer check to protect
qdisc_refcount_inc inside htb_parent_to_leaf_offload.

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.2%