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CVE-2021-47125

2024-03-1500:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
7
linux kernel
vulnerability
refcount leak
sch_htb
htb_parent_to_leaf_offload

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

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.

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.2%