In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rxrpc: Fix listen() setting the bar too high for the prealloc rings
AF_RXRPC's listen() handler lets you set the backlog up to 32 (if you bump
up the sysctl), but whilst the preallocation circular buffers have 32 slots
in them, one of them has to be a dead slot because we're using CIRC_CNT().
This means that listen(rxrpc_sock, 32) will cause an oops when the socket
is closed because rxrpc_service_prealloc_one() allocated one too many calls
and rxrpc_discard_prealloc() won't then be able to get rid of them because
it'll think the ring is empty. rxrpc_release_calls_on_socket() then tries
to abort them, but oopses because call->peer isn't yet set.
Fix this by setting the maximum backlog to RXRPC_BACKLOG_MAX - 1 to match
the ring capacity.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000086
...
RIP: 0010:rxrpc_send_abort_packet+0x73/0x240 [rxrpc]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? __wake_up_common_lock+0x7a/0x90
? rxrpc_notify_socket+0x8e/0x140 [rxrpc]
? rxrpc_abort_call+0x4c/0x60 [rxrpc]
rxrpc_release_calls_on_socket+0x107/0x1a0 [rxrpc]
rxrpc_release+0xc9/0x1c0 [rxrpc]
__sock_release+0x37/0xa0
sock_close+0x11/0x20
__fput+0x89/0x240
task_work_run+0x59/0x90
do_exit+0x319/0xaa0
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CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix listen() setting the bar too high for the prealloc rings AF_RXRPC's listen() handler lets you set the backlog up to 32 (if you bump up the sysctl), but whilst the preallocation circular buffers have 32 slots in them, one of them has to be a dead slot because we're using CIRC_CNT(). This means that listen(rxrpc_sock, 32) will cause an oops when the socket is closed because rxrpc_service_prealloc_one() allocated one too many calls and rxrpc_discard_prealloc() won't then be able to get rid of them because it'll think the ring is empty. rxrpc_release_calls_on_socket() then tries to abort them, but oopses because call->peer isn't yet set. Fix this by setting the maximum backlog to RXRPC_BACKLOG_MAX - 1 to match the ring capacity. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000086 ... RIP: 0010:rxrpc_send_abort_packet+0x73/0x240 [rxrpc] Call Trace: <TASK> ? __wake_up_common_lock+0x7a/0x90 ? rxrpc_notify_socket+0x8e/0x140 [rxrpc] ? rxrpc_abort_call+0x4c/0x60 [rxrpc] rxrpc_release_calls_on_socket+0x107/0x1a0 [rxrpc] rxrpc_release+0xc9/0x1c0 [rxrpc] __sock_release+0x37/0xa0 sock_close+0x11/0x20 __fput+0x89/0x240 task_work_run+0x59/0x90 do_exit+0x319/0xaa0 | |
Title | rxrpc: Fix listen() setting the bar too high for the prealloc rings | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2025-02-26T02:13:00.379Z
Updated: 2025-02-26T02:13:00.379Z
Reserved: 2025-02-26T02:08:31.572Z
Link: CVE-2022-49450

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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-02-26T07:01:21.390
Modified: 2025-03-17T16:12:16.943
Link: CVE-2022-49450
