Cloudanix VulnDB

CVE-2022-48935

Medium · 5.5

CVSS

5.5

EPSS

0.2%

Published

Aug 22, 2024

CISA due date

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Cloudanix analysis

Schedule a fix SSVC: Track

A flaw in how the Linux kernel cleans up network filtering rules when shutting down network environments can cause the system to crash.

Exploitation
Local Privilege
Attacker needs
Low Privilege
Complexity
Low
Impact
Denial Of Service
Component
OS kernel
Class
Use After Free
Remediation
Upgrade
Effort
Medium
Patch risk
Low

What it actually does

Use-after-free in nf_hook_entries_grow when flowtable hooks are not unregistered before nf_tables_flowtable_destroy releases them on netns exit, allowing dangling references from packet processing paths.

Why it matters to the business

Linux systems handling network traffic with netfilter flowtables can experience kernel crashes or instability, disrupting services in servers, containers, or Android devices until patched kernels are deployed.

How an attack unfolds

An attacker with local access crafts netlink messages to create and destroy network namespaces with flowtables, triggering the race between hook registration and destruction that leads to the use-after-free during hook growth operations.

How to fix it

Upgrade Linux kernel to commit e51f30826bc5384801df98d76109c94953d1df64 or later stable releases; apply corresponding Android patches for platform/system/sepolicy in versions 10/11/12 dated 2022-05-01 or newer.

How to confirm the fix worked

Confirm kernel version includes the unregister flowtable hooks fix; run regression tests exercising nf_tables_newflowtable and netns exit paths; monitor for absence of KASAN reports in nf_hook_entries_grow.

Typical attack path

  1. Obtain local code execution on an unpatched Linux kernel
  2. Use netfilter netlink API to register flowtables with hooks across network namespaces
  3. Trigger namespace exit while hooks remain referenced
  4. Force nf_hook_entries_grow to dereference freed memory

How to detect it

Review kernel logs for KASAN use-after-free reports referencing nf_hook_entries_grow or nf_register_net_hook during netns teardown; inspect audit logs for unusual netfilter netlink activity preceding crashes.

What your security team should do

  • Prioritize kernel updates on all exposed Linux hosts and Android devices within standard patch windows
  • Restrict unprivileged netlink access to netfilter via SELinux or AppArmor where feasible
  • Monitor EPSS and exploit maturity for any increase indicating public PoCs

The record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: unregister flowtable hooks on netns exit Unregister flowtable hooks before they are releases via nf_tables_flowtable_destroy() otherwise hook core reports UAF. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in nf_hook_entries_grow+0x5a7/0x700 net/netfilter/core.c:142 net/netfilter/core.c:142 Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880736f7438 by task syz-executor579/3666 CPU: 0 PID: 3666 Comm: syz-executor579 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc5-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] lib/dump_stack.c:106 dump_stack_lvl+0x1dc/0x2d8 lib/dump_stack.c:106 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description+0x65/0x380 mm/kasan/report.c:247 mm/kasan/report.c:247 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:433 [inline] __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:433 [inline] mm/kasan/report.c:450 kasan_report+0x19a/0x1f0 mm/kasan/report.c:450 mm/kasan/report.c:450 nf_hook_entries_grow+0x5a7/0x700 net/netfilter/core.c:142 net/netfilter/core.c:142 __nf_register_net_hook+0x27e/0x8d0 net/netfilter/core.c:429 net/netfilter/core.c:429 nf_register_net_hook+0xaa/0x180 net/netfilter/core.c:571 net/netfilter/core.c:571 nft_register_flowtable_net_hooks+0x3c5/0x730 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:7232 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:7232 nf_tables_newflowtable+0x2022/0x2cf0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:7430 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:7430 nfnetlink_rcv_batch net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:513 [inline] nfnetlink_rcv_skb_batch net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:634 [inline] nfnetlink_rcv_batch net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:513 [inline] net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:652 nfnetlink_rcv_skb_batch net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:634 [inline] net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:652 nfnetlink_rcv+0x10e6/0x2550 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:652 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:652 __nft_release_hook() calls nft_unregister_flowtable_net_hooks() which only unregisters the hooks, then after RCU grace period, it is guaranteed that no packets add new entries to the flowtable (no flow offload rules and flowtable hooks are reachable from packet path), so it is safe to call nf_flow_table_free() which cleans up the remaining entries from the flowtable (both software and hardware) and it unbinds the flow_block.

Affected packages

Ecosystem Package Introduced Fixed
Debian:11 linux 0 5.10.205-1
Debian:12 linux 0 5.16.12-1
Debian:13 linux 0 5.16.12-1
Linux Kernel 5.5.0 5.10.198
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP4 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP5 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS kernel-64kb 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS kernel-docs 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS kernel-obs-build 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS kernel-source 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS kernel-syms 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-64kb 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-docs 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-obs-build 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-source 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-syms 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_31 0 1-150400.9.3.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_21 0 1-150500.11.3.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_20 0 1-150500.11.3.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-rt 0 5.14.21-150400.15.91.3
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 kernel-source-rt 0 5.14.21-150400.15.91.3
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-rt 0 5.14.21-150400.15.91.3
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 kernel-source-rt 0 5.14.21-150400.15.91.3
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1.150500.6.37.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 0 5.14.21-150500.13.73.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 kernel-source-rt 0 5.14.21-150500.13.73.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-64kb 0 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1.150500.6.37.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-source 0 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 kernel-zfcpdump 0 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 kernel-docs 0 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 kernel-obs-build 0 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 kernel-source 0 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 kernel-syms 0 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15 SP5 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5 kernel-azure 0 5.14.21-150500.33.69.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5 kernel-source-azure 0 5.14.21-150500.33.69.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5 kernel-syms-azure 0 5.14.21-150500.33.69.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-64kb 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-docs 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-obs-build 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-source 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-syms 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS kernel-zfcpdump 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-docs 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-obs-build 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-source 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 kernel-syms 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1
SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5
SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-source 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1
SUSE:Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5
SUSE:Manager Server 4.3 kernel-source 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1
SUSE:Manager Server 4.3 kernel-zfcpdump 0 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2
SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt 0 5.14.21-150500.13.73.1
SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt_debug 0 5.14.21-150500.13.73.1
SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-source-rt 0 5.14.21-150500.13.73.1
SUSE:Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-syms-rt 0 5.14.21-150500.13.73.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.4 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.3 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux 0 5.4.0-9.12
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws 0 5.4.0-1005.5
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.15 0 5.15.0-1014.18~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-aws-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure 0 5.4.0-1006.6
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.15 0 5.15.0-1007.8~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 0 5.15.0-1019.24~20.04.1.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-bluefield 0 5.4.0-1007.10
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 5.4.0-1005.5
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.15 0 5.15.0-1006.9~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke-5.15 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 5.4.0-1008.9
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 0 5.15.0-1003.5~20.04.2
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.15 0 5.15.0-33.34~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm 0 5.4.0-1003.4
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-ibm-5.15 0 5.15.0-1033.36~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 0 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-iot 0 5.4.0-1001.3
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 5.4.0-1004.4
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 0 5.15.0-33.34~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.10 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.14 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oem-5.6 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 5.4.0-1005.5
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.13 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.15 0 5.15.0-1007.9~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi 0 5.4.0-1007.7
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.11 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.15 0 5.15.0-1015.17~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.8 0 No fix
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 0 5.4.0-1020.24
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux 0 5.15.0-23.23
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-allwinner-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws 0 5.15.0-1003.5
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-aws-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure 0 5.15.0-1002.3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde 0 5.15.0-1019.24.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp 0 5.15.0-1003.6
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gke 0 5.15.0-1002.2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-gkeop 0 5.15.0-1001.2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.8 0 6.8.0-38.38~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-ibm 0 5.15.0-1002.2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 0 5.15.0-1021.26
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iotg 0 5.15.0-1004.6
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-kvm 0 5.15.0-1004.4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency 0 5.15.0-23.23
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 0 6.8.0-38.38.1~22.04.2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia 0 5.15.0-1005.5
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.5 0 6.5.0-1004.4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 0 6.8.0-1008.8~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-5.17 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.0 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.1 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oem-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle 0 5.15.0-1002.4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-oracle-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-raspi 0 5.15.0-1004.4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv-6.8 0 6.8.0-38.38.1~22.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-5.19 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-6.2 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-starfive-6.5 0 No fix
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 0 5.15.0-1022.26
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS:for:NVIDIA:BlueField linux-bluefield 0 5.15.0-1011.13
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux 0 6.5.0-9.9
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-aws 0 6.5.0-1008.8

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