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

netfilter: xt_IDLETIMER: fix panic that occurs when timer_type has garbage value

Currently, when the rule related to IDLETIMER is added, idletimer_tg timer
structure is initialized by kmalloc on executing idletimer_tg_create
function. However, in this process timer->timer_type is not defined to
a specific value. Thus, timer->timer_type has garbage value and it occurs
kernel panic. So, this commit fixes the panic by initializing
timer->timer_type using kzalloc instead of kmalloc.

Test commands:
# iptables -A OUTPUT -j IDLETIMER --timeout 1 --label test
$ cat /sys/class/xt_idletimer/timers/test
Killed

Splat looks like:
BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in alarm_expires_remaining+0x49/0x70
Read of size 8 at addr 0000002e8c7bc4c8 by task cat/917
CPU: 12 PID: 917 Comm: cat Not tainted 5.14.0+ #3 79940a339f71eb14fc81aee1757a20d5bf13eb0e
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x6e/0x9c
kasan_report.cold+0x112/0x117
? alarm_expires_remaining+0x49/0x70
__asan_load8+0x86/0xb0
alarm_expires_remaining+0x49/0x70
idletimer_tg_show+0xe5/0x19b [xt_IDLETIMER 11219304af9316a21bee5ba9d58f76a6b9bccc6d]
dev_attr_show+0x3c/0x60
sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x11d/0x1f0
? device_remove_bin_file+0x20/0x20
kernfs_seq_show+0xa4/0xb0
seq_read_iter+0x29c/0x750
kernfs_fop_read_iter+0x25a/0x2c0
? __fsnotify_parent+0x3d1/0x570
? iov_iter_init+0x70/0x90
new_sync_read+0x2a7/0x3d0
? __x64_sys_llseek+0x230/0x230
? rw_verify_area+0x81/0x150
vfs_read+0x17b/0x240
ksys_read+0xd9/0x180
? vfs_write+0x460/0x460
? do_syscall_64+0x16/0xc0
? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x79/0x120
__x64_sys_read+0x43/0x50
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
RIP: 0033:0x7f0cdc819142
Code: c0 e9 c2 fe ff ff 50 48 8d 3d 3a ca 0a 00 e8 f5 19 02 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 56 c3 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 83 ec 28 48 89 54 24
RSP: 002b:00007fff28eee5b8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000020000 RCX: 00007f0cdc819142
RDX: 0000000000020000 RSI: 00007f0cdc032000 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f0cdc032000 R08: 00007f0cdc031010 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000022 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00005607e9ee31f0
R13: 0000000000000003 R14: 0000000000020000 R15: 0000000000020000

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Wed, 24 Sep 2025 01:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-908
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T07:11:13.363Z

Reserved: 2024-05-21T14:58:30.832Z

Link: CVE-2021-47451

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:39:59.385Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-22T07:15:10.220

Modified: 2025-09-24T01:18:15.240

Link: CVE-2021-47451

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-05-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-47451 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:16:08Z

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