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

netfilter: nf_tables: clean up hook list when offload flags check fails

splice back the hook list so nft_chain_release_hook() has a chance to
release the hooks.

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff88810180b100 (size 96):
comm "syz-executor133", pid 3619, jiffies 4294945714 (age 12.690s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
28 64 23 02 81 88 ff ff 28 64 23 02 81 88 ff ff (d#.....(d#.....
90 a8 aa 83 ff ff ff ff 00 00 b5 0f 81 88 ff ff ................
backtrace:
[<ffffffff83a8c59b>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:600 [inline]
[<ffffffff83a8c59b>] nft_netdev_hook_alloc+0x3b/0xc0 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:1901
[<ffffffff83a9239a>] nft_chain_parse_netdev net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:1998 [inline]
[<ffffffff83a9239a>] nft_chain_parse_hook+0x33a/0x530 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:2073
[<ffffffff83a9b14b>] nf_tables_addchain.constprop.0+0x10b/0x950 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:2218
[<ffffffff83a9c41b>] nf_tables_newchain+0xa8b/0xc60 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c:2593
[<ffffffff83a3d6a6>] nfnetlink_rcv_batch+0xa46/0xd20 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:517
[<ffffffff83a3db79>] nfnetlink_rcv_skb_batch net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:638 [inline]
[<ffffffff83a3db79>] nfnetlink_rcv+0x1f9/0x220 net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c:656
[<ffffffff83a13b17>] netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 [inline]
[<ffffffff83a13b17>] netlink_unicast+0x397/0x4c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345
[<ffffffff83a13fd6>] netlink_sendmsg+0x396/0x710 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921
[<ffffffff83865ab6>] sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]
[<ffffffff83865ab6>] sock_sendmsg+0x56/0x80 net/socket.c:734
[<ffffffff8386601c>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x36c/0x390 net/socket.c:2482
[<ffffffff8386a918>] ___sys_sendmsg+0xa8/0x110 net/socket.c:2536
[<ffffffff8386aaa8>] __sys_sendmsg+0x88/0x100 net/socket.c:2565
[<ffffffff845e5955>] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
[<ffffffff845e5955>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
[<ffffffff84800087>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

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Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T08:21:09.702Z

Reserved: 2024-05-03T14:55:07.144Z

Link: CVE-2022-48691

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T15:17:55.805Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-05-03T15:15:07.887

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:33:47.623

Link: CVE-2022-48691

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-05-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-48691 - Bugzilla

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