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

net/sched: flower: Fix chain template offload

When a qdisc is deleted from a net device the stack instructs the
underlying driver to remove its flow offload callback from the
associated filter block using the 'FLOW_BLOCK_UNBIND' command. The stack
then continues to replay the removal of the filters in the block for
this driver by iterating over the chains in the block and invoking the
'reoffload' operation of the classifier being used. In turn, the
classifier in its 'reoffload' operation prepares and emits a
'FLOW_CLS_DESTROY' command for each filter.

However, the stack does not do the same for chain templates and the
underlying driver never receives a 'FLOW_CLS_TMPLT_DESTROY' command when
a qdisc is deleted. This results in a memory leak [1] which can be
reproduced using [2].

Fix by introducing a 'tmplt_reoffload' operation and have the stack
invoke it with the appropriate arguments as part of the replay.
Implement the operation in the sole classifier that supports chain
templates (flower) by emitting the 'FLOW_CLS_TMPLT_{CREATE,DESTROY}'
command based on whether a flow offload callback is being bound to a
filter block or being unbound from one.

As far as I can tell, the issue happens since cited commit which
reordered tcf_block_offload_unbind() before tcf_block_flush_all_chains()
in __tcf_block_put(). The order cannot be reversed as the filter block
is expected to be freed after flushing all the chains.

[1]
unreferenced object 0xffff888107e28800 (size 2048):
comm "tc", pid 1079, jiffies 4294958525 (age 3074.287s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
b1 a6 7c 11 81 88 ff ff e0 5b b3 10 81 88 ff ff ..|......[......
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 aa b0 84 ff ff ff ff ................
backtrace:
[<ffffffff81c06a68>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1e8/0x320
[<ffffffff81ab374e>] __kmalloc+0x4e/0x90
[<ffffffff832aec6d>] mlxsw_sp_acl_ruleset_get+0x34d/0x7a0
[<ffffffff832bc195>] mlxsw_sp_flower_tmplt_create+0x145/0x180
[<ffffffff832b2e1a>] mlxsw_sp_flow_block_cb+0x1ea/0x280
[<ffffffff83a10613>] tc_setup_cb_call+0x183/0x340
[<ffffffff83a9f85a>] fl_tmplt_create+0x3da/0x4c0
[<ffffffff83a22435>] tc_ctl_chain+0xa15/0x1170
[<ffffffff838a863c>] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x3cc/0xed0
[<ffffffff83ac87f0>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x170/0x440
[<ffffffff83ac6270>] netlink_unicast+0x540/0x820
[<ffffffff83ac6e28>] netlink_sendmsg+0x8d8/0xda0
[<ffffffff83793def>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x30f/0xa80
[<ffffffff8379d29a>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x13a/0x1e0
[<ffffffff8379d50c>] __sys_sendmsg+0x11c/0x1f0
[<ffffffff843b9ce0>] do_syscall_64+0x40/0xe0
unreferenced object 0xffff88816d2c0400 (size 1024):
comm "tc", pid 1079, jiffies 4294958525 (age 3074.287s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 57 f6 38 be 00 00 00 00 @.......W.8.....
10 04 2c 6d 81 88 ff ff 10 04 2c 6d 81 88 ff ff ..,m......,m....
backtrace:
[<ffffffff81c06a68>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1e8/0x320
[<ffffffff81ab36c1>] __kmalloc_node+0x51/0x90
[<ffffffff81a8ed96>] kvmalloc_node+0xa6/0x1f0
[<ffffffff82827d03>] bucket_table_alloc.isra.0+0x83/0x460
[<ffffffff82828d2b>] rhashtable_init+0x43b/0x7c0
[<ffffffff832aed48>] mlxsw_sp_acl_ruleset_get+0x428/0x7a0
[<ffffffff832bc195>] mlxsw_sp_flower_tmplt_create+0x145/0x180
[<ffffffff832b2e1a>] mlxsw_sp_flow_block_cb+0x1ea/0x280
[<ffffffff83a10613>] tc_setup_cb_call+0x183/0x340
[<ffffffff83a9f85a>] fl_tmplt_create+0x3da/0x4c0
[<ffffffff83a22435>] tc_ctl_chain+0xa15/0x1170
[<ffffffff838a863c>] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x3cc/0xed0
[<ffffffff83ac87f0>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x170/0x440
[<ffffffff83ac6270>] netlink_unicast+0x540/0x820
[<ffffffff83ac6e28>] netlink_sendmsg+0x8d8/0xda0
[<ffffffff83793def>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x30f/0xa80

[2]
# tc qdisc add dev swp1 clsact
# tc chain add dev swp1 ingress proto ip chain 1 flower dst_ip 0.0.0.0/32
# tc qdisc del dev
---truncated---
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Thu, 08 Aug 2024 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T08:53:33.748Z

Reserved: 2024-02-19T14:20:24.150Z

Link: CVE-2024-26669

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Updated: 2024-08-02T00:14:12.714Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-02T07:15:43.697

Modified: 2025-03-17T15:04:10.660

Link: CVE-2024-26669

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-04-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-26669 - Bugzilla

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