CVE-2021-47237

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

net: hamradio: fix memory leak in mkiss_close

My local syzbot instance hit memory leak in
mkiss_open()[1]. The problem was in missing
free_netdev() in mkiss_close().

In mkiss_open() netdevice is allocated and then
registered, but in mkiss_close() netdevice was
only unregistered, but not freed.

Fail log:

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff8880281ba000 (size 4096):
  comm "syz-executor.1", pid 11443, jiffies 4295046091 (age 17.660s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    61 78 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ax0.............
    00 27 fa 2a 80 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .'.*............
  backtrace:
    [<ffffffff81a27201>] kvmalloc_node+0x61/0xf0
    [<ffffffff8706e7e8>] alloc_netdev_mqs+0x98/0xe80
    [<ffffffff84e64192>] mkiss_open+0xb2/0x6f0 [1]
    [<ffffffff842355db>] tty_ldisc_open+0x9b/0x110
    [<ffffffff84236488>] tty_set_ldisc+0x2e8/0x670
    [<ffffffff8421f7f3>] tty_ioctl+0xda3/0x1440
    [<ffffffff81c9f273>] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200
    [<ffffffff8911263a>] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0xb0
    [<ffffffff89200068>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff8880141a9a00 (size 96):
  comm "syz-executor.1", pid 11443, jiffies 4295046091 (age 17.660s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    e8 a2 1b 28 80 88 ff ff e8 a2 1b 28 80 88 ff ff  ...(.......(....
    98 92 9c aa b0 40 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .....@..........
  backtrace:
    [<ffffffff8709f68b>] __hw_addr_create_ex+0x5b/0x310
    [<ffffffff8709fb38>] __hw_addr_add_ex+0x1f8/0x2b0
    [<ffffffff870a0c7b>] dev_addr_init+0x10b/0x1f0
    [<ffffffff8706e88b>] alloc_netdev_mqs+0x13b/0xe80
    [<ffffffff84e64192>] mkiss_open+0xb2/0x6f0 [1]
    [<ffffffff842355db>] tty_ldisc_open+0x9b/0x110
    [<ffffffff84236488>] tty_set_ldisc+0x2e8/0x670
    [<ffffffff8421f7f3>] tty_ioctl+0xda3/0x1440
    [<ffffffff81c9f273>] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200
    [<ffffffff8911263a>] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0xb0
    [<ffffffff89200068>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff8880219bfc00 (size 512):
  comm "syz-executor.1", pid 11443, jiffies 4295046091 (age 17.660s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 a0 1b 28 80 88 ff ff 80 8f b1 8d ff ff ff ff  ...(............
    80 8f b1 8d ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace:
    [<ffffffff81a27201>] kvmalloc_node+0x61/0xf0
    [<ffffffff8706eec7>] alloc_netdev_mqs+0x777/0xe80
    [<ffffffff84e64192>] mkiss_open+0xb2/0x6f0 [1]
    [<ffffffff842355db>] tty_ldisc_open+0x9b/0x110
    [<ffffffff84236488>] tty_set_ldisc+0x2e8/0x670
    [<ffffffff8421f7f3>] tty_ioctl+0xda3/0x1440
    [<ffffffff81c9f273>] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200
    [<ffffffff8911263a>] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0xb0
    [<ffffffff89200068>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888029b2b200 (size 256):
  comm "syz-executor.1", pid 11443, jiffies 4295046091 (age 17.660s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace:
    [<ffffffff81a27201>] kvmalloc_node+0x61/0xf0
    [<ffffffff8706f062>] alloc_netdev_mqs+0x912/0xe80
    [<ffffffff84e64192>] mkiss_open+0xb2/0x6f0 [1]
    [<ffffffff842355db>] tty_ldisc_open+0x9b/0x110
    [<ffffffff84236488>] tty_set_ldisc+0x2e8/0x670
    [<ffffffff8421f7f3>] tty_ioctl+0xda3/0x1440
    [<ffffffff81c9f273>] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200
    [<ffffffff8911263a>] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0xb0
    [<ffffffff89200068>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
LinuxCNA
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 14%
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.14 ≤
𝑥
< 4.4.274
linuxlinux_kernel
4.5 ≤
𝑥
< 4.9.274
linuxlinux_kernel
4.10 ≤
𝑥
< 4.14.238
linuxlinux_kernel
4.15 ≤
𝑥
< 4.19.196
linuxlinux_kernel
4.20 ≤
𝑥
< 5.4.128
linuxlinux_kernel
5.5 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.46
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.12.13
linuxlinux_kernel
5.13:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
5.13:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
5.13:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
5.13:rc4
linuxlinux_kernel
5.13:rc5
linuxlinux_kernel
5.13:rc6
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= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Product
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linux
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.226-1
fixed
bookworm
6.1.106-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.112-1
fixed
trixie
6.11.5-1
fixed
sid
6.11.6-1
fixed
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ignored
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jammy
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Fixed 4.4.0-1155.170
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ignored
linux-gkeop
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released
linux-gkeop-5.15
noble
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mantic
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jammy
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ignored
linux-hwe
noble
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ignored
xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-156.163~16.04.1
released
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noble
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mantic
dne
jammy
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focal
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linux-hwe-5.13
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trusty
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linux-hwe-edge
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ignored
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linux-intel-5.13
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linux-iot
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mantic
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jammy
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linux-kvm
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1045.47
released
bionic
pending
xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1118.128
released
linux-laptop
noble
dne
mantic
not-affected
jammy
dne
focal
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linux-lowlatency
noble
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not-affected
jammy
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linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15
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linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
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linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
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xenial
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trusty
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mantic
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jammy
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Fixed 4.4.0-239.273~14.04.1
released
linux-nvidia
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focal
dne
linux-nvidia-6.2
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linux-nvidia-lowlatency
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linux-oem
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released
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linux-riscv-5.8
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