CVE-2022-48910

EUVD-2022-53789
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ipv6: ensure we call ipv6_mc_down() at most once

There are two reasons for addrconf_notify() to be called with NETDEV_DOWN:
either the network device is actually going down, or IPv6 was disabled
on the interface.

If either of them stays down while the other is toggled, we repeatedly
call the code for NETDEV_DOWN, including ipv6_mc_down(), while never
calling the corresponding ipv6_mc_up() in between. This will cause a
new entry in idev->mc_tomb to be allocated for each multicast group
the interface is subscribed to, which in turn leaks one struct ifmcaddr6
per nontrivial multicast group the interface is subscribed to.

The following reproducer will leak at least $n objects:

ip addr add ff2e::4242/32 dev eth0 autojoin
sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.eth0.disable_ipv6=1
for i in $(seq 1 $n); do
	ip link set up eth0; ip link set down eth0
done

Joining groups with IPV6_ADD_MEMBERSHIP (unprivileged) or setting the
sysctl net.ipv6.conf.eth0.forwarding to 1 (=> subscribing to ff02::2)
can also be used to create a nontrivial idev->mc_list, which will the
leak objects with the right up-down-sequence.

Based on both sources for NETDEV_DOWN events the interface IPv6 state
should be considered:

 - not ready if the network interface is not ready OR IPv6 is disabled
   for it
 - ready if the network interface is ready AND IPv6 is enabled for it

The functions ipv6_mc_up() and ipv6_down() should only be run when this
state changes.

Implement this by remembering when the IPv6 state is ready, and only
run ipv6_mc_down() if it actually changed from ready to not ready.

The other direction (not ready -> ready) already works correctly, as:

 - the interface notification triggered codepath for NETDEV_UP /
   NETDEV_CHANGE returns early if ipv6 is disabled, and
 - the disable_ipv6=0 triggered codepath skips fully initializing the
   interface as long as addrconf_link_ready(dev) returns false
 - calling ipv6_mc_up() repeatedly does not leak anything
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
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
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 5%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
3.18 ≤
𝑥
< 4.9.313
linuxlinux_kernel
4.10 ≤
𝑥
< 4.14.278
linuxlinux_kernel
4.15 ≤
𝑥
< 5.4.193
linuxlinux_kernel
5.5 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.104
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.27
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 5.16.13
linuxlinux_kernel
5.17:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
5.17:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
5.17:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
5.17:rc4
linuxlinux_kernel
5.17:rc5
linuxlinux_kernel
5.17:rc6
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.106-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.112-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.226-1
fixed
sid
6.11.6-1
fixed
trixie
6.11.5-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
linux
bionic
pending
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-124.140
released
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
xenial
ignored
linux-allwinner-5.19
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
noble
dne
linux-aws
bionic
pending
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1083.90
released
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
trusty
ignored
xenial
ignored
linux-aws-5.0
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
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linux-aws-5.11
focal
ignored
jammy
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linux-aws-5.13
focal
ignored
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linux-aws-5.15
focal
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linux-aws-5.19
focal
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jammy
ignored
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linux-aws-5.3
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
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noble
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linux-aws-5.4
bionic
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focal
dne
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linux-aws-5.8
focal
ignored
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Fixed 4.15.0-1139.150~16.04.1
released
linux-azure
bionic
ignored
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1089.94
released
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
trusty
Fixed 4.15.0-1149.164~14.04.1
released
xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1149.164~16.04.1
released
linux-azure-4.15
bionic
pending
focal
dne
jammy
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linux-azure-5.11
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linux-azure-5.3
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focal
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bionic
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focal
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linux-azure-5.8
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ignored
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focal
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linux-bluefield
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1044.49
released
jammy
dne
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linux-fips
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
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linux-gcp
bionic
ignored
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1086.94
released
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1134.150~16.04.2
released
linux-gcp-4.15
bionic
pending
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
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linux-gcp-5.11
focal
ignored
jammy
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noble
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linux-gcp-5.13
focal
ignored
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focal
not-affected
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linux-gcp-5.19
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
noble
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linux-gcp-5.3
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
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linux-gcp-5.4
bionic
pending
focal
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focal
ignored
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focal
ignored
jammy
not-affected
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bionic
ignored
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dne
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linux-gke-5.15
focal
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linux-gke-5.4
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
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noble
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linux-gkeop
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1051.54
released
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
linux-gkeop-5.15
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
linux-gkeop-5.4
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
linux-hwe
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-191.202~16.04.1
released
linux-hwe-5.11
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
noble
dne
linux-hwe-5.13
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
noble
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linux-hwe-5.15
focal
not-affected
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linux-hwe-5.19
focal
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jammy
ignored
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linux-hwe-5.4
bionic
pending
focal
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linux-hwe-5.8
focal
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linux-hwe-6.8
focal
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linux-hwe-edge
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
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noble
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xenial
ignored
linux-ibm
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1031.35
released
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
linux-ibm-5.15
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
linux-ibm-5.4
bionic
pending
focal
dne
jammy
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linux-intel
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
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trusty
dne
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dne
linux-intel-5.13
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
noble
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linux-intel-iot-realtime
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-intel-iotg
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
linux-intel-iotg-5.15
focal
Fixed 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1
released
jammy
dne
noble
dne
linux-iot
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1004.6
released
jammy
dne
noble
dne
linux-kvm
bionic
pending
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1073.78
released
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
xenial
ignored
linux-lowlatency
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
noble
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linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
noble
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linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
noble
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linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
linux-lts-xenial
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
ignored
linux-nvidia
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
linux-nvidia-6.2
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
noble
dne
linux-nvidia-6.5
focal
dne
jammy
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linux-nvidia-6.8
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
noble
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linux-nvidia-lowlatency
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
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linux-oem
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
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noble
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linux-oem-5.10
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
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linux-oem-5.13
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linux-oem-5.17
focal
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focal
ignored
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linux-oem-6.0
focal
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ignored
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linux-oem-6.1
focal
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jammy
ignored
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linux-oem-6.5
focal
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jammy
ignored
noble
dne
linux-oem-6.8
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
not-affected
linux-oracle
bionic
pending
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1081.89
released
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1104.115~16.04.1
released
linux-oracle-5.0
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
linux-oracle-5.11
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
noble
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linux-oracle-5.13
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
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linux-oracle-5.15
focal
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jammy
dne
noble
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linux-oracle-5.3
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
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noble
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linux-oracle-5.4
bionic
pending
focal
dne
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linux-oracle-5.8
focal
ignored
jammy
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linux-oracle-6.5
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
noble
dne
linux-raspi
focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1068.78
released
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
linux-raspi-5.4
bionic
pending
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
linux-raspi-realtime
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
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noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
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linux-raspi2
focal
ignored
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linux-realtime
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
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linux-riscv
focal
ignored
jammy
ignored
noble
not-affected
linux-riscv-5.11
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
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linux-riscv-5.15
focal
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linux-riscv-5.19
focal
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ignored
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linux-riscv-5.8
focal
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linux-riscv-6.5
focal
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linux-riscv-6.8
focal
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not-affected
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linux-starfive-5.19
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
noble
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linux-starfive-6.2
focal
dne
jammy
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noble
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linux-starfive-6.5
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
noble
dne
linux-xilinx-zynqmp
focal
not-affected
jammy
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noble
dne