CVE-2022-29156 In the Linux kernel before 5.16.12, a double free related to rtrs_clt_dev_release occurs.

This could be exploited when handling a specially crafted Netlink message.
In the example below, rtmsg_rcv() is used to receive Netlink messages from an InfiniBand device. If an attacker controls the rtmsg_rcv() Netlink message, they can send a specially crafted message that will cause a double free to occur. { netlink_sendmsg: returner = { struct sockaddr *raddr; int s; int rc; if (nlmsg_len  sizeof(*rc)) return; nlmsg_len = nlmsg_len - sizeof(*rc); rcu_read_lock(); s = nlmsg_data(nlmsg); nlmsg_data = nlmsg_data(nlmsg)-&rc->data; nlmsg_len = nlmsg_len - sizeof(*rc); rcu_read_unlock(); rc = nlmsg_rcv(nlmsg, nlmsg_len); nlmsg_data = nlmsg_data(nlmsg); nlmsg_len = nlmsg_len - sizeof(*rc); } --- rtmsg_rcv: returner = { struct sockaddr *raddr; int s; int rc; if (rtmsg_len  sizeof(*rc)) return; nlmsg_len = nlmsg_len - sizeof(*rc); rcu_read_lock(); s =

Pre-Requisites:

- The function rtmsg_rcv() is used to receive Netlink messages from an InfiniBand device
- An attacker controls the rtmsg_rcv() Netlink message, they can send a specially crafted message that will cause a double free to occur.
- Pre-Requisites:
1) The function rtmsg_rcv() is used to receive Netlink messages from an InfiniBand device. 2) An attacker controls the rtmsg_rcv() Netlink message, they can send a specially crafted message that will cause a double free to occur.
3) You are using the RTAI kernel in your system or you have access to kernel source code.

The first step is to create an invalid Netlink message. In the example below, &mlink is not NULL, which is not allowed within a Netlink message of type NETLINK_MSG_INVALID. { if (!nlmsg) return; nlmsg = netlink_alloc(MLREG); s = nlmsg->nlh; nlmsg->nlh = nlmsg; nlmsg->type = NETLINK_MSG_TYPE_INVALID; nlmsg->nlmsg_len = 0; } --- mlink: returner = { struct sockaddr *raddr; int s; int rc; if (mlink) return; mlink = netlink_alloc(MLREG); s = mlink->mlh; mlink->mlh = mlink; mlink->type = NETLINK_MSG_TYPE_INVALID; }

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Published on: 04/13/2022 07:15:00 UTC
Last modified on: 06/02/2022 20:15:00 UTC

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