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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2021-47103 EUVD-2021-33751GHSA-rpv2-375w-83vr

inet: fully convert sk->sk_rx_dst to RCU rules

Published Mar 4, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lts-xenial Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

inet: fully convert sk->sk_rx_dst to RCU rules

syzbot reported various issues around early demux,
one being included in this changelog [1]

sk->sk_rx_dst is using RCU protection without clearly
documenting it.

And following sequences in tcp_v4_do_rcv()/tcp_v6_do_rcv()
are not following standard RCU rules.

[a] dst_release(dst);
[b] sk->sk_rx_dst = NULL;

They look wrong because a delete operation of RCU protected
pointer is supposed to clear the pointer before
the call_rcu()/synchronize_rcu() guarding actual memory freeing.

In some cases indeed, dst could be freed before [b] is done.

We could cheat by clearing sk_rx_dst before calling
dst_release(), but this seems the right time to stick
to standard RCU annotations and debugging facilities.

[1]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in dst_check include/net/dst.h:470 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in tcp_v4_early_demux+0x95b/0x960 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1792
Read of size 2 at addr ffff88807f1cb73a by task syz-executor.5/9204

CPU: 0 PID: 9204 Comm: syz-executor.5 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc5-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x8d/0x320 mm/kasan/report.c:247
__kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:433 [inline]
kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf mm/kasan/report.c:450
dst_check include/net/dst.h:470 [inline]
tcp_v4_early_demux+0x95b/0x960 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1792
ip_rcv_finish_core.constprop.0+0x15de/0x1e80 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:340
ip_list_rcv_finish.constprop.0+0x1b2/0x6e0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:583
ip_sublist_rcv net/ipv4/ip_input.c:609 [inline]
ip_list_rcv+0x34e/0x490 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:644
__netif_receive_skb_list_ptype net/core/dev.c:5508 [inline]
__netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x549/0x8e0 net/core/dev.c:5556
__netif_receive_skb_list net/core/dev.c:5608 [inline]
netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x75e/0xd80 net/core/dev.c:5699
gro_normal_list net/core/dev.c:5853 [inline]
gro_normal_list net/core/dev.c:5849 [inline]
napi_complete_done+0x1f1/0x880 net/core/dev.c:6590
virtqueue_napi_complete drivers/net/virtio_net.c:339 [inline]
virtnet_poll+0xca2/0x11b0 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:1557
__napi_poll+0xaf/0x440 net/core/dev.c:7023
napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7090 [inline]
net_rx_action+0x801/0xb40 net/core/dev.c:7177
__do_softirq+0x29b/0x9c2 kernel/softirq.c:558
invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:432 [inline]
__irq_exit_rcu+0x123/0x180 kernel/softirq.c:637
irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:649
common_interrupt+0x52/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:240
asm_common_interrupt+0x1e/0x40 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:629
RIP: 0033:0x7f5e972bfd57
Code: 39 d1 73 14 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 8b 50 f8 48 83 e8 08 48 39 ca 77 f3 48 39 c3 73 3e 48 89 13 48 8b 50 f8 48 89 38 49 8b 0e <48> 8b 3e 48 83 c3 08 48 83 c6 08 eb bc 48 39 d1 72 9e 48 39 d0 73
RSP: 002b:00007fff8a413210 EFLAGS: 00000283
RAX: 00007f5e97108990 RBX: 00007f5e97108338 RCX: ffffffff81d3aa45
RDX: ffffffff81d3aa45 RSI: 00007f5e97108340 RDI: ffffffff81d3aa45
RBP: 00007f5e97107eb8 R08: 00007f5e97108d88 R09: 0000000093c2e8d9
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 00007f5e97107eb0
R13: 00007f5e97108338 R14: 00007f5e97107ea8 R15: 0000000000000019
</TASK>

Allocated by task 13:
kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:38
kasan_set_track mm/kasan/common.c:46 [inline]
set_alloc_info mm/kasan/common.c:434 [inline]
__kasan_slab_alloc+0x90/0xc0 mm/kasan/common.c:467
kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:259 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:519 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3234 [inline]
slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3242 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc+0x202/0x3a0 mm/slub.c:3247
dst_alloc+0x146/0x1f0 net/core/dst.c:92
rt_dst_alloc+0x73/0x430 net/ipv4/route.c:1613
ip_route_input_slow+0x1817/0x3a20 net/ipv4/route.c:234
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.6 4.9.331

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.15.15-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.15.15-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.15.15-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +22 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-139.156 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1096.104 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1103.109 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1058.64 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1100.109 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1064.68 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1044.49 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1012.14 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1086.92 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1093.102 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1080.91 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1021.25 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-204.215 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1150.163 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1096.104~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1161.176 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1103.109~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1145.161 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1100.109~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-139.156~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1044.49~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1135.140 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1114.125 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1093.102~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1080.91~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1096.104+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1103.109+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1072.81 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1100.109+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2089.95 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2070.76 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1107.118 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2054.59 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips 4.4.0-1111.118 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux 4.4.0-266.300 USN-7332-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1179.194 USN-7332-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1151.164~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1162.177~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1146.162~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-206.217~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.4.0-1142.153 USN-7332-2
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1115.126~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1141.147 USN-7332-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1162.177~14.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-266.300~14.04.1 USN-7332-3
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 perf +29 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 RHSA-2022:8267
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8 RHSA-2022:7683
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.63.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-docs 5.14.21-150500.55.73.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.191.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2360-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-docs +4 4.12.14-122.222.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.191.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2360-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.222.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1
SLE Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-rt +3 4.12.14-10.191.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2381-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.64.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_17 +1 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1, SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.222.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_58 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2561-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.64.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dtb-aarch64 +9 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.63.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-docs 5.14.21-150500.55.73.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.64.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.64.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 kernel-livepatch-4.14.296-222.539 1.0-0.amzn2 ALAS2-2022-1876
Amazon Linux 2 perf +8 4.14.296-222.539.amzn2 ALAS2-2022-1876

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