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High · 7.8 CVE-2021-47588 EUVD-2021-34590GHSA-g3vj-5c3x-wjr4

sit: do not call ipip6_dev_free() from sit_init_net()

Published Jun 19, 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-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 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 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

sit: do not call ipip6_dev_free() from sit_init_net()

ipip6_dev_free is sit dev->priv_destructor, already called
by register_netdevice() if something goes wrong.

Alternative would be to make ipip6_dev_free() robust against
multiple invocations, but other drivers do not implement this
strategy.

syzbot reported:

dst_release underflow
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5059 at net/core/dst.c:173 dst_release+0xd8/0xe0 net/core/dst.c:173
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 5059 Comm: syz-executor.4 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc5-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
RIP: 0010:dst_release+0xd8/0xe0 net/core/dst.c:173
Code: 4c 89 f2 89 d9 31 c0 5b 41 5e 5d e9 da d5 44 f9 e8 1d 90 5f f9 c6 05 87 48 c6 05 01 48 c7 c7 80 44 99 8b 31 c0 e8 e8 67 29 f9 <0f> 0b eb 85 0f 1f 40 00 53 48 89 fb e8 f7 8f 5f f9 48 83 c3 a8 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000aa5faa0 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: d6894a925dd15a00 RBX: 00000000ffffffff RCX: 0000000000040000
RDX: ffffc90005e19000 RSI: 000000000003ffff RDI: 0000000000040000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffffffff816a1f42 R09: ffffed1017344f2c
R10: ffffed1017344f2c R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000607f462b1358
R13: 1ffffffff1bfd305 R14: ffffe8ffffcb1358 R15: dffffc0000000000
FS: 00007f66c71a2700(0000) GS:ffff8880b9a00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f88aaed5058 CR3: 0000000023e0f000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dst_cache_destroy+0x107/0x1e0 net/core/dst_cache.c:160
ipip6_dev_free net/ipv6/sit.c:1414 [inline]
sit_init_net+0x229/0x550 net/ipv6/sit.c:1936
ops_init+0x313/0x430 net/core/net_namespace.c:140
setup_net+0x35b/0x9d0 net/core/net_namespace.c:326
copy_net_ns+0x359/0x5c0 net/core/net_namespace.c:470
create_new_namespaces+0x4ce/0xa00 kernel/nsproxy.c:110
unshare_nsproxy_namespaces+0x11e/0x180 kernel/nsproxy.c:226
ksys_unshare+0x57d/0xb50 kernel/fork.c:3075
__do_sys_unshare kernel/fork.c:3146 [inline]
__se_sys_unshare kernel/fork.c:3144 [inline]
__x64_sys_unshare+0x34/0x40 kernel/fork.c:3144
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x44/0xd0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
RIP: 0033:0x7f66c882ce99
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 bc ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f66c71a2168 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000110
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f66c893ff60 RCX: 00007f66c882ce99
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000048040200
RBP: 00007f66c8886ff1 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fff6634832f R14: 00007f66c71a2300 R15: 0000000000022000
</TASK>

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.11.9 – < 4.12, 4.12 4.12

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 5.4.0-105.119 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1069.73 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1073.76 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1032.35 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1068.72 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1037.38 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1018.20 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1059.62 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1067.72 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1056.63 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-169.177 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1121.129 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1069.73~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1131.144 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1073.76~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1116.130 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1068.72~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-105.119~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1018.20~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1107.109 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1087.95 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1067.72~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1056.63~18.04.1 —
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-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1069.73+fips2 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1073.76+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1046.52 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1067.71~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2061.63 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2043.47 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1078.87 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2026.28 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1120.128~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1131.144~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1116.130~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-169.177~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1087.95~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1131.144~14.04.1 —
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 4.12.14-16.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-docs 4.12.14-122.225.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +3 4.12.14-122.225.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1
Show 6 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.225.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1
SLE Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-rt +3 4.12.14-10.197.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2892-1
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 4.12.14-122.225.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_59 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1
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-4.14.262-200.489 1.0-0.amzn2 ALAS2-2022-1749
Amazon Linux 2 perf +8 4.14.262-200.489.amzn2 ALAS2-2022-1749

Advisories 8

References