CVE-2022-48643

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: fix nft_counters_enabled underflow at nf_tables_addchain() syzbot is reporting underflow of nft_counters_enabled counter at nf_tables_addchain() [1], for commit 43eb8949cfdffa76 ("netfilter: nf_tables: do not leave chain stats enabled on error") missed that nf_tables_chain_destroy() after nft_basechain_init() in the error path of nf_tables_addchain() decrements the counter because nft_basechain_init() makes nft_is_base_chain() return true by setting NFT_CHAIN_BASE flag. Increment the counter immediately after returning from nft_basechain_init().

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedApr 28, 2024
First seenApr 28, 2024

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.10.146, 5.15.71, 5.19.12 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel5.10.140 ≤ v < 5.10.146, 5.15.64 ≤ v < 5.15.71, 5.19.6 ≤ v < 5.19.12, 6.05.10.146, 5.15.71, 5.19.12

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