In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
af_unix: fix struct pid leaks in OOB support
syzbot reported struct pid leak [1].
Issue is that queue_oob() calls maybe_add_creds() which potentially holds a reference on a pid.
But skb->destructor is not set (either directly or by calling unix_scm_to_skb())
This means that subsequent kfree_skb() or consume_skb() would leak this reference.
In this fix, I chose to fully support scm even for the OOB message.
[1] BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff8881053e7f80 (size 128): comm "syz-executor242", pid 5066, jiffies 4294946079 (age 13.220s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff812ae26a>] alloc_pid+0x6a/0x560 kernel/pid.c:180 [<ffffffff812718df>] copy_process+0x169f/0x26c0 kernel/fork.c:2285 [<ffffffff81272b37>] kernel_clone+0xf7/0x610 kernel/fork.c:2684 [<ffffffff812730cc>] __do_sys_clone+0x7c/0xb0 kernel/fork.c:2825 [<ffffffff849ad699>] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] [<ffffffff849ad699>] do_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 [<ffffffff84a0008b>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.1
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.15.104-63.140Upgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-debuginfo | Jun 23, 2025 | May 2, 2025 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-libbpf-staticUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernelUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-libbpfUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.21-1.45Upgrade kernel-develUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfo | Jun 24, 2025 | May 2, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | May 5, 2025 | May 2, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | May 2, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-azureUpgrade linux-kvmUpgrade linux-gkeUpgrade linux-hwe-5.15Upgrade linux-intel-iotg-5.15Upgrade linux-aws-5.15Upgrade linux-oracle-5.15Upgrade linux-ibm-5.15Upgrade linux-nvidiaUpgrade linux-riscv-5.15Upgrade linux-gkeopUpgrade linux-ibmUpgrade linux-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-azure-5.15Upgrade linux-raspiUpgrade linuxUpgrade linux-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-oracleUpgrade linux-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15Upgrade linux-awsUpgrade linux-bluefieldUpgrade linux-nvidia-tegra-igxUpgrade linux-gcpUpgrade linux-gcp-5.15Upgrade linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15Upgrade linux-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-realtime | May 8, 2025 | May 2, 2025 |
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