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CVE-2022-50569

xfrm: Update ipcomp_scratches with NULL when freed PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: Update ipcomp_scratches with NULL when freed Currently if ipcomp_alloc_scratches() fails to allocate memory ipcomp_scratches holds obsolete address. So when we try to free the percpu scratches using ipcomp_free_scratches() it tries to vfree non existent vm area. Described below: static void * __percpu *ipcomp_alloc_scratches(void) { ... scratches = alloc_percpu(void *); if (!scratches) return NULL; ipcomp_scratches does not know about this allocation failure. Therefore holding the old obsolete address. ... } So when we free, static void ipcomp_free_scratches(void) { ... scratches = ipcomp_scratches; Assigning obsolete address from ipcomp_scratches if (!scratches) return; for_each_possible_cpu(i) vfree(*per_cpu_ptr(scratches, i)); Trying to free non existent page, causing warning: trying to vfree existent vm area. ... } Fix this breakage by updating ipcomp_scrtches with NULL when scratches is freed

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before debca61df6bc2f65e020656c9c5b878d6b38d30f; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before a39f456d62810c0efb43cead22f98d95b53e4b1a; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 1e8abde895b3ac6a368cbdb372e8800c49e73a28; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 18373ed500f7cd53e24d9b0bd0f1c09d78dba87e; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before be81c44242b20fc3bdcc73480ef8aaee56f5d0b6; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 03155680191ef0f004b1d6a5714c5b8cd271ab61; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before f3bdba4440d82e0da2b1bfc35d3836c8a8e00677; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 2c19945ce8095d065df550e7fe350cd5cc40c6e6; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 8a04d2fc700f717104bfb95b0f6694e448a4537f
Linux / Linuxaffected 2.6.12; unaffected 0 before 2.6.12; unaffected 4.9.331 through 4.9.*; unaffected 4.14.296 through 4.14.*; unaffected 4.19.262 through 4.19.*; unaffected 5.4.220 through 5.4.*; unaffected 5.10.150 through 5.10.*; unaffected 5.15.75 through 5.15.*; unaffected 5.19.17 through 5.19.*; unaffected 6.0.3 through 6.0.*; unaffected 6.1 through *

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

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