CVE-2022-49013 sctp: fix memory leak in sctp_stream_outq_migrate()
A memory leak in the Linux kernel SCTP implementation allows attackers to exhaust system memory, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-49013?
CVE-2022-49013 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: fix memory leak in sctp_stream_outq_migrate()
When sctp_stream_outq_migrate() is called to release stream out resources, the memory pointed to by prio_head in stream out is not released.
The memory leak information is as follows: unreferenced object 0xffff88801fe79f80 (size 64): comm "sctp_repo", pid 7957, jiffies 4294951704 (age 36.480s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 80 9f e7 1f 80 88 ff ff 80 9f e7 1f 80 88 ff ff ................ 90 9f e7 1f 80 88 ff ff 90 9f e7 1f 80 88 ff ff ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff81b215c6>] kmalloc_trace+0x26/0x60 [<ffffffff88ae517c>] sctp_sched_prio_set+0x4cc/0x770 [<ffffffff88ad64f2>] sctp_stream_init_ext+0xd2/0x1b0 [<ffffffff88aa2604>] sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0x1614/0x1a30 [<ffffffff88ab7ff1>] sctp_sendmsg+0xda1/0x1ef0 [<ffffffff87f765ed>] inet_sendmsg+0x9d/0xe0 [<ffffffff8754b5b3>] sock_sendmsg+0xd3/0x120 [<ffffffff8755446a>] __sys_sendto+0x23a/0x340 [<ffffffff87554651>] __x64_sys_sendto+0xe1/0x1b0 [<ffffffff89978b49>] do_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0 [<ffffffff89a0008b>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49013?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-49013?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-49013 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49013 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49013, GHSA-qfj5-q5g9-m5pm, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49013.