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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2021-47132

Change History

New CVE Received by NIST 3/15/2024 5:15:07 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Description

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

mptcp: fix sk_forward_memory corruption on retransmission

MPTCP sk_forward_memory handling is a bit special, as such field
is protected by the msk socket spin_lock, instead of the plain
socket lock.

Currently we have a code path updating such field without handling
the relevant lock:

__mptcp_retrans() -> __mptcp_clean_una_wakeup()

Several helpers in __mptcp_clean_una_wakeup() will update
sk_forward_alloc, possibly causing such field corruption, as reported
by Matthieu.

Address the issue providing and using a new variant of blamed function
which explicitly acquires the msk spin lock.
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5941f066b4ca331db225a976dae1d6ca8cf0ae3 [No types assigned]
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9c78b1a95966a7bd2ddae05b73eafc0cda4fba3 [No types assigned]