CVE-2022-50855

Summary

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

bpf: prevent leak of lsm program after failed attach

In [0], we added the ability to bpf_prog_attach LSM programs to cgroups, but in our validation to make sure the prog is meant to be attached to BPF_LSM_CGROUP, we return too early if the check fails. This results in lack of decrementing prog's refcnt (through bpf_prog_put) leaving the LSM program alive past the point of the expected lifecycle. This fix allows for the decrement to take place.

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220628174314.1216643-4-sdf@google.com/

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux69fd337a975c7e690dfe49d9cb4fe5ba1e6db44e < 82b39df5ddb298daaf6dc504032ff7eb027fa106affected
LinuxLinux69fd337a975c7e690dfe49d9cb4fe5ba1e6db44e < 6a1504dd36cd9a0a69250d61da8bdb17b29f1fe8affected
LinuxLinux69fd337a975c7e690dfe49d9cb4fe5ba1e6db44e < e89f3edffb860a0f54a9ed16deadb7a4a1fa3862affected
LinuxLinux6.0affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.0unaffected
LinuxLinux6.0.16 <= 6.0.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.2 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.2 <= *unaffected

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