CVE-2021-47555

/// Technical description

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

net: vlan: fix underflow for the real_dev refcnt

Inject error before dev_hold(real_dev) in register_vlan_dev(),

and execute the following testcase:

ip link add dev dummy1 type dummy

ip link add name dummy1.100 link dummy1 type vlan id 100

ip link del dev dummy1

When the dummy netdevice is removed, we will get a WARNING as following:

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refcount_t: decrement hit 0; leaking memory.

WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at lib/refcount.c:31 refcount_warn_saturate+0xbf/0x1e0

and an endless loop of:

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unregister_netdevice: waiting for dummy1 to become free. Usage count = -1073741824

That is because dev_put(real_dev) in vlan_dev_free() be called without

dev_hold(real_dev) in register_vlan_dev(). It makes the refcnt of real_dev

underflow.

Move the dev_hold(real_dev) to vlan_dev_init() which is t

/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

/// References