Vulnerability Details CVE-2021-47590
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mptcp: fix deadlock in __mptcp_push_pending()
__mptcp_push_pending() may call mptcp_flush_join_list() with subflow
socket lock held. If such call hits mptcp_sockopt_sync_all() then
subsequently __mptcp_sockopt_sync() could try to lock the subflow
socket for itself, causing a deadlock.
sysrq: Show Blocked State
task:ss-server state:D stack: 0 pid: 938 ppid: 1 flags:0x00000000
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__schedule+0x2d6/0x10c0
? __mod_memcg_state+0x4d/0x70
? csum_partial+0xd/0x20
? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x26/0x50
schedule+0x4e/0xc0
__lock_sock+0x69/0x90
? do_wait_intr_irq+0xa0/0xa0
__lock_sock_fast+0x35/0x50
mptcp_sockopt_sync_all+0x38/0xc0
__mptcp_push_pending+0x105/0x200
mptcp_sendmsg+0x466/0x490
sock_sendmsg+0x57/0x60
__sys_sendto+0xf0/0x160
? do_wait_intr_irq+0xa0/0xa0
? fpregs_restore_userregs+0x12/0xd0
__x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30
do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
RIP: 0033:0x7f9ba546c2d0
RSP: 002b:00007ffdc3b762d8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f9ba56c8060 RCX: 00007f9ba546c2d0
RDX: 000000000000077a RSI: 0000000000e5e180 RDI: 0000000000000234
RBP: 0000000000cc57f0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f9ba56c8060
R13: 0000000000b6ba60 R14: 0000000000cc7840 R15: 41d8685b1d7901b8
</TASK>
Fix the issue by using __mptcp_flush_join_list() instead of plain
mptcp_flush_join_list() inside __mptcp_push_pending(), as suggested by
Florian. The sockopt sync will be deferred to the workqueue.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 0.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
Products affected by CVE-2021-47590
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.0-52
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.12
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.14
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.15
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.16
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.17
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.18
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.19
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.12
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.14
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.15
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.16
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.17
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.18
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.19
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.20
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.21
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.0
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.0-58
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15.9