Vulnerability · Published May 1, 2025 · Assigned by Linux
CVE-2022-49911netfilter: ipset: enforce documented limit to prevent allocating huge memory
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ipset: enforce documented limit to prevent allocating huge memory Daniel Xu reported that the hash:net,iface type of the ipset subsystem does not limit adding the same network with different interfaces to a set, which can lead to huge memory usage or allocation failure. The quick reproducer is $ ipset create ACL.IN.ALL_PERMIT hash:net,iface hashsize 1048576 timeout 0 $ for i in $(seq 0 100); do /sbin/ipset add ACL.IN.ALL_PERMIT 0.0.0.0/0,kaf_$i timeout 0 -exist; done The backtrace when vmalloc fails: [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022] ipset: vmalloc error: size 1073741848, exceeds total pages <...> [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022] Call Trace: [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022] <TASK> [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022] dump_stack_lvl+0x48/0x60 [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022] warn_alloc+0x155/0x180 [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022] __vmalloc_node_range+0x72a/0x760 [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022] ? hash_netiface4_add+0x7c0/0xb20 [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022] ? __kmalloc_large_node+0x4a/0x90 [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022] kvmalloc_node+0xa6/0xd0 [Tue Oct 25 00:13:08 2022] ? hash_netiface4_resize+0x99/0x710 <...> The fix is to enforce the limit documented in the ipset(8) manpage: > The internal restriction of the hash:net,iface set type is that the same > network prefix cannot be stored with more than 64 different interfaces > in a single set.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.0.8-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 6.0.8-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 6.0.8-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-60.66 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1030.34 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1033.40 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1033.40.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1029.36 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1027.32 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1015.19 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1025.28 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1025.30 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1028.33 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-60.66 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1017.17 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1029.35 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1024.26 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49911 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | ccf0a4b7fc688561428290265e4effde41446668 – before 42d20d5e24575c9afa2d66d9a51e7386db9514f5ccf0a4b7fc688561428290265e4effde41446668 – before a37ef32fe5956fe9248df68f6a61997845ba047eccf0a4b7fc688561428290265e4effde41446668 – before 510841da1fcc16f702440ab58ef0b4d82a9056b7 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.11 |