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But even the first added user of neigh_xmit (mpls) relied on\nneigh_xmit to release the skb (or queue it for tx).\n\nsashiko reported:\n If neigh_xmit() is called with an uninitialized neighbor table (for\n example, NEIGH_ND_TABLE when IPv6 is disabled), it returns -EAFNOSUPPORT\n and bypasses its internal out_kfree_skb error path. Because the return\n value of neigh_xmit() is ignored here, does this leak the SKB?\n\nAssume full ownership and remove the last code path that doesn't\nxmit or free skb."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - An unauthenticated packet sender can trigger the vulnerable `neigh_xmit()` path through configured network forwarding paths such as nftables netdev forwarding or MPLS forwarding. In the highest reasonable deployment, this is an exposed router/firewall datapath reachable by network traffic.\nAC:L - The bug is deterministic once the forwarding path uses a real neighbor table whose pointer is NULL, such as `NEIGH_ND_TABLE` when IPv6 neighbor discovery is unavailable. No race or heap shaping is required; repeated matching packets repeatedly leak skbs.\nPR:N - The attacker does not need privileges to send packets into an already configured vulnerable forwarding datapath. Although installing such rules/routes requires administrative network privileges, the packet-triggering attack itself is unauthenticated.\nUI:N - No victim user action is required after the affected forwarding configuration exists. The attacker only sends traffic that reaches the vulnerable path.\nS:U - The impact remains within the kernel/networking security authority of the affected system. There is no VM escape, sandbox boundary crossing, or separate security scope involved.\nC:N - The flaw is an skb memory leak caused by failing to free the packet buffer on the missing-table error path. It does not expose leaked memory contents to the attacker.\nI:N - The bug does not provide a memory corruption or data modification primitive. It only loses ownership of allocated skbs.\nA:H - An attacker can repeatedly trigger the leak with packets, consuming kernel memory and plausibly causing OOM, hangs, packet processing failure, or system-wide denial of service. 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