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FreeBSD-EN-12:02.ipv6refcount Errata Notice
The FreeBSD Project
Topic: Reference count errors in IPv6 code
Category: core
Modules: sys_netinet sys_netinet6
Announced: 2012-06-12
Credits: Scott Long, Rui Paulo, Maksim Yevmenkin
Affects: FreeBSD 8.0 and later
Corrected: 2012-06-09 22:44:49 UTC (RELENG_8, 8.3-STABLE)
2012-06-12 12:10:10 UTC (RELENG_8_3, 8.3-RELEASE-p3)
2012-06-12 12:10:10 UTC (RELENG_8_2, 8.2-RELEASE-p9)
2012-06-12 12:10:10 UTC (RELENG_8_1, 8.1-RELEASE-p11)
2012-06-09 22:44:24 UTC (RELENG_9, 9.0-STABLE)
2012-06-12 12:10:10 UTC (RELENG_9_0, 9.0-RELEASE-p3)
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I. Background
The FreeBSD network stack implements Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6),
the successor to IPv4. IPv6 is now seeing widespread deployment.
Reference counts are a programming technology used by the FreeBSD kernel
to maintain stability of objects while in use.
II. Problem Description
The FreeBSD IPv4 and IPv6 kernel implementations employ reference counts to
protect IP addresses configured on network interfaces. Due to multiple
bugs, IPv6 address references may be improperly acquired or released; IPv4
is unaffected.
III. Impact
Under high IPv6 network load, reference counts may improperly hit zero
due to overflow or underflow, causing an IPv6 address, which is still in
use, to be freed. This will lead to a kernel panic on next access.
IV. Workaround
No workaround is available, but systems not using any IPv6 communication
are not affected.
V. Solution
Perform one of the following:
1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 8-STABLE, or 9-STABLE, or to the
RELENG_8_3, RELENG_8_2, RELENG_8_1, or RELENG_9_0 security branch dated
after the correction date.
2) To patch your present system:
The following patches have been verified to apply to FreeBSD 8.3, 8.2,
8.1, and 9.0 systems.
a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the
detached PGP signature using your PGP utility.
[FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE, 8.2-RELEASE, and 9.0-RELEASE]
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-12:02/ipv6refcount.patch
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-12:02/ipv6refcount.patch.asc
[FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE]
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-12:02/ipv6refcount-83.patch
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-12:02/ipv6refcount-83.patch.asc
b) Apply the patch.
# cd /usr/src
# patch < /path/to/patch
c) Recompile your kernel as described in
and reboot the
system.
3) To update your vulnerable system via a binary patch:
Systems running 8.3-RELEASE, 8.2-RELEASE, 8.1-RELEASE, or 9.0-RELEASE on
the i386 or amd64 platforms can be updated via the freebsd-update(8)
utility:
# freebsd-update fetch
# freebsd-update install
VI. Correction details
The following list contains the revision numbers of each file that was
corrected in FreeBSD.
CVS:
Branch Revision
Path
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RELENG_8
sys/netinet/tcp_input.c 1.411.2.22
sys/netinet6/in6.c 1.121.2.28
sys/netinet6/ip6_input.c 1.132.2.9
RELENG_8_3
src/UPDATING 1.632.2.26.2.5
src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.83.2.15.2.7
sys/netinet/tcp_input.c 1.411.2.19.2.2
sys/netinet6/in6.c 1.121.2.23.2.2
sys/netinet6/ip6_input.c 1.132.2.6.4.2
RELENG_8_2
src/UPDATING 1.632.2.19.2.11
src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.83.2.12.2.14
sys/netinet/tcp_input.c 1.411.2.9.2.2
sys/netinet6/in6.c 1.121.2.12.2.2
sys/netinet6/ip6_input.c 1.132.2.6.2.2
RELENG_8_1
src/UPDATING 1.632.2.14.2.14
src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.83.2.10.2.15
sys/netinet/tcp_input.c 1.411.2.6.2.2
sys/netinet6/in6.c 1.121.2.11.2.2
sys/netinet6/ip6_input.c 1.132.2.4.2.2
RELENG_9
sys/netinet/tcp_input.c 1.437.2.7
sys/netinet6/in6.c 1.139.2.16
sys/netinet6/ip6_input.c 1.147.2.4
RELENG_9_0
src/UPDATING 1.702.2.4.2.5
src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.95.2.4.2.7
sys/netinet/tcp_input.c 1.437.2.2.2.2
sys/netinet6/in6.c 1.139.2.4.2.2
sys/netinet6/ip6_input.c 1.147.2.1.2.2
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Subversion:
Branch/path Revision
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stable/8/ r236827
releng/8.3/ r236953
releng/8.2/ r236953
releng/8.1/ r236953
stable/9/ r236826
releng/9.0/ r236953
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VII. References
The latest revision of this Errata Notice is available at
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-12:02.ipv6refcount.asc
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