containerd CRI stream server: Host memory exhaustion through terminal resize goroutine leak
containerd is an open source container runtime. A bug was found in containerd's CRI implementation where a user can exhaust memory on the host. In the CRI stream server, a goroutine is launched to handle terminal resize events if a TTY is requested. If the user's process fails to launch due to, for example, a faulty command, the goroutine will be stuck waiting to send without a receiver, resulting in a memory leak. Kubernetes and crictl can both be configured to use containerd's CRI implementation and the stream server is used for handling container IO. This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.6.12 and 1.5.16. Users should update to these versions to resolve the issue. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that only trusted images and commands are used and that only trusted users have permissions to execute commands in running containers.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
80 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
containerd CRI stream server vulnerable to host memory exhaustion via terminal in github.com/containerd/containerd
### Impact A bug was found in containerd's CRI implementation where a user can exhaust memory on the host. In the CRI stream server, a goroutine is launched to handle terminal resize events if a TTY is requested. If the user's process fails to launch due to, for example, a faulty command, the goroutine will be stuck waiting to send without a receiver, resulting in a memory leak. Kubernetes and crictl can both be configured to use containerd's CRI implementation and the stream server is used for handling container IO. ### Patches This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.6.12 and 1.5.16. Users should update to these versions to resolve the issue. ### Workarounds Ensure that only trusted images and commands are used and that only trusted users have permissions to execute commands in running containers. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [containerd](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues/new/choose) * Email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) To report a security issue in containerd: * [Report a new vulnerability](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/new) * Email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
containerd is an open source container runtime. A bug was found in containerd's CRI implementation where a user can exhaust memory on the host. In the CRI stream server, a goroutine is launched to handle terminal resize events if a TTY is requested. If the user's process fails to launch due to, for example, a faulty command, the goroutine will be stuck waiting to send without a receiver, resulting in a memory leak. Kubernetes and crictl can both be configured to use containerd's CRI implementation and the stream server is used for handling container IO. This bug has been fixed in containerd 1.6.12 and 1.5.16. Users should update to these versions to resolve the issue. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that only trusted images and commands are used and that only trusted users have permissions to execute commands in running containers.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/241563be06a3de8b6a849414c4e805b68d3bb295
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/commit/a05d175400b1145e5e6a735a6710579d181e7fb0
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.5.16
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.6.12
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd/security/advisories/GHSA-2qjp-425j-52j9
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23471
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-31
- https://github.com/containerd/containerd
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/23xxx/CVE-2022-23471.json