CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-48865
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-07-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tipc: fix kernel panic when enabling bearer
When enabling a bearer on a node, a kernel panic is observed:
[ 4.498085] RIP: 0010:tipc_mon_prep+0x4e/0x130 [tipc]
...
[ 4.520030] Call Trace:
[ 4.520689] <IRQ>
[ 4.521236] tipc_link_build_proto_msg+0x375/0x750 [tipc]
[ 4.522654] tipc_link_build_state_msg+0x48/0xc0 [tipc]
[ 4.524034] __tipc_node_link_up+0xd7/0x290 [tipc]
[ 4.525292] tipc_rcv+0x5da/0x730 [tipc]
[ 4.526346] ? __netif_receive_skb_core+0xb7/0xfc0
[ 4.527601] tipc_l2_rcv_msg+0x5e/0x90 [tipc]
[ 4.528737] __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x20b/0x260
[ 4.530068] netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x1bf/0x2e0
[ 4.531450] ? dev_gro_receive+0x4c2/0x680
[ 4.532512] napi_complete_done+0x6f/0x180
[ 4.533570] virtnet_poll+0x29c/0x42e [virtio_net]
...
The node in question is receiving activate messages in another
thread after changing bearer status to allow message sending/
receiving in current thread:
thread 1 | thread 2
-------- | --------
|
tipc_enable_bearer() |
test_and_set_bit_lock() |
tipc_bearer_xmit_skb() |
| tipc_l2_rcv_msg()
| tipc_rcv()
| __tipc_node_link_up()
| tipc_link_build_state_msg()
| tipc_link_build_proto_msg()
| tipc_mon_prep()
| {
| ...
| // null-pointer dereference
| u16 gen = mon->dom_gen;
| ...
| }
// Not being executed yet |
tipc_mon_create() |
{ |
... |
// allocate |
mon = kzalloc(); |
... |
} |
Monitoring pointer in thread 2 is dereferenced before monitoring data
is allocated in thread 1. This causes kernel panic.
This commit fixes it by allocating the monitoring data before enabling
the bearer to receive messages.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.8 < 5.10.106)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.29)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 5.16.15)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2de76d37d4a6dca9b96ea51da24d4290e6cfa1a5 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be4977b847f5d5cedb64d50eaaf2218c3a55a3a3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4f59fdbc748805b08c13dae14c01f0518c77c94 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f96dc3adb9a97b8f3dfdb88796483491a3006b71 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2de76d37d4a6dca9b96ea51da24d4290e6cfa1a5 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be4977b847f5d5cedb64d50eaaf2218c3a55a3a3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4f59fdbc748805b08c13dae14c01f0518c77c94 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f96dc3adb9a97b8f3dfdb88796483491a3006b71 Patch