CVE-2022-49099

MEDIUM EPSS 9.1%
Published Feb 26, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Feb 26, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix initialization of device object in vmbus_device_register() Initialize the device's dma_{mask,parms} pointers and the device's dma_mask value before invoking device_register(). Address the following trace with 5.17-rc7: [ 49.646839] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 189 at include/linux/dma-mapping.h:543 netvsc_probe+0x37a/0x3a0 [hv_netvsc] [ 49.646928] Call Trace: [ 49.646930] <TASK> [ 49.646935] vmbus_probe+0x40/0x60 [hv_vmbus] [ 49.646942] really_probe+0x1ce/0x3b0 [ 49.646948] __driver_probe_device+0x109/0x180 [ 49.646952] driver_probe_device+0x23/0xa0 [ 49.646955] __device_attach_driver+0x76/0xe0 [ 49.646958] ? driver_allows_async_probing+0x50/0x50 [ 49.646961] bus_for_each_drv+0x84/0xd0 [ 49.646964] __device_attach+0xed/0x170 [ 49.646967] device_initial_probe+0x13/0x20 [ 49.646970] bus_probe_device+0x8f/0xa0 [ 49.646973] device_add+0x41a/0x8e0 [ 49.646975] ? hrtimer_init+0x28/0x80 [ 49.646981] device_register+0x1b/0x20 [ 49.646983] vmbus_device_register+0x5e/0xf0 [hv_vmbus] [ 49.646991] vmbus_add_channel_work+0x12d/0x190 [hv_vmbus] [ 49.646999] process_one_work+0x21d/0x3f0 [ 49.647002] worker_thread+0x4a/0x3b0 [ 49.647005] ? process_one_work+0x3f0/0x3f0 [ 49.647007] kthread+0xff/0x130 [ 49.647011] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 [ 49.647015] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 [ 49.647020] </TASK> [ 49.647021] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
9.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-1188

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.17  –  <5.17.3
linuxlinux_kernel5.18any

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fe4b8631427618175a32f125062df91a5fe3f73
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a5469582c241abca22500f36a9cb8e9331969cf
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fe4b8631427618175a32f125062df91a5fe3f73
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a5469582c241abca22500f36a9cb8e9331969cf
    Patch