CVE-2022-49696

HIGH EPSS 19.0%
Published Feb 26, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Feb 26, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: fix use-after-free Read in tipc_named_reinit syzbot found the following issue on: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in tipc_named_reinit+0x94f/0x9b0 net/tipc/name_distr.c:413 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88805299a000 by task kworker/1:9/23764 CPU: 1 PID: 23764 Comm: kworker/1:9 Not tainted 5.18.0-rc4-syzkaller-00878-g17d49e6e8012 #0 Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Workqueue: events tipc_net_finalize_work Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0xeb/0x495 mm/kasan/report.c:313 print_report mm/kasan/report.c:429 [inline] kasan_report.cold+0xf4/0x1c6 mm/kasan/report.c:491 tipc_named_reinit+0x94f/0x9b0 net/tipc/name_distr.c:413 tipc_net_finalize+0x234/0x3d0 net/tipc/net.c:138 process_one_work+0x996/0x1610 kernel/workqueue.c:2289 worker_thread+0x665/0x1080 kernel/workqueue.c:2436 kthread+0x2e9/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:298 </TASK> [...] ================================================================== In the commit d966ddcc3821 ("tipc: fix a deadlock when flushing scheduled work"), the cancel_work_sync() function just to make sure ONLY the work tipc_net_finalize_work() is executing/pending on any CPU completed before tipc namespace is destroyed through tipc_exit_net(). But this function is not guaranteed the work is the last queued. So, the destroyed instance may be accessed in the work which will try to enqueue later. In order to completely fix, we re-order the calling of cancel_work_sync() to make sure the work tipc_net_finalize_work() was last queued and it must be completed by calling cancel_work_sync().

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
19.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-416 Use After Free Memory Safety

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.4.83  –  <5.5
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.9.14  –  <5.10.127
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.51
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <5.18.8
linuxlinux_kernel5.19any
linuxlinux_kernel5.19any
linuxlinux_kernel5.19any

References 4

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/361c5521c1e49843b710f455cae3c0a50b714323
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b246ddd394d7d9640816611693b0096b998e27a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/911600bf5a5e84bfda4d33ee32acc75ecf6159f0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd7789e659e84f137631dc1f5ec8d794f2700e6c
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/361c5521c1e49843b710f455cae3c0a50b714323
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b246ddd394d7d9640816611693b0096b998e27a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/911600bf5a5e84bfda4d33ee32acc75ecf6159f0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd7789e659e84f137631dc1f5ec8d794f2700e6c
    Patch