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CVE-2022-48862
published 2024-07-16

CVE-2022-48862: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost: fix hung thread due to erroneous iotlb entries In vhost_iotlb_add_range_ctx(), range…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.21%
11.0th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost: fix hung thread due to erroneous iotlb entries In vhost_iotlb_add_range_ctx(), range size can overflow to 0 when start is 0 and last is ULONG_MAX. One instance where it can happen is when userspace sends an IOTLB message with iova=size=uaddr=0 (vhost_process_iotlb_msg). So, an entry with size = 0, start = 0, last = ULONG_MAX ends up in the iotlb. Next time a packet is sent, iotlb_access_ok() loops indefinitely due to that erroneous entry. Call Trace: iotlb_access_ok+0x21b/0x3e0 drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1340 vq_meta_prefetch+0xbc/0x280 drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1366 vhost_transport_do_send_pkt+0xe0/0xfd0 drivers/vhost/vsock.c:104 vhost_worker+0x23d/0x3d0 drivers/vhost/vhost.c:372 kthread+0x2e9/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:377 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295 Reported by syzbot at: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0abd373e2e50d704db87 To fix this, do two things: 1. Return -EINVAL in vhost_chr_write_iter() when userspace asks to map a range with size 0. 2. Fix vhost_iotlb_add_range_ctx() to handle the range [0, ULONG_MAX] by splitting it into two entries.

Affected

10 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 5.16.18-1 (bookworm)linux 5.16.18-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 0bbe30668d89ec8a309f28ced6d092c90fb23e8c < f8d88e86e90ea1002226d7ac2430152bfea003d1f8d88e86e90ea1002226d7ac2430152bfea003d1
linuxlinux>= 0bbe30668d89ec8a309f28ced6d092c90fb23e8c < d9a747e6b6561280bf1791bb24c5e9e082193dadd9a747e6b6561280bf1791bb24c5e9e082193dad
linuxlinux>= 0bbe30668d89ec8a309f28ced6d092c90fb23e8c < e2ae38cf3d91837a493cb2093c87700ff3cbe667e2ae38cf3d91837a493cb2093c87700ff3cbe667
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.16.18-15.16.18-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.16.18-15.16.18-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.16.18-15.16.18-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 5.16.155.16.15
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.7 < 5.15.295.15.29

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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