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CVE-2022-49390
published 2025-02-26

CVE-2022-49390: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macsec: fix UAF bug for real_dev Create a new macsec device but not get reference to…

PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.27%
18.8th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macsec: fix UAF bug for real_dev Create a new macsec device but not get reference to real_dev. That can not ensure that real_dev is freed after macsec. That will trigger the UAF bug for real_dev as following: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in macsec_get_iflink+0x5f/0x70 drivers/net/macsec.c:3662 Call Trace: ... macsec_get_iflink+0x5f/0x70 drivers/net/macsec.c:3662 dev_get_iflink+0x73/0xe0 net/core/dev.c:637 default_operstate net/core/link_watch.c:42 [inline] rfc2863_policy+0x233/0x2d0 net/core/link_watch.c:54 linkwatch_do_dev+0x2a/0x150 net/core/link_watch.c:161 Allocated by task 22209: ... alloc_netdev_mqs+0x98/0x1100 net/core/dev.c:10549 rtnl_create_link+0x9d7/0xc00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3235 veth_newlink+0x20e/0xa90 drivers/net/veth.c:1748 Freed by task 8: ... kfree+0xd6/0x4d0 mm/slub.c:4552 kvfree+0x42/0x50 mm/util.c:615 device_release+0x9f/0x240 drivers/base/core.c:2229 kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:673 [inline] kobject_release lib/kobject.c:704 [inline] kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline] kobject_put+0x1c8/0x540 lib/kobject.c:721 netdev_run_todo+0x72e/0x10b0 net/core/dev.c:10327 After commit faab39f63c1f ("net: allow out-of-order netdev unregistration") and commit e5f80fcf869a ("ipv6: give an IPv6 dev to blackhole_netdev"), we can add dev_hold_track() in macsec_dev_init() and dev_put_track() in macsec_free_netdev() to fix the problem.

Affected

21 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 5.18.5-1 (bookworm)linux 5.18.5-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 2bce1ebed17da54c65042ec2b962e3234bad5b47 < 78933cbc143b82d02330e00900d2fd08f2682f4e78933cbc143b82d02330e00900d2fd08f2682f4e
linuxlinux>= 2bce1ebed17da54c65042ec2b962e3234bad5b47 < d130282179aa6051449ac8f8df1115769998a665d130282179aa6051449ac8f8df1115769998a665
linuxlinux>= 2bce1ebed17da54c65042ec2b962e3234bad5b47 < 196a888ca6571deb344468e1d7138e3273206335196a888ca6571deb344468e1d7138e3273206335
linuxlinux>= 4.14.154 < 4.154.15
linuxlinux>= 4.19.84 < 4.204.20
linuxlinux>= 5.3.11 < 5.45.4
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.18.5-15.18.5-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.18.5-15.18.5-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.18.5-15.18.5-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-164.1745.15.0-164.174
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-245.2574.15.0-245.257
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.4.0-224.2445.4.0-224.244
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.14.154 < 4.154.15
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.19.84 < 4.204.20
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.18 < 5.18.35.18.3
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.3.11 < 5.17.155.17.15

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
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