CVE-2022-49796
published 2025-05-01CVE-2022-49796: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in…
PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.19%
8.7th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit()
When test_gen_kprobe_cmd() failed after kprobe_event_gen_cmd_end(), it
will goto delete, which will call kprobe_event_delete() and release the
corresponding resource. However, the trace_array in gen_kretprobe_test
will point to the invalid resource. Set gen_kretprobe_test to NULL
after called kprobe_event_delete() to prevent null-ptr-deref.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000070
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
CPU: 0 PID: 246 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G W
6.1.0-rc1-00174-g9522dc5c87da-dirty #248
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
rel-1.15.0-0-g2dd4b9b3f840-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:__ftrace_set_clr_event_nolock+0x53/0x1b0
Code: e8 82 26 fc ff 49 8b 1e c7 44 24 0c ea ff ff ff 49 39 de 0f 84 3c
01 00 00 c7 44 24 18 00 00 00 00 e8 61 26 fc ff 48 8b 6b 10 8b 65
70 4c 8b 6d 18 41 f7 c4 00 02 00 00 75 2f
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000159fe00 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88810971d268 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffff8881080be600 RSI: ffffffff811b48ff RDI: ffff88810971d058
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: ffffc9000159fe58 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffffffffa0001064
R13: ffffffffa000106c R14: ffff88810971d238 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 00007f89eeff6540(0000) GS:ffff88813b600000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000070 CR3: 000000010599e004 CR4: 0000000000330ef0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
__ftrace_set_clr_event+0x3e/0x60
trace_array_set_clr_event+0x35/0x50
? 0xffffffffa0000000
kprobe_event_gen_test_exit+0xcd/0x10b [kprobe_event_gen_test]
__x64_sys_delete_module+0x206/0x380
? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xd8/0x190
? syscall_enter_from_u
Affected
14 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | linux | < linux 6.0.10-1 (bookworm) | linux 6.0.10-1 (bookworm) |
| linux | linux | — | — |
| linux | linux | >= 64836248dda20c8e7427b493f7e06d9bf8f58850 < 28a54854a95923b6266a9479ad660ca2cc0e1d5f | 28a54854a95923b6266a9479ad660ca2cc0e1d5f |
| linux | linux | >= 64836248dda20c8e7427b493f7e06d9bf8f58850 < e57daa750369fedbf678346aec724a43b9a51749 | e57daa750369fedbf678346aec724a43b9a51749 |
| linux | linux | >= 64836248dda20c8e7427b493f7e06d9bf8f58850 < 510c12f93674ea0a1423b24f36c67357168a262a | 510c12f93674ea0a1423b24f36c67357168a262a |
| linux | linux | >= 64836248dda20c8e7427b493f7e06d9bf8f58850 < 22ea4ca9631eb137e64e5ab899e9c89cb6670959 | 22ea4ca9631eb137e64e5ab899e9c89cb6670959 |
| linux | linux_kernel | — | — |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 5.10.158-1 | 5.10.158-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.0.10-1 | 6.0.10-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.0.10-1 | 6.0.10-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.0.10-1 | 6.0.10-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.11 < 5.15.80 | 5.15.80 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.16 < 6.0.10 | 6.0.10 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.6 < 5.10.156 | 5.10.156 |
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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GHSA
GHSA-988r-r585-2mrv: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-05-01
CVE-2022-49796 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 GHSA-988r-r585-2mrv: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit()
When test_gen_kprobe_cmd() failed after kprobe_event_gen_cmd_end(), it
will goto delete, which will call kprobe_event_delete() and release the
corresponding resource. However, the trace_array in gen_kretprobe_test
will point to the invalid resource. Set gen_kretprobe_test to NULL
after called kprobe_event_delete() to prevent null-ptr-deref.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000070
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
CPU: 0 PID: 246 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G W
6.1.0-rc1-00174-g9522dc5c87da-dirty #248
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
rel-1.15.0-0-g2dd4b9b3f840-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/
OSV
CVE-2022-49796: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_t
osv·2025-05-01·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2022-49796 [MEDIUM] CVE-2022-49796: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_t
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit() When test_gen_kprobe_cmd() failed after kprobe_event_gen_cmd_end(), it will goto delete, which will call kprobe_event_delete() and release the corresponding resource. However, the trace_array in gen_kretprobe_test will point to the invalid resource. Set gen_kretprobe_test to NULL after called kprobe_event_delete() to prevent null-ptr-deref. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000070 PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI CPU: 0 PID: 246 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc1-00174-g9522dc5c87da-dirty #248 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.15.0-0-g2dd4b9b3f840-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/
Red Hat
kernel: tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit()
vendor_redhat·2025-05-01·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2022-49796 [MEDIUM] kernel: tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit()
kernel: tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit()
When test_gen_kprobe_cmd() failed after kprobe_event_gen_cmd_end(), it
will goto delete, which will call kprobe_event_delete() and release the
corresponding resource. However, the trace_array in gen_kretprobe_test
will point to the invalid resource. Set gen_kretprobe_test to NULL
after called kprobe_event_delete() to prevent null-ptr-deref.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000070
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
CPU: 0 PID: 246 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G W
6.1.0-rc1-00174-g9522dc5c87da-dirty #248
Hardware
Debian
CVE-2022-49796: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: kp...
vendor_debian·2022·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2022-49796 [MEDIUM] CVE-2022-49796: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: kp...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit() When test_gen_kprobe_cmd() failed after kprobe_event_gen_cmd_end(), it will goto delete, which will call kprobe_event_delete() and release the corresponding resource. However, the trace_array in gen_kretprobe_test will point to the invalid resource. Set gen_kretprobe_test to NULL after called kprobe_event_delete() to prevent null-ptr-deref. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000070 PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI CPU: 0 PID: 246 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc1-00174-g9522dc5c87da-dirty #248 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.15.0-0-g2dd4b9b3f840-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/
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2025-05-01
Published