CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-49664

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.68%

49th percentile - higher than 49% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel TIPC module, there is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. When creating a new node, the broadcast link is created after inserting the node into the hash table, creating a race window where an incoming packet can get the node without the link yet, leading to a kernel panic.

Risk Assessment

A remote attacker can send specially crafted TIPC packets to trigger a kernel panic, causing system unavailability.

Recommendation

Install a Linux kernel patch that moves broadcast link creation before inserting the node into the hash table, eliminating the race window.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: move bc link creation back to tipc_node_create Shuang Li reported a NULL pointer dereference crash: [] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000068 [] RIP: 0010:tipc_link_is_up+0x5/0x10 [tipc] [] Call Trace: [] <IRQ> [] tipc_bcast_rcv+0xa2/0x190 [tipc] [] tipc_node_bc_rcv+0x8b/0x200 [tipc] [] tipc_rcv+0x3af/0x5b0 [tipc] [] tipc_udp_recv+0xc7/0x1e0 [tipc] It was caused by the 'l' passed into tipc_bcast_rcv() is NULL. When it creates a node in tipc_node_check_dest(), after inserting the new node into hashtable in tipc_node_create(), it creates the bc link. However, there is a gap between this insert and bc link creation, a bc packet may come in and get the node from the hashtable then try to dereference its bc link, which is NULL. This patch is to fix it by moving the bc link creation before inserting into the hashtable. Note that for a preliminary node becoming "real", the bc link creation should also be called before it's rehashed, as we don't create it for preliminary nodes.

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