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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-default-extra package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.73.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELDEFAULTEXTRA-7699745
  • published17 Aug 2024
  • disclosed16 Aug 2024
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Introduced: 16 Aug 2024

CVE-2022-48850  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-default-extra to version 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-extra package and not the kernel-default-extra package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net-sysfs: add check for netdevice being present to speed_show

When bringing down the netdevice or system shutdown, a panic can be triggered while accessing the sysfs path because the device is already removed.

[  755.549084] mlx5_core 0000:12:00.1: Shutdown was called
[  756.404455] mlx5_core 0000:12:00.0: Shutdown was called
...
[  757.937260] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at           (null)
[  758.031397] IP: [&lt;ffffffff8ee11acb&gt;] dma_pool_alloc+0x1ab/0x280


crash&gt; bt
...
PID: 12649  TASK: ffff8924108f2100  CPU: 1   COMMAND: &#34;amsd&#34;
...
 #9 [ffff89240e1a38b0] page_fault at ffffffff8f38c778
    [exception RIP: dma_pool_alloc+0x1ab]
    RIP: ffffffff8ee11acb  RSP: ffff89240e1a3968  RFLAGS: 00010046
    RAX: 0000000000000246  RBX: ffff89243d874100  RCX: 0000000000001000
    RDX: 0000000000000000  RSI: 0000000000000246  RDI: ffff89243d874090
    RBP: ffff89240e1a39c0   R8: 000000000001f080   R9: ffff8905ffc03c00
    R10: ffffffffc04680d4  R11: ffffffff8edde9fd  R12: 00000000000080d0
    R13: ffff89243d874090  R14: ffff89243d874080  R15: 0000000000000000
    ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018
#10 [ffff89240e1a39c8] mlx5_alloc_cmd_msg at ffffffffc04680f3 [mlx5_core]
#11 [ffff89240e1a3a18] cmd_exec at ffffffffc046ad62 [mlx5_core]
#12 [ffff89240e1a3ab8] mlx5_cmd_exec at ffffffffc046b4fb [mlx5_core]
#13 [ffff89240e1a3ae8] mlx5_core_access_reg at ffffffffc0475434 [mlx5_core]
#14 [ffff89240e1a3b40] mlx5e_get_fec_caps at ffffffffc04a7348 [mlx5_core]
#15 [ffff89240e1a3bb0] get_fec_supported_advertised at ffffffffc04992bf [mlx5_core]
#16 [ffff89240e1a3c08] mlx5e_get_link_ksettings at ffffffffc049ab36 [mlx5_core]
#17 [ffff89240e1a3ce8] __ethtool_get_link_ksettings at ffffffff8f25db46
#18 [ffff89240e1a3d48] speed_show at ffffffff8f277208
#19 [ffff89240e1a3dd8] dev_attr_show at ffffffff8f0b70e3
#20 [ffff89240e1a3df8] sysfs_kf_seq_show at ffffffff8eedbedf
#21 [ffff89240e1a3e18] kernfs_seq_show at ffffffff8eeda596
#22 [ffff89240e1a3e28] seq_read at ffffffff8ee76d10
#23 [ffff89240e1a3e98] kernfs_fop_read at ffffffff8eedaef5
#24 [ffff89240e1a3ed8] vfs_read at ffffffff8ee4e3ff
#25 [ffff89240e1a3f08] sys_read at ffffffff8ee4f27f
#26 [ffff89240e1a3f50] system_call_fastpath at ffffffff8f395f92


crash&gt; net_device.state ffff89443b0c0000
  state = 0x5  (__LINK_STATE_START| __LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER)

To prevent this scenario, we also make sure that the netdevice is present.

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