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

tipc: fix kernel panic when enabling bearer

When enabling a bearer on a node, a kernel panic is observed:

[ 4.498085] RIP: 0010:tipc_mon_prep+0x4e/0x130 [tipc]
...
[ 4.520030] Call Trace:
[ 4.520689] <IRQ>
[ 4.521236] tipc_link_build_proto_msg+0x375/0x750 [tipc]
[ 4.522654] tipc_link_build_state_msg+0x48/0xc0 [tipc]
[ 4.524034] __tipc_node_link_up+0xd7/0x290 [tipc]
[ 4.525292] tipc_rcv+0x5da/0x730 [tipc]
[ 4.526346] ? __netif_receive_skb_core+0xb7/0xfc0
[ 4.527601] tipc_l2_rcv_msg+0x5e/0x90 [tipc]
[ 4.528737] __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x20b/0x260
[ 4.530068] netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x1bf/0x2e0
[ 4.531450] ? dev_gro_receive+0x4c2/0x680
[ 4.532512] napi_complete_done+0x6f/0x180
[ 4.533570] virtnet_poll+0x29c/0x42e [virtio_net]
...

The node in question is receiving activate messages in another
thread after changing bearer status to allow message sending/
receiving in current thread:

thread 1 | thread 2
-------- | --------
|
tipc_enable_bearer() |
test_and_set_bit_lock() |
tipc_bearer_xmit_skb() |
| tipc_l2_rcv_msg()
| tipc_rcv()
| __tipc_node_link_up()
| tipc_link_build_state_msg()
| tipc_link_build_proto_msg()
| tipc_mon_prep()
| {
| ...
| // null-pointer dereference
| u16 gen = mon->dom_gen;
| ...
| }
// Not being executed yet |
tipc_mon_create() |
{ |
... |
// allocate |
mon = kzalloc(); |
... |
} |

Monitoring pointer in thread 2 is dereferenced before monitoring data
is allocated in thread 1. This causes kernel panic.

This commit fixes it by allocating the monitoring data before enabling
the bearer to receive messages.
Published: 2024-07-16
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T08:25:05.214Z

Reserved: 2024-07-16T11:38:08.920Z

Link: CVE-2022-48865

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T15:25:01.624Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-16T13:15:13.300

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:34:14.497

Link: CVE-2022-48865

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-07-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-48865 - Bugzilla

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