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

tty: fix possible null-ptr-defer in spk_ttyio_release

Run the following tests on the qemu platform:

syzkaller:~# modprobe speakup_audptr
input: Speakup as /devices/virtual/input/input4
initialized device: /dev/synth, node (MAJOR 10, MINOR 125)
speakup 3.1.6: initialized
synth name on entry is: (null)
synth probe

spk_ttyio_initialise_ldisc failed because tty_kopen_exclusive returned
failed (errno -16), then remove the module, we will get a null-ptr-defer
problem, as follow:

syzkaller:~# modprobe -r speakup_audptr
releasing synth audptr
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000080
#PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
CPU: 2 PID: 204 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.1.0-rc6-dirty #1
RIP: 0010:mutex_lock+0x14/0x30
Call Trace:
<TASK>
spk_ttyio_release+0x19/0x70 [speakup]
synth_release.part.6+0xac/0xc0 [speakup]
synth_remove+0x56/0x60 [speakup]
__x64_sys_delete_module+0x156/0x250
? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x1d/0x50
do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
</TASK>
Modules linked in: speakup_audptr(-) speakup
Dumping ftrace buffer:

in_synth->dev was not initialized during modprobe, so we add check
for in_synth->dev to fix this bug.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00015.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
4f2a81f3a88217e7340b2cab5c0a5ebd0112514c affected < 2da67bff29ab49caafb0766e8b8383b735ff796f
4f2a81f3a88217e7340b2cab5c0a5ebd0112514c affected < 64152e05a4de3ebf59f1740a0985a6d5fba0c77b
4f2a81f3a88217e7340b2cab5c0a5ebd0112514c affected < 5abbeebd8296c2301023b8dc4b5a6c0d5229b4f5
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
5.12 affected —
0 unaffected < 5.12
5.15.90 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
6.1.8 unaffected ≤ 6.1.*
6.2 unaffected ≤ *

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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'}

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Wed, 21 Aug 2024 06:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: fix possible null-ptr-defer in spk_ttyio_release Run the following tests on the qemu platform: syzkaller:~# modprobe speakup_audptr input: Speakup as /devices/virtual/input/input4 initialized device: /dev/synth, node (MAJOR 10, MINOR 125) speakup 3.1.6: initialized synth name on entry is: (null) synth probe spk_ttyio_initialise_ldisc failed because tty_kopen_exclusive returned failed (errno -16), then remove the module, we will get a null-ptr-defer problem, as follow: syzkaller:~# modprobe -r speakup_audptr releasing synth audptr BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000080 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 2 PID: 204 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.1.0-rc6-dirty #1 RIP: 0010:mutex_lock+0x14/0x30 Call Trace: <TASK> spk_ttyio_release+0x19/0x70 [speakup] synth_release.part.6+0xac/0xc0 [speakup] synth_remove+0x56/0x60 [speakup] __x64_sys_delete_module+0x156/0x250 ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x1d/0x50 do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd </TASK> Modules linked in: speakup_audptr(-) speakup Dumping ftrace buffer: in_synth->dev was not initialized during modprobe, so we add check for in_synth->dev to fix this bug.
Title tty: fix possible null-ptr-defer in spk_ttyio_release
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T08:25:10.981Z

Reserved: 2024-07-16T11:38:08.921Z

Link: CVE-2022-48870

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-11T12:42:11.943Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-08-21T07:15:04.143

Modified: 2024-09-06T14:20:52.290

Link: CVE-2022-48870

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-08-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-48870 - Bugzilla

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