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

netfilter: fix use-after-free in __nf_register_net_hook()

We must not dereference @new_hooks after nf_hook_mutex has been released,
because other threads might have freed our allocated hooks already.

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in nf_hook_entries_get_hook_ops include/linux/netfilter.h:130 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in hooks_validate net/netfilter/core.c:171 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __nf_register_net_hook+0x77a/0x820 net/netfilter/core.c:438
Read of size 2 at addr ffff88801c1a8000 by task syz-executor237/4430

CPU: 1 PID: 4430 Comm: syz-executor237 Not tainted 5.17.0-rc5-syzkaller-00306-g2293be58d6a1 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x8d/0x336 mm/kasan/report.c:255
__kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:442 [inline]
kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf mm/kasan/report.c:459
nf_hook_entries_get_hook_ops include/linux/netfilter.h:130 [inline]
hooks_validate net/netfilter/core.c:171 [inline]
__nf_register_net_hook+0x77a/0x820 net/netfilter/core.c:438
nf_register_net_hook+0x114/0x170 net/netfilter/core.c:571
nf_register_net_hooks+0x59/0xc0 net/netfilter/core.c:587
nf_synproxy_ipv6_init+0x85/0xe0 net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c:1218
synproxy_tg6_check+0x30d/0x560 net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_SYNPROXY.c:81
xt_check_target+0x26c/0x9e0 net/netfilter/x_tables.c:1038
check_target net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c:530 [inline]
find_check_entry.constprop.0+0x7f1/0x9e0 net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c:573
translate_table+0xc8b/0x1750 net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c:735
do_replace net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c:1153 [inline]
do_ip6t_set_ctl+0x56e/0xb90 net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c:1639
nf_setsockopt+0x83/0xe0 net/netfilter/nf_sockopt.c:101
ipv6_setsockopt+0x122/0x180 net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c:1024
rawv6_setsockopt+0xd3/0x6a0 net/ipv6/raw.c:1084
__sys_setsockopt+0x2db/0x610 net/socket.c:2180
__do_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2191 [inline]
__se_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2188 [inline]
__x64_sys_setsockopt+0xba/0x150 net/socket.c:2188
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
RIP: 0033:0x7f65a1ace7d9
Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 71 15 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f65a1a7f308 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000036
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000006 RCX: 00007f65a1ace7d9
RDX: 0000000000000040 RSI: 0000000000000029 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00007f65a1b574c8 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000020000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f65a1b55130
R13: 00007f65a1b574c0 R14: 00007f65a1b24090 R15: 0000000000022000
</TASK>

The buggy address belongs to the page:
page:ffffea0000706a00 refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x1c1a8
flags: 0xfff00000000000(node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff)
raw: 00fff00000000000 ffffea0001c1b108 ffffea000046dd08 0000000000000000
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
page_owner tracks the page as freed
page last allocated via order 2, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x52dc0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_ZERO), pid 4430, ts 1061781545818, free_ts 1061791488993
prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:2434 [inline]
get_page_from_freelist+0xa72/0x2f50 mm/page_alloc.c:4165
__alloc_pages+0x1b2/0x500 mm/page_alloc.c:5389
__alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:572 [inline]
alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:595 [inline]
kmalloc_large_node+0x62/0x130 mm/slub.c:4438
__kmalloc_node+0x35a/0x4a0 mm/slub.
---truncated---

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

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 0.00023.

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
2420b79f8c18a75ee2417cace381f4604b9b4365 affected < 05f7927b25d2635e87267ff6c79db79fb46cf313
2420b79f8c18a75ee2417cace381f4604b9b4365 affected < bdd8fc1b826e6f23963f5bef3f7431c6188ec954
2420b79f8c18a75ee2417cace381f4604b9b4365 affected < 49c24579cec41e32f13d57b337fd28fb208d4a5b
2420b79f8c18a75ee2417cace381f4604b9b4365 affected < 8b0142c4143c1ca297dcf2c0cdd045d65dae2344
2420b79f8c18a75ee2417cace381f4604b9b4365 affected < bd61f192a339b1095dfd6d56073a5265934c2979
2420b79f8c18a75ee2417cace381f4604b9b4365 affected < 5a8076e98dde17224dd47283b894a8b1dbe1bc72
2420b79f8c18a75ee2417cace381f4604b9b4365 affected < 56763f12b0f02706576a088e85ef856deacc98a0
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
4.14 affected —
0 unaffected < 4.14
4.14.270 unaffected ≤ 4.14.*
4.19.233 unaffected ≤ 4.19.*
5.4.183 unaffected ≤ 5.4.*
5.10.104 unaffected ≤ 5.10.*
5.15.27 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
5.16.13 unaffected ≤ 5.16.*
5.17 unaffected ≤ *

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Package CPE Advisory Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
kernel-0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 RHSA-2022:7683 2022-11-08T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 RHSA-2022:8267 2022-11-15T00:00:00Z
kernel-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 RHSA-2022:8267 2022-11-15T00:00:00Z

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05f7927b25d2635e87267ff6c79db79fb46cf313 cve-icon cve-icon
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56763f12b0f02706576a088e85ef856deacc98a0 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a8076e98dde17224dd47283b894a8b1dbe1bc72 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b0142c4143c1ca297dcf2c0cdd045d65dae2344 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd61f192a339b1095dfd6d56073a5265934c2979 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdd8fc1b826e6f23963f5bef3f7431c6188ec954 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024082215-CVE-2022-48912-3f55@gregkh/T cve-icon
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History

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 02:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: fix use-after-free in __nf_register_net_hook() We must not dereference @new_hooks after nf_hook_mutex has been released, because other threads might have freed our allocated hooks already. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in nf_hook_entries_get_hook_ops include/linux/netfilter.h:130 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in hooks_validate net/netfilter/core.c:171 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __nf_register_net_hook+0x77a/0x820 net/netfilter/core.c:438 Read of size 2 at addr ffff88801c1a8000 by task syz-executor237/4430 CPU: 1 PID: 4430 Comm: syz-executor237 Not tainted 5.17.0-rc5-syzkaller-00306-g2293be58d6a1 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x8d/0x336 mm/kasan/report.c:255 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:442 [inline] kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf mm/kasan/report.c:459 nf_hook_entries_get_hook_ops include/linux/netfilter.h:130 [inline] hooks_validate net/netfilter/core.c:171 [inline] __nf_register_net_hook+0x77a/0x820 net/netfilter/core.c:438 nf_register_net_hook+0x114/0x170 net/netfilter/core.c:571 nf_register_net_hooks+0x59/0xc0 net/netfilter/core.c:587 nf_synproxy_ipv6_init+0x85/0xe0 net/netfilter/nf_synproxy_core.c:1218 synproxy_tg6_check+0x30d/0x560 net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_SYNPROXY.c:81 xt_check_target+0x26c/0x9e0 net/netfilter/x_tables.c:1038 check_target net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c:530 [inline] find_check_entry.constprop.0+0x7f1/0x9e0 net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c:573 translate_table+0xc8b/0x1750 net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c:735 do_replace net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c:1153 [inline] do_ip6t_set_ctl+0x56e/0xb90 net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c:1639 nf_setsockopt+0x83/0xe0 net/netfilter/nf_sockopt.c:101 ipv6_setsockopt+0x122/0x180 net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c:1024 rawv6_setsockopt+0xd3/0x6a0 net/ipv6/raw.c:1084 __sys_setsockopt+0x2db/0x610 net/socket.c:2180 __do_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2191 [inline] __se_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2188 [inline] __x64_sys_setsockopt+0xba/0x150 net/socket.c:2188 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae RIP: 0033:0x7f65a1ace7d9 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 71 15 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f65a1a7f308 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000036 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000006 RCX: 00007f65a1ace7d9 RDX: 0000000000000040 RSI: 0000000000000029 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00007f65a1b574c8 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000020000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f65a1b55130 R13: 00007f65a1b574c0 R14: 00007f65a1b24090 R15: 0000000000022000 </TASK> The buggy address belongs to the page: page:ffffea0000706a00 refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x1c1a8 flags: 0xfff00000000000(node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x7ff) raw: 00fff00000000000 ffffea0001c1b108 ffffea000046dd08 0000000000000000 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected page_owner tracks the page as freed page last allocated via order 2, migratetype Unmovable, gfp_mask 0x52dc0(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOWARN|__GFP_NORETRY|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_ZERO), pid 4430, ts 1061781545818, free_ts 1061791488993 prep_new_page mm/page_alloc.c:2434 [inline] get_page_from_freelist+0xa72/0x2f50 mm/page_alloc.c:4165 __alloc_pages+0x1b2/0x500 mm/page_alloc.c:5389 __alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:572 [inline] alloc_pages_node include/linux/gfp.h:595 [inline] kmalloc_large_node+0x62/0x130 mm/slub.c:4438 __kmalloc_node+0x35a/0x4a0 mm/slub. ---truncated---
Title netfilter: fix use-after-free in __nf_register_net_hook()
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T08:25:58.127Z

Reserved: 2024-08-21T06:06:23.294Z

Link: CVE-2022-48912

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-11T12:42:12.838Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-08-22T02:15:05.550

Modified: 2024-08-27T16:12:47.173

Link: CVE-2022-48912

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-08-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-48912 - Bugzilla

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