Linux Kernel up to 5.4.180/5.10.101/5.15.24/5.16.10 nvme-tcp error_recovery use after free

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.180/5.10.101/5.15.24/5.16.10. Impacted is the function error_recovery of the component nvme-tcp. This manipulation causes use after free. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2022-48789. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.180/5.10.101/5.15.24/5.16.10. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function error_recovery of the component nvme-tcp. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-tcp: fix possible use-after-free in transport error_recovery work While nvme_tcp_submit_async_event_work is checking the ctrl and queue state before preparing the AER command and scheduling io_work, in order to fully prevent a race where this check is not reliable the error recovery work must flush async_event_work before continuing to destroy the admin queue after setting the ctrl state to RESETTING such that there is no race .submit_async_event and the error recovery handler itself changing the ctrl state.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-48789 since 07/16/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/11/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208672 (SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:3566-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.4.181, 5.10.102, 5.15.25 or 5.16.11 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 61a26ffd5ad3/e192184cf8bc/5e42fca37ccc/bb0d8fb35c4f/ff9fc7ebf5c0 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (208672) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1625). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Oracle VM
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Management Center
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain OS

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.4.180
• 5.10.101
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6
• 5.15.7
• 5.15.8
• 5.15.9
• 5.15.10
• 5.15.11
• 5.15.12
• 5.15.13
• 5.15.14
• 5.15.15
• 5.15.16
• 5.15.17
• 5.15.18
• 5.15.19
• 5.15.20
• 5.15.21
• 5.15.22
• 5.15.23
• 5.15.24
• 5.16.0
• 5.16.1
• 5.16.2
• 5.16.3
• 5.16.4
• 5.16.5
• 5.16.6
• 5.16.7
• 5.16.8
• 5.16.9
• 5.16.10

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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