Linux Kernel up to 5.15.89/6.1.7 dmaengine drv_enable_wq null pointer dereference

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.89/6.1.7. Impacted is the function drv_enable_wq of the component dmaengine. Executing a manipulation can lead to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2022-48868. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.89/6.1.7 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function drv_enable_wq of the component dmaengine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Let probe fail when workqueue cannot be enabled The workqueue is enabled when the appropriate driver is loaded and disabled when the driver is removed. When the driver is removed it assumes that the workqueue was enabled successfully and proceeds to free allocations made during workqueue enabling. Failure during workqueue enabling does not prevent the driver from being loaded. This is because the error path within drv_enable_wq() returns success unless a second failure is encountered during the error path. By returning success it is possible to load the driver even if the workqueue cannot be enabled and allocations that do not exist are attempted to be freed during driver remove. Some examples of problematic flows: (a) idxd_dmaengine_drv_probe() -> drv_enable_wq() -> idxd_wq_request_irq(): In above flow, if idxd_wq_request_irq() fails then idxd_wq_unmap_portal() is called on error exit path, but drv_enable_wq() returns 0 because idxd_wq_disable() succeeds. The driver is thus loaded successfully. idxd_dmaengine_drv_remove()->drv_disable_wq()->idxd_wq_unmap_portal() Above flow on driver unload triggers the WARN in devm_iounmap() because the device resource has already been removed during error path of drv_enable_wq(). (b) idxd_dmaengine_drv_probe() -> drv_enable_wq() -> idxd_wq_request_irq(): In above flow, if idxd_wq_request_irq() fails then idxd_wq_init_percpu_ref() is never called to initialize the percpu counter, yet the driver loads successfully because drv_enable_wq() returns 0. idxd_dmaengine_drv_remove()->__idxd_wq_quiesce()->percpu_ref_kill(): Above flow on driver unload triggers a BUG when attempting to drop the initial ref of the uninitialized percpu ref: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010 Fix the drv_enable_wq() error path by returning the original error that indicates failure of workqueue enabling. This ensures that the probe fails when an error is encountered and the driver remove paths are only attempted when the workqueue was enabled successfully.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-48868 since 07/16/2024. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 216020 (EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2025-1140)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.15.90 or 6.1.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 0f150134dd79/99dc4520b74e/b51b75f0604f 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 (216020) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1888). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Debian Linux
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• IBM InfoSphere Guardium
• Oracle Linux
• Kyocera Printer
• IBM Security Guardium
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• Linux

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License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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