Linux Kernel up to 6.1.6 arm-smmu null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.6. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component arm-smmu. Executing a manipulation can lead to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-48895. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.6 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component arm-smmu. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/arm-smmu: Don't unregister on shutdown Michael Walle says he noticed the following stack trace while performing a shutdown with "reboot -f". He suggests he got "lucky" and just hit the correct spot for the reboot while there was a packet transmission in flight. Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000098 CPU: 0 PID: 23 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc5-00088-gf3600ff8e322 #1930 Hardware name: Kontron KBox A-230-LS (DT) pc : iommu_get_dma_domain+0x14/0x20 lr : iommu_dma_map_page+0x9c/0x254 Call trace: iommu_get_dma_domain+0x14/0x20 dma_map_page_attrs+0x1ec/0x250 enetc_start_xmit+0x14c/0x10b0 enetc_xmit+0x60/0xdc dev_hard_start_xmit+0xb8/0x210 sch_direct_xmit+0x11c/0x420 __dev_queue_xmit+0x354/0xb20 ip6_finish_output2+0x280/0x5b0 __ip6_finish_output+0x15c/0x270 ip6_output+0x78/0x15c NF_HOOK.constprop.0+0x50/0xd0 mld_sendpack+0x1bc/0x320 mld_ifc_work+0x1d8/0x4dc process_one_work+0x1e8/0x460 worker_thread+0x178/0x534 kthread+0xe0/0xe4 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Code: d503201f f9416800 d503233f d50323bf (f9404c00) ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt This appears to be reproducible when the board has a fixed IP address, is ping flooded from another host, and "reboot -f" is used. The following is one more manifestation of the issue: $ reboot -f kvm: exiting hardware virtualization cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db arm-smmu 5000000.iommu: disabling translation sdhci-esdhc 2140000.mmc: Removing from iommu group 11 sdhci-esdhc 2150000.mmc: Removing from iommu group 12 fsl-edma 22c0000.dma-controller: Removing from iommu group 17 dwc3 3100000.usb: Removing from iommu group 9 dwc3 3110000.usb: Removing from iommu group 10 ahci-qoriq 3200000.sata: Removing from iommu group 2 fsl-qdma 8380000.dma-controller: Removing from iommu group 20 platform f080000.display: Removing from iommu group 0 etnaviv-gpu f0c0000.gpu: Removing from iommu group 1 etnaviv etnaviv: Removing from iommu group 1 caam_jr 8010000.jr: Removing from iommu group 13 caam_jr 8020000.jr: Removing from iommu group 14 caam_jr 8030000.jr: Removing from iommu group 15 caam_jr 8040000.jr: Removing from iommu group 16 fsl_enetc 0000:00:00.0: Removing from iommu group 4 arm-smmu 5000000.iommu: Blocked unknown Stream ID 0x429; boot with "arm-smmu.disable_bypass=0" to allow, but this may have security implications arm-smmu 5000000.iommu: GFSR 0x80000002, GFSYNR0 0x00000002, GFSYNR1 0x00000429, GFSYNR2 0x00000000 fsl_enetc 0000:00:00.1: Removing from iommu group 5 arm-smmu 5000000.iommu: Blocked unknown Stream ID 0x429; boot with "arm-smmu.disable_bypass=0" to allow, but this may have security implications arm-smmu 5000000.iommu: GFSR 0x80000002, GFSYNR0 0x00000002, GFSYNR1 0x00000429, GFSYNR2 0x00000000 arm-smmu 5000000.iommu: Blocked unknown Stream ID 0x429; boot with "arm-smmu.disable_bypass=0" to allow, but this may have security implications arm-smmu 5000000.iommu: GFSR 0x80000002, GFSYNR0 0x00000000, GFSYNR1 0x00000429, GFSYNR2 0x00000000 fsl_enetc 0000:00:00.2: Removing from iommu group 6 fsl_enetc_mdio 0000:00:00.3: Removing from iommu group 8 mscc_felix 0000:00:00.5: Removing from iommu group 3 fsl_enetc 0000:00:00.6: Removing from iommu group 7 pcieport 0001:00:00.0: Removing from iommu group 18 arm-smmu 5000000.iommu: Blocked unknown Stream ID 0x429; boot with "arm-smmu.disable_bypass=0" to allow, but this may have security implications arm-smmu 5000000.iommu: GFSR 0x00000002, GFSYNR0 0x00000000, GFSYNR1 0x00000429, GFSYNR2 0x00000000 pcieport 0002:00:00.0: Removing from iommu group 19 Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000a8 pc : iommu_get_dma_domain+0x14/0x20 lr : iommu_dma_unmap_page+0x38/0xe0 Call trace: iommu_get_dma_domain+0x14/0x20 dma_unmap_page_attrs+0x38/0x1d0 en ---truncated---

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-48895 since 08/21/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 245191 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-48895), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.7 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch a1b9c7b1978a/ce31e6ca68bd 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 (245191) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1888). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• IBM InfoSphere Guardium
• Oracle Linux
• Kyocera Printer
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• IBM DB2
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Management Center
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain OS
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1
• 6.1.2
• 6.1.3
• 6.1.4
• 6.1.5
• 6.1.6

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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