Linux Kernel up to 5.15.82/6.0.12 br2dev_event_work use after free

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.82/6.0.12. Affected by this vulnerability is the function br2dev_event_work. Performing a manipulation results in use after free. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-48954. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.82/6.0.12. This affects the function br2dev_event_work. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/qeth: fix use-after-free in hsci KASAN found that addr was dereferenced after br2dev_event_work was freed. ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in qeth_l2_br2dev_worker+0x5ba/0x6b0 Read of size 1 at addr 00000000fdcea440 by task kworker/u760:4/540 CPU: 17 PID: 540 Comm: kworker/u760:4 Tainted: G E 6.1.0-20221128.rc7.git1.5aa3bed4ce83.300.fc36.s390x+kasan #1 Hardware name: IBM 8561 T01 703 (LPAR) Workqueue: 0.0.8000_event qeth_l2_br2dev_worker Call Trace: [] dump_stack_lvl+0xc6/0xf8 [] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x34/0x2a0 [] print_report+0x110/0x1f8 [] kasan_report+0xfc/0x128 [] qeth_l2_br2dev_worker+0x5ba/0x6b0 [] process_one_work+0x76e/0x1128 [] worker_thread+0x184/0x1098 [] kthread+0x26a/0x310 [] __ret_from_fork+0x8a/0xe8 [] ret_from_fork+0xa/0x40 Allocated by task 108338: kasan_save_stack+0x40/0x68 kasan_set_track+0x36/0x48 __kasan_kmalloc+0xa0/0xc0 qeth_l2_switchdev_event+0x25a/0x738 atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x9c/0xf8 br_switchdev_fdb_notify+0xf4/0x110 fdb_notify+0x122/0x180 fdb_add_entry.constprop.0.isra.0+0x312/0x558 br_fdb_add+0x59e/0x858 rtnl_fdb_add+0x58a/0x928 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x5f8/0x8d8 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1f2/0x408 netlink_unicast+0x570/0x790 netlink_sendmsg+0x752/0xbe0 sock_sendmsg+0xca/0x110 ____sys_sendmsg+0x510/0x6a8 ___sys_sendmsg+0x12a/0x180 __sys_sendmsg+0xe6/0x168 __do_sys_socketcall+0x3c8/0x468 do_syscall+0x22c/0x328 __do_syscall+0x94/0xf0 system_call+0x82/0xb0 Freed by task 540: kasan_save_stack+0x40/0x68 kasan_set_track+0x36/0x48 kasan_save_free_info+0x4c/0x68 ____kasan_slab_free+0x14e/0x1a8 __kasan_slab_free+0x24/0x30 __kmem_cache_free+0x168/0x338 qeth_l2_br2dev_worker+0x154/0x6b0 process_one_work+0x76e/0x1128 worker_thread+0x184/0x1098 kthread+0x26a/0x310 __ret_from_fork+0x8a/0xe8 ret_from_fork+0xa/0x40 Last potentially related work creation: kasan_save_stack+0x40/0x68 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xbe/0xd0 insert_work+0x56/0x2e8 __queue_work+0x4ce/0xd10 queue_work_on+0xf4/0x100 qeth_l2_switchdev_event+0x520/0x738 atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x9c/0xf8 br_switchdev_fdb_notify+0xf4/0x110 fdb_notify+0x122/0x180 fdb_add_entry.constprop.0.isra.0+0x312/0x558 br_fdb_add+0x59e/0x858 rtnl_fdb_add+0x58a/0x928 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x5f8/0x8d8 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1f2/0x408 netlink_unicast+0x570/0x790 netlink_sendmsg+0x752/0xbe0 sock_sendmsg+0xca/0x110 ____sys_sendmsg+0x510/0x6a8 ___sys_sendmsg+0x12a/0x180 __sys_sendmsg+0xe6/0x168 __do_sys_socketcall+0x3c8/0x468 do_syscall+0x22c/0x328 __do_syscall+0x94/0xf0 system_call+0x82/0xb0 Second to last potentially related work creation: kasan_save_stack+0x40/0x68 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xbe/0xd0 kvfree_call_rcu+0xb2/0x760 kernfs_unlink_open_file+0x348/0x430 kernfs_fop_release+0xc2/0x320 __fput+0x1ae/0x768 task_work_run+0x1bc/0x298 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x1a0/0x1a8 __do_syscall+0x94/0xf0 system_call+0x82/0xb0 The buggy address belongs to the object at 00000000fdcea400 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-96 of size 96 The buggy address is located 64 bytes inside of 96-byte region [00000000fdcea400, 00000000fdcea460) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page:000000005a9c26e8 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0xfdcea flags: 0x3ffff00000000200(slab|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1ffff) raw: 3ffff00000000200 0000000000000000 0000000100000122 000000008008cc00 raw: 0000000000000000 0020004100000000 ffffffff00000001 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected Memory state around the buggy address: 00000000fdcea300: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc 00000000fdcea380: fb fb fb fb fb fb f ---truncated---

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-48954 since 08/22/2024. The exploitability is told 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 01/18/2026).

Upgrading to version 5.15.83 or 6.0.13 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch db6343a5b0d9/bde0dfc7c456/ebaaadc332cd 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 vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-3251). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• NetApp StorageGRID
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Kyocera Printer
• NetApp AFF
• NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager
• SUSE openSUSE
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Avamar
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• NetApp FAS
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Dell PowerScale OneFS

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• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

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• Kernel

Version

• 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
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• 5.15.75
• 5.15.76
• 5.15.77
• 5.15.78
• 5.15.79
• 5.15.80
• 5.15.81
• 5.15.82
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.7
• 6.0.8
• 6.0.9
• 6.0.10
• 6.0.11
• 6.0.12

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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