Linux Kernel up to 5.15.46/5.17.14/5.18.3 sunrpc svc_rdma_build_writes buffer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.46/5.17.14/5.18.3. Impacted is the function svc_rdma_build_writes of the component sunrpc. Such manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-49356. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.46/5.17.14/5.18.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function svc_rdma_build_writes of the component sunrpc. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: Trap RDMA segment overflows Prevent svc_rdma_build_writes() from walking off the end of a Write chunk's segment array. Caught with KASAN. The test that this fix replaces is invalid, and might have been left over from an earlier prototype of the PCL work.

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-49356 since 02/26/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/21/2025).

Upgrading to version 5.15.47, 5.17.15 or 5.18.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch ea26bf5eca1459b5a7824997d7823409ce38214e/812c13521d4a72469c78ce06d8cdc8dc5b5557b5/659f7568e09593945c221bf20217a82ebdfe1328/f012e95b377c73c0283f009823c633104dedb337 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.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• 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
• 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
• 5.15.25
• 5.15.26
• 5.15.27
• 5.15.28
• 5.15.29
• 5.15.30
• 5.15.31
• 5.15.32
• 5.15.33
• 5.15.34
• 5.15.35
• 5.15.36
• 5.15.37
• 5.15.38
• 5.15.39
• 5.15.40
• 5.15.41
• 5.15.42
• 5.15.43
• 5.15.44
• 5.15.45
• 5.15.46
• 5.17.0
• 5.17.1
• 5.17.2
• 5.17.3
• 5.17.4
• 5.17.5
• 5.17.6
• 5.17.7
• 5.17.8
• 5.17.9
• 5.17.10
• 5.17.11
• 5.17.12
• 5.17.13
• 5.17.14
• 5.18.0
• 5.18.1
• 5.18.2
• 5.18.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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