Linux Kernel up to 5.17.13/5.18.2 mt7921_pci_remove null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.17.13/5.18.2. This issue affects the function mt7921_pci_remove. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2022-49476. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.17.13/5.18.2. Affected is the function mt7921_pci_remove. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: mt7921: fix kernel crash at mt7921_pci_remove The crash log shown it is possible that mt7921_irq_handler is called while devm_free_irq is being handled so mt76_free_device need to be postponed until devm_free_irq is completed to solve the crash we free the mt76 device too early. [ 9299.339655] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008 [ 9299.339705] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 9299.339735] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 9299.339768] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 9299.339786] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI [ 9299.339812] CPU: 1 PID: 1624 Comm: prepare-suspend Not tainted 5.15.14-1.fc32.qubes.x86_64 #1 [ 9299.339863] Hardware name: Xen HVM domU, BIOS 4.14.3 01/20/2022 [ 9299.339901] RIP: 0010:mt7921_irq_handler+0x1e/0x70 [mt7921e] [ 9299.340048] RSP: 0018:ffffa81b80c27cb0 EFLAGS: 00010082 [ 9299.340081] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff98a4cb752020 RCX: ffffffffa96211c5 [ 9299.340123] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000000d4204 RDI: ffff98a4cb752020 [ 9299.340165] RBP: ffff98a4c28a62a4 R08: ffff98a4c37a96c0 R09: 0000000080150011 [ 9299.340207] R10: 0000000040000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff98a4c4eaa080 [ 9299.340249] R13: ffff98a4c28a6360 R14: ffff98a4cb752020 R15: ffff98a4c28a6228 [ 9299.340297] FS: 00007260840d3740(0000) GS:ffff98a4ef700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 9299.340345] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 9299.340383] CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 0000000004c56001 CR4: 0000000000770ee0 [ 9299.340432] PKRU: 55555554 [ 9299.340449] Call Trace: [ 9299.340467] [ 9299.340485] __free_irq+0x221/0x350 [ 9299.340527] free_irq+0x30/0x70 [ 9299.340553] devm_free_irq+0x55/0x80 [ 9299.340579] mt7921_pci_remove+0x2f/0x40 [mt7921e] [ 9299.340616] pci_device_remove+0x3b/0xa0 [ 9299.340651] __device_release_driver+0x17a/0x240 [ 9299.340686] device_driver_detach+0x3c/0xa0 [ 9299.340714] unbind_store+0x113/0x130 [ 9299.340740] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x124/0x1b0 [ 9299.340775] new_sync_write+0x15c/0x1f0 [ 9299.340806] vfs_write+0x1d2/0x270 [ 9299.340831] ksys_write+0x67/0xe0 [ 9299.340857] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [ 9299.340887] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-49476 since 02/26/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 5.17.14 or 5.18.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 09693f5b636fb3f6dd56fd943226fc1bbc600b51/677e669973bf5460705bc65033445ea9f6615999/ad483ed9dd5193a54293269c852a29051813b7bd 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

• 5.17.0
• 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
• 5.18.0
• 5.18.1
• 5.18.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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