Linux Kernel up to 5.4.201/5.10.126/5.15.50/5.18.7 tls_sk_proto_close null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.201/5.10.126/5.15.50/5.18.7. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is the function tls_sk_proto_close. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-49690. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.201/5.10.126/5.15.50/5.18.7. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function tls_sk_proto_close. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/tls: fix tls_sk_proto_close executed repeatedly After setting the sock ktls, update ctx->sk_proto to sock->sk_prot by tls_update(), so now ctx->sk_proto->close is tls_sk_proto_close(). When close the sock, tls_sk_proto_close() is called for sock->sk_prot->close is tls_sk_proto_close(). But ctx->sk_proto->close() will be executed later in tls_sk_proto_close(). Thus tls_sk_proto_close() executed repeatedly occurred. That will trigger the following bug. ================================================================= KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000010-0x0000000000000017] RIP: 0010:tls_sk_proto_close+0xd8/0xaf0 net/tls/tls_main.c:306 Call Trace: tls_sk_proto_close+0x356/0xaf0 net/tls/tls_main.c:329 inet_release+0x12e/0x280 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:428 __sock_release+0xcd/0x280 net/socket.c:650 sock_close+0x18/0x20 net/socket.c:1365 Updating a proto which is same with sock->sk_prot is incorrect. Add proto and sock->sk_prot equality check at the head of tls_update() to fix it.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-49690 since 02/26/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 5.4.202, 5.10.127, 5.15.51 or 5.18.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 05c6c36c79311d9a00a79f88647f83a7cf009624/e82376b632473790781a182b10823a4b5dbf6606/be64f54a0db2dbf399f3bca45458d06c833641f0/9b95ee8990d9b4b6086c309632b9d0d576833abe/69135c572d1f84261a6de2a1268513a7e71753e2 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

• 5.4.201
• 5.10.126
• 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
• 5.15.47
• 5.15.48
• 5.15.49
• 5.15.50
• 5.18.0
• 5.18.1
• 5.18.2
• 5.18.3
• 5.18.4
• 5.18.5
• 5.18.6
• 5.18.7

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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