Linux Kernel up to 5.18.7 virtnet_freeze denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 4.19.249/5.4.201/5.10.126/5.15.50/5.18.7. This issue affects the function virtnet_freeze. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-49687. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 4.19.249/5.4.201/5.10.126/5.15.50/5.18.7. Affected by this issue is the function virtnet_freeze. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio_net: fix xdp_rxq_info bug after suspend/resume The following sequence currently causes a driver bug warning when using virtio_net: # ip link set eth0 up # echo mem > /sys/power/state (or e.g. # rtcwake -s 10 -m mem) <resume> # ip link set eth0 down Missing register, driver bug WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 375 at net/core/xdp.c:138 xdp_rxq_info_unreg+0x58/0x60 Call trace: xdp_rxq_info_unreg+0x58/0x60 virtnet_close+0x58/0xac __dev_close_many+0xac/0x140 __dev_change_flags+0xd8/0x210 dev_change_flags+0x24/0x64 do_setlink+0x230/0xdd0 ... This happens because virtnet_freeze() frees the receive_queue completely (including struct xdp_rxq_info) but does not call xdp_rxq_info_unreg(). Similarly, virtnet_restore() sets up the receive_queue again but does not call xdp_rxq_info_reg(). Actually, parts of virtnet_freeze_down() and virtnet_restore_up() are almost identical to virtnet_close() and virtnet_open(): only the calls to xdp_rxq_info_(un)reg() are missing. This means that we can fix this easily and avoid such problems in the future by just calling virtnet_close()/open() from the freeze/restore handlers. Aside from adding the missing xdp_rxq_info calls the only difference is that the refill work is only cancelled if netif_running(). However, this should not make any functional difference since the refill work should only be active if the network interface is actually up.

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-49687 since 02/26/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 235744 (EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2025-1520)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.19.250, 5.4.202, 5.10.127, 5.15.51 or 5.18.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 9222672fa6370f0ec3d899662cb8680e9282fc4c/8c7a32b7c15555beddc5810c3334d9cefff061bf/340fbdc8011f2dc678f622c5ce1cbb5ab8305de7/8d7fe9ad6fddc2af8bde4b921b4f8fab231ed38c/57ee40f1b198b59d43c216fbc4672f9300d3c8b0/8af52fe9fd3bf5e7478da99193c0632276e1dfce 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 (235744) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-54546). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 4.19.249
• 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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