Linux Kernel up to 5.15.33/5.16.19/5.17.2 include/linux/skbuff.h skb_pull buffer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.33/5.16.19/5.17.2 and classified as critical. The affected element is the function skb_pull in the library include/linux/skbuff.h. The manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-49112. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.33/5.16.19/5.17.2. Affected is the function skb_pull in the library include/linux/skbuff.h. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: fix monitor mode crash with sdio driver mt7921s driver may receive frames with fragment buffers. If there is a CTS packet received in monitor mode, the payload is 10 bytes only and need 6 bytes header padding after RXD buffer. However, only RXD in the first linear buffer, if we pull buffer size RXD-size+6 bytes with skb_pull(), that would trigger "BUG_ON(skb->len data_len)" in __skb_pull(). To avoid the nonlinear buffer issue, enlarge the RXD size from 128 to 256 to make sure all MCU operation in linear buffer. [ 52.007562] kernel BUG at include/linux/skbuff.h:2313! [ 52.007578] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 52.007987] pc : skb_pull+0x48/0x4c [ 52.008015] lr : mt7921_queue_rx_skb+0x494/0x890 [mt7921_common] [ 52.008361] Call trace: [ 52.008377] skb_pull+0x48/0x4c [ 52.008400] mt76s_net_worker+0x134/0x1b0 [mt76_sdio 35339a92c6eb7d4bbcc806a1d22f56365565135c] [ 52.008431] __mt76_worker_fn+0xe8/0x170 [mt76 ef716597d11a77150bc07e3fdd68eeb0f9b56917] [ 52.008449] kthread+0x148/0x3ac [ 52.008466] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x30

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-49112 since 02/26/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/15/2025).

Upgrading to version 5.15.34, 5.16.20 or 5.17.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 13946d5a68efd11dd6af2f6ef4c908f6b00158a5/c37b4cab3d97ef64b206fca4d9daabd9aff7356e/95e2af01669c7a3cb7a933cefa06361f9db15059/123bc712b1de0805f9d683687e17b1ec2aba0b68 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
• 5.16.0
• 5.16.1
• 5.16.2
• 5.16.3
• 5.16.4
• 5.16.5
• 5.16.6
• 5.16.7
• 5.16.8
• 5.16.9
• 5.16.10
• 5.16.11
• 5.16.12
• 5.16.13
• 5.16.14
• 5.16.15
• 5.16.16
• 5.16.17
• 5.16.18
• 5.16.19
• 5.17.0
• 5.17.1
• 5.17.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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