Linux Kernel up to 6.0.8 net am65_cpsw_nuss_phylink_cleanup memory corruption

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.0.8. The affected element is the function am65_cpsw_nuss_phylink_cleanup of the component net. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-49847. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.0.8. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function am65_cpsw_nuss_phylink_cleanup of the component net. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: Fix segmentation fault at module unload Move am65_cpsw_nuss_phylink_cleanup() call to after am65_cpsw_nuss_cleanup_ndev() so phylink is still valid to prevent the below Segmentation fault on module remove when first slave link is up. [ 31.652944] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00040008000005f4 [ 31.684627] Mem abort info: [ 31.687446] ESR = 0x0000000096000004 [ 31.704614] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 31.720663] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 31.723729] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 31.740617] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault [ 31.756624] Data abort info: [ 31.759508] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004 [ 31.776705] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ 31.779695] [00040008000005f4] address between user and kernel address ranges [ 31.808644] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 31.814928] Modules linked in: wlcore_sdio wl18xx wlcore mac80211 libarc4 cfg80211 rfkill crct10dif_ce phy_gmii_sel ti_am65_cpsw_nuss(-) sch_fq_codel ipv6 [ 31.828776] CPU: 0 PID: 1026 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.1.0-rc2-00012-gfabfcf7dafdb-dirty #160 [ 31.837547] Hardware name: Texas Instruments AM625 (DT) [ 31.842760] pstate: 40000005 (nZcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 31.849709] pc : phy_stop+0x18/0xf8 [ 31.853202] lr : phylink_stop+0x38/0xf8 [ 31.857031] sp : ffff80000a0839f0 [ 31.860335] x29: ffff80000a0839f0 x28: ffff000000de1c80 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 31.867462] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff80000a083b98 [ 31.874589] x23: 0000000000000800 x22: 0000000000000001 x21: ffff000001bfba90 [ 31.881715] x20: ffff0000015ee000 x19: 0004000800000200 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 31.888842] x17: ffff800076c45000 x16: ffff800008004000 x15: 000058e39660b106 [ 31.895969] x14: 0000000000000144 x13: 0000000000000144 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 31.903095] x11: 000000000000275f x10: 00000000000009e0 x9 : ffff80000a0837d0 [ 31.910222] x8 : ffff000000de26c0 x7 : ffff00007fbd6540 x6 : ffff00007fbd64c0 [ 31.917349] x5 : ffff00007fbd0b10 x4 : ffff00007fbd0b10 x3 : ffff00007fbd3920 [ 31.924476] x2 : d0a07fcff8b8d500 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0004000800000200 [ 31.931603] Call trace: [ 31.934042] phy_stop+0x18/0xf8 [ 31.937177] phylink_stop+0x38/0xf8 [ 31.940657] am65_cpsw_nuss_ndo_slave_stop+0x28/0x1e0 [ti_am65_cpsw_nuss] [ 31.947452] __dev_close_many+0xa4/0x140 [ 31.951371] dev_close_many+0x84/0x128 [ 31.955115] unregister_netdevice_many+0x130/0x6d0 [ 31.959897] unregister_netdevice_queue+0x94/0xd8 [ 31.964591] unregister_netdev+0x24/0x38 [ 31.968504] am65_cpsw_nuss_cleanup_ndev.isra.0+0x48/0x70 [ti_am65_cpsw_nuss] [ 31.975637] am65_cpsw_nuss_remove+0x58/0xf8 [ti_am65_cpsw_nuss]

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-49847 since 05/01/2025. The exploitation is known 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 11/10/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 248430 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49847), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 442fd1bfe599bc54d118775e9e1a4fe913e4b369/1a0c016a4831ea29be09bbc8162d4a2a0690b4b8 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (248430). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Operating System

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• Linux

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• Kernel

Version

• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.7
• 6.0.8

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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