CVE-2022-48882

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.1-6.1.6 - NULL Pointer Dereference in MACsec Security Entity Update

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix macsec possible null dereference when updating MAC security entity (SecY) Upon updating MAC security entity (SecY) in hw offload path, the macsec security association (SA) initialization routine is called. In case of extended packet number (epn) is enabled the salt and ssci attributes are retrieved using the MACsec driver rx_sa context which is unavailable when updating a SecY property such as encoding-sa hence the null dereference. Fix by using the provided SA to set those attributes.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 10.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (8)
linux/Kernel 6.1.0 - 6.1.7linux
Linux/Linux < 6.1
Linux/Linux 4411a6c0abd3e55b4a4fb9432b3a0553f12337c2 - 514d9c6a39213d8200884e70f60ce7faef1ee597
Linux/Linux 4411a6c0abd3e55b4a4fb9432b3a0553f12337c2 - 9828994ac492e8e7de47fe66097b7e665328f348
Linux/Linux 6.1
Linux/Linux 6.1.7 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2
linux/linux_kernel 6.1 - 6.1.7
Published Aug 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026