CVE-2022-48883

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.17-6.1.6 - Out-of-Bounds Access in PKEY Interface Channel Stats

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: IPoIB, Block PKEY interfaces with less rx queues than parent A user is able to configure an arbitrary number of rx queues when creating an interface via netlink. This doesn't work for child PKEY interfaces because the child interface uses the parent receive channels. Although the child shares the parent's receive channels, the number of rx queues is important for the channel_stats array: the parent's rx channel index is used to access the child's channel_stats. So the array has to be at least as large as the parent's rx queue size for the counting to work correctly and to prevent out of bound accesses. This patch checks for the mentioned scenario and returns an error when trying to create the interface. The error is propagated to the user.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-129
Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 5.17.0 - 6.1.7linux
Linux/Linux < 5.17
Linux/Linux 5.17
Linux/Linux 6.1.7 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2
Linux/Linux be98737a4faa3a0dc1781ced5bbf5c47865e29d7 - 31c70bfe58ef09fe36327ddcced9143a16e9e83d
Linux/Linux be98737a4faa3a0dc1781ced5bbf5c47865e29d7 - 5844a46f09f768da866d6b0ffbf1a9073266bf24
linux/linux_kernel 6.2 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 5.17 - 6.1.7
Published Aug 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026