CVE-2022-48953

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 2.6.28-5.10.163, 5.11.0-5.15.86, 5.16.0-6.0.14 - NULL Pointer Dereference in RTC CMOS Event Handler

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtc: cmos: Fix event handler registration ordering issue Because acpi_install_fixed_event_handler() enables the event automatically on success, it is incorrect to call it before the handler routine passed to it is ready to handle events. Unfortunately, the rtc-cmos driver does exactly the incorrect thing by calling cmos_wake_setup(), which passes rtc_handler() to acpi_install_fixed_event_handler(), before cmos_do_probe(), because rtc_handler() uses dev_get_drvdata() to get to the cmos object pointer and the driver data pointer is only populated in cmos_do_probe(). This leads to a NULL pointer dereference in rtc_handler() on boot if the RTC fixed event happens to be active at the init time. To address this issue, change the initialization ordering of the driver so that cmos_wake_setup() is always called after a successful cmos_do_probe() call. While at it, change cmos_pnp_probe() to call cmos_do_probe() after the initial if () statement used for computing the IRQ argument to be passed to cmos_do_probe() which is cleaner than calling it in each branch of that if () (local variable "irq" can be of type int, because it is passed to that function as an argument of type int). Note that commit 6492fed7d8c9 ("rtc: rtc-cmos: Do not check ACPI_FADT_LOW_POWER_S0") caused this issue to affect a larger number of systems, because previously it only affected systems with ACPI_FADT_LOW_POWER_S0 set, but it is present regardless of that commit.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 15.6%
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 (15)
linux/Kernel 2.6.28 - 5.10.163linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.86linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.14linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.28
Linux/Linux 2.6.28
Linux/Linux 5.10.163 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.86 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.0.14 - 6.0.*
Linux/Linux 6.1
Linux/Linux a474aaedac99ba86e28ef6c912a7647c482db6dd - 0bcfccb48696aba475f046c2021f0733659ce0ef
... and 5 more
Published Oct 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026