CVE-2022-49197

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Integer Overflow in Netlink Group Mask Calculation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_netlink: Fix shift out of bounds in group mask calculation When a netlink message is received, netlink_recvmsg() fills in the address of the sender. One of the fields is the 32-bit bitfield nl_groups, which carries the multicast group on which the message was received. The least significant bit corresponds to group 1, and therefore the highest group that the field can represent is 32. Above that, the UB sanitizer flags the out-of-bounds shift attempts. Which bits end up being set in such case is implementation defined, but it's either going to be a wrong non-zero value, or zero, which is at least not misleading. Make the latter choice deterministic by always setting to 0 for higher-numbered multicast groups. To get information about membership in groups >= 32, userspace is expected to use nl_pktinfo control messages[0], which are enabled by NETLINK_PKTINFO socket option. [0] https://lwn.net/Articles/147608/ The way to trigger this issue is e.g. through monitoring the BRVLAN group: # bridge monitor vlan & # ip link add name br type bridge Which produces the following citation: UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in net/netlink/af_netlink.c:162:19 shift exponent 32 is too large for 32-bit type 'int'

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 16.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (29)
linux/Kernel 2.6.14 - 4.9.311linux
linux/Kernel 4.10.0 - 4.14.276linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.238linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.189linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.33linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.16.19linux
linux/Kernel 5.17.0 - 5.17.2linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.110linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.14
Linux/Linux 2.6.14
... and 19 more
Published Feb 26, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026