CVE-2022-49450

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in AF_RXRPC listen() Backlog Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix listen() setting the bar too high for the prealloc rings AF_RXRPC's listen() handler lets you set the backlog up to 32 (if you bump up the sysctl), but whilst the preallocation circular buffers have 32 slots in them, one of them has to be a dead slot because we're using CIRC_CNT(). This means that listen(rxrpc_sock, 32) will cause an oops when the socket is closed because rxrpc_service_prealloc_one() allocated one too many calls and rxrpc_discard_prealloc() won't then be able to get rid of them because it'll think the ring is empty. rxrpc_release_calls_on_socket() then tries to abort them, but oopses because call->peer isn't yet set. Fix this by setting the maximum backlog to RXRPC_BACKLOG_MAX - 1 to match the ring capacity. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000086 ... RIP: 0010:rxrpc_send_abort_packet+0x73/0x240 [rxrpc] Call Trace: <TASK> ? __wake_up_common_lock+0x7a/0x90 ? rxrpc_notify_socket+0x8e/0x140 [rxrpc] ? rxrpc_abort_call+0x4c/0x60 [rxrpc] rxrpc_release_calls_on_socket+0x107/0x1a0 [rxrpc] rxrpc_release+0xc9/0x1c0 [rxrpc] __sock_release+0x37/0xa0 sock_close+0x11/0x20 __fput+0x89/0x240 task_work_run+0x59/0x90 do_exit+0x319/0xaa0

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 19.6%
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 (29)
linux/Kernel 4.10.0 - 4.14.283linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.247linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.198linux
linux/Kernel 4.9.0 - 4.9.318linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.46linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.17.14linux
linux/Kernel 5.18.0 - 5.18.3linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.121linux
Linux/Linux < 4.9
Linux/Linux 00e907127e6f86d0f9b122d9b4347a8aa09a8b61 - 369de57492c4f1a42563c5a3bd365822ca3bfc79
... and 19 more
Published Feb 26, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026