CVE-2022-49802

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.13-6.0.9 - Null Pointer Dereference in ftrace_add_mod()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ftrace: Fix null pointer dereference in ftrace_add_mod() The @ftrace_mod is allocated by kzalloc(), so both the members {prev,next} of @ftrace_mode->list are NULL, it's not a valid state to call list_del(). If kstrdup() for @ftrace_mod->{func|module} fails, it goes to @out_free tag and calls free_ftrace_mod() to destroy @ftrace_mod, then list_del() will write prev->next and next->prev, where null pointer dereference happens. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008 Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI Call Trace: <TASK> ftrace_mod_callback+0x20d/0x220 ? do_filp_open+0xd9/0x140 ftrace_process_regex.isra.51+0xbf/0x130 ftrace_regex_write.isra.52.part.53+0x6e/0x90 vfs_write+0xee/0x3a0 ? __audit_filter_op+0xb1/0x100 ? auditd_test_task+0x38/0x50 ksys_write+0xa5/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception So call INIT_LIST_HEAD() to initialize the list member to fix this issue.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 8.0%
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-476
Status published
Products (24)
linux/Kernel 4.13.0 - 4.14.300linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.267linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.225linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.80linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.10linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.156linux
Linux/Linux < 4.13
Linux/Linux 4.13
Linux/Linux 4.14.300 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.267 - 4.19.*
... and 14 more
Published May 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026