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CVE-2022-49862

tipc: fix the msg->req tlv len check in tipc_nl_compat_name_table_dump_header

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 4.9.334, 4.14.300, 4.19.267, 4.5, 4.21
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: fix the msg->req tlv len check in tipc_nl_compat_name_table_dump_header This is a follow-up for commit 974cb0e3e7c9 ("tipc: fix uninit-value in tipc_nl_compat_name_table_dump") where it should have type casted sizeof(..) to int to work when TLV_GET_DATA_LEN() returns a negative value. syzbot reported a call trace because of it: BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ... tipc_nl_compat_name_table_dump+0x841/0xea0 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:934 __tipc_nl_compat_dumpit+0xab2/0x1320 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:238 tipc_nl_compat_dumpit+0x991/0xb50 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:321 tipc_nl_compat_recv+0xb6e/0x1640 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:1324 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit net/netlink/genetlink.c:731 [inline] genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:775 [inline] genl_rcv_msg+0x103f/0x1260 net/netlink/genetlink.c:792 netlink_rcv_skb+0x3a5/0x6c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2501 genl_rcv+0x3c/0x50 net/netlink/genetlink.c:803 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 [inline] netlink_unicast+0xf3b/0x1270 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345 netlink_sendmsg+0x1288/0x1440 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:734 [inline]

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 4.9.152 · fixed in 4.9.334; From 4.14.95 · fixed in 4.14.300; From 4.19.17 · fixed in 4.19.267; From 4.4.172 · fixed in 4.5; From 4.20.4 · fixed in 4.21

  • Linux Linux

    5.0

References 8

git.kernel.org