CVE-2022-48742

rtnetlink: make sure to refresh master_dev/m_ops in __rtnl_newlink()

EPSS 0.2%

Vexday Risk Score

3Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

20 Jun 2024Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rtnetlink: make sure to refresh master_dev/m_ops in __rtnl_newlink() While looking at one unrelated syzbot bug, I found the replay logic in __rtnl_newlink() to potentially trigger use-after-free. It is better to clear master_dev and m_ops inside the loop, in case we have to replay it.

Affected products

Linux · Linux

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cf180360d66bd657e606c1217e0e668e6faa303 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36a9a0aee881940476b254e0352581401b23f210 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bbe2019dd12b8d13671ee6cda055d49637b4c39 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d9211678c0f0624f74cdff36117ab8316697bb8 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a01e60a1ec6bef9be471fb7182a33c6d6f124e93 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd43771ee9759dd9dfae946bff190e2c5a120de5 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6f6f2444bdbe0079e41914a35081530d0409963 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/def5e7070079b2a214b3b1a2fbec623e6fbfe34a