FKIE_CVE-2022-49501

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-02-26 07:01 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:18
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usbnet: Run unregister_netdev() before unbind() again Commit 2c9d6c2b871d ("usbnet: run unbind() before unregister_netdev()") sought to fix a use-after-free on disconnect of USB Ethernet adapters. It turns out that a different fix is necessary to address the issue: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/18b3541e5372bc9b9fc733d422f4e698c089077c.1650177997.git.lukas@wunner.de/ So the commit was not necessary. The commit made binding and unbinding of USB Ethernet asymmetrical: Before, usbnet_probe() first invoked the ->bind() callback and then register_netdev(). usbnet_disconnect() mirrored that by first invoking unregister_netdev() and then ->unbind(). Since the commit, the order in usbnet_disconnect() is reversed and no longer mirrors usbnet_probe(). One consequence is that a PHY disconnected (and stopped) in ->unbind() is afterwards stopped once more by unregister_netdev() as it closes the netdev before unregistering. That necessitates a contortion in ->stop() because the PHY may only be stopped if it hasn't already been disconnected. Reverting the commit allows making the call to phy_stop() unconditional in ->stop().
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d5deb242874d924beccf7eb3cef04c1c3b0da79Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/969a1b3ea3cb7d58a16fe12fd1b04bfc0ea40509Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1408f6b4dd78fb1b9e26bcf64477984e5f85409Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbda837107f9bd4ec658d2aa88c6856dba606f06Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
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      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: usbnet: Ejecutar unregister_netdev() antes unbind() de nuevo El commit 2c9d6c2b871d (\"usbnet: run unbind() antes unregister_netdev()\") buscaba corregir un uso despu\u00e9s de liberaci\u00f3n (use-after-free) al desconectar los adaptadores USB Ethernet. Resulta que es necesaria una correcci\u00f3n diferente para abordar el problema: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/18b3541e5372bc9b9fc733d422f4e698c089077c.1650177997.git.lukas@wunner.de/ Por lo tanto, el commit no era necesario. El commit hizo que la vinculaci\u00f3n y desvinculaci\u00f3n de USB Ethernet fuera asim\u00e9trica: antes, usbnet_probe() primero invocaba la devoluci\u00f3n de llamada -\u0026amp;gtbind() y luego register_netdev(). usbnet_disconnect() reflej\u00f3 eso al invocar primero unregister_netdev() y luego -\u0026amp;gtunbind(). Desde el commit, el orden en usbnet_disconnect() se invierte y ya no refleja usbnet_probe(). Una consecuencia es que un PHY desconectado (y detenido) en -\u0026amp;gtunbind() se detiene luego una vez m\u00e1s por unregister_netdev() ya que cierra el netdev antes de anular el registro. Eso requiere una contorsi\u00f3n en -\u0026amp;gtstop() porque el PHY solo se puede detener si no se ha desconectado ya. Revertir el commit permite hacer que la llamada a phy_stop() sea incondicional en -\u0026amp;gtstop().\n"
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