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GHSA-QG8Q-9C83-3485

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-20 12:31 – Updated: 2024-08-20 15:32

Details

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.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2022-48742 (GCVE-0-2022-48742)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-20 11:13 – Updated: 2026-08-05 08:52

Title

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

Summary

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.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-09-10 17:10 UTC

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6856 records in the last 180 days details

References

8 references

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36a9a0aee88194047…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6f6f2444bdbe0079…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 3.14 Unaffected: 0 , < 3.14 (semver) Unaffected: 4.9.300 , ≤ 4.9.* (semver) Unaffected: 4.14.265 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver) Unaffected: 4.19.228 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.177 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.97 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.20 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.16.6 , ≤ 5.16.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.17 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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