In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
macsec: fix UAF bug for real_dev
Create a new macsec device but not get reference to real_dev. That can
not ensure that real_dev is freed after macsec. That will trigger the
UAF bug for real_dev as following:
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BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in macsec_get_iflink+0x5f/0x70 drivers/net/macsec.c:3662
Call Trace:
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macsec_get_iflink+0x5f/0x70 drivers/net/macsec.c:3662
dev_get_iflink+0x73/0xe0 net/core/dev.c:637
default_operstate net/core/link_watch.c:42 [inline]
rfc2863_policy+0x233/0x2d0 net/core/link_watch.c:54
linkwatch_do_dev+0x2a/0x150 net/core/link_watch.c:161
Allocated by task 22209:
...
alloc_netdev_mqs+0x98/0x1100 net/core/dev.c:10549
rtnl_create_link+0x9d7/0xc00 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3235
veth_newlink+0x20e/0xa90 drivers/net/veth.c:1748
Freed by task 8:
...
kfree+0xd6/0x4d0 mm/slub.c:4552
kvfree+0x42/0x50 mm/util.c:615
device_release+0x9f/0x240 drivers/base/core.c:2229
kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:673 [inline]
kobject_release lib/kobject.c:704 [inline]
kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline]
kobject_put+0x1c8/0x540 lib/kobject.c:721
netdev_run_todo+0x72e/0x10b0 net/core/dev.c:10327
After commit faab39f63c1f ("net: allow out-of-order netdev unregistration")
and commit e5f80fcf869a ("ipv6: give an IPv6 dev to blackhole_netdev"), we
can add dev_hold_track() in macsec_dev_init() and dev_put_track() in
macsec_free_netdev() to fix the problem.
References
Configurations
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History
25 Mar 2025, 13:48
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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First Time |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
Summary |
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References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/196a888ca6571deb344468e1d7138e3273206335 - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78933cbc143b82d02330e00900d2fd08f2682f4e - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d130282179aa6051449ac8f8df1115769998a665 - Patch |
27 Feb 2025, 18:15
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8 |
CWE | CWE-416 |
26 Feb 2025, 07:01
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-02-26 07:01
Updated : 2025-03-25 13:48
NVD link : CVE-2022-49390
Mitre link : CVE-2022-49390
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-49390
JSON object : View
Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-416
Use After Free