In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ring-buffer: Check for NULL cpu_buffer in ring_buffer_wake_waiters()
On some machines the number of listed CPUs may be bigger than the actual
CPUs that exist. The tracing subsystem allocates a per_cpu directory with
access to the per CPU ring buffer via a cpuX file. But to save space, the
ring buffer will only allocate buffers for online CPUs, even though the
CPU array will be as big as the nr_cpu_ids.
With the addition of waking waiters on the ring buffer when closing the
file, the ring_buffer_wake_waiters() now needs to make sure that the
buffer is allocated (with the irq_work allocated with it) before trying to
wake waiters, as it will cause a NULL pointer dereference.
While debugging this, I added a NULL check for the buffer itself (which is
OK to do), and also NULL pointer checks against buffer->buffers (which is
not fine, and will WARN) as well as making sure the CPU number passed in
is within the nr_cpu_ids (which is also not fine if it isn't).
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1204705
References
Configurations
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History
07 May 2025, 13:19
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References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49ca992f6e50d0f46ec9608f44e011cf3121f389 - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7433632c9ff68a991bd0bc38cabf354e9d2de410 - Patch | |
References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5074df412bf3df9d6ce096b6fa03eb1082d05c9 - Patch | |
CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
CWE | CWE-476 | |
CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
First Time |
Linux linux Kernel
Linux |
02 May 2025, 13:52
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Summary |
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01 May 2025, 15:16
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New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-05-01 15:16
Updated : 2025-05-07 13:19
NVD link : CVE-2022-49889
Mitre link : CVE-2022-49889
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-49889
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference