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CVE-2022-48884

net/mlx5: Fix command stats access after free

Severity Score

6.4
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5: Fix command stats access after free

Command may fail while driver is reloading and can't accept FW commands
till command interface is reinitialized. Such command failure is being
logged to command stats. This results in NULL pointer access as command
stats structure is being freed and reallocated during mlx5 devlink
reload (see kernel log below).

Fix it by making command stats statically allocated on driver probe.

Kernel log:
[ 2394.808802] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 000000000002a9c0
[ 2394.810610] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ 2394.811811] Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI
...
[ 2394.815482] RIP: 0010:native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x183/0x1d0
...
[ 2394.829505] Call Trace:
[ 2394.830667] _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x23/0x26
[ 2394.831858] cmd_status_err+0x55/0x110 [mlx5_core]
[ 2394.833020] mlx5_access_reg+0xe7/0x150 [mlx5_core]
[ 2394.834175] mlx5_query_port_ptys+0x78/0xa0 [mlx5_core]
[ 2394.835337] mlx5e_ethtool_get_link_ksettings+0x74/0x590 [mlx5_core]
[ 2394.836454] ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x140/0x1c0
[ 2394.837562] __rh_call_get_link_ksettings+0x33/0x100
[ 2394.838663] ? __rtnl_unlock+0x25/0x50
[ 2394.839755] __ethtool_get_link_ksettings+0x72/0x150
[ 2394.840862] duplex_show+0x6e/0xc0
[ 2394.841963] dev_attr_show+0x1c/0x40
[ 2394.843048] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x9b/0x100
[ 2394.844123] seq_read+0x153/0x410
[ 2394.845187] vfs_read+0x91/0x140
[ 2394.846226] ksys_read+0x4f/0xb0
[ 2394.847234] do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0
[ 2394.848228] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-07-16 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-08-21 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-22 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-11-04 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
>= 5.18 < 6.1.7
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.18 < 6.1.7"
en
Affected
Linux
Search vendor "Linux"
Linux Kernel
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"
>= 5.18 < 6.2
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.18 < 6.2"
en
Affected