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CVE-2022-48970

af_unix: Get user_ns from in_skb in unix_diag_get_exact().

Severity Score

7.1
*CVSS v3

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: af_unix: Get user_ns from in_skb in unix_diag_get_exact(). Wei Chen reported a NULL deref in sk_user_ns() [0][1], and Paolo diagnosed
the root cause: in unix_diag_get_exact(), the newly allocated skb does not
have sk. [2] We must get the user_ns from the NETLINK_CB(in_skb).sk and pass it to
sk_diag_fill(). [0]:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000270
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 12bbce067 P4D 12bbce067 PUD 12bc40067 PMD 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
CPU: 0 PID: 27942 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc5-next-20221118 #2
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
rel-1.13.0-48-gd9c812dda519-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:sk_user_ns include/net/sock.h:920 [inline]
RIP: 0010:sk_diag_dump_uid net/unix/diag.c:119 [inline]
RIP: 0010:sk_diag_fill+0x77d/0x890 net/unix/diag.c:170
Code: 89 ef e8 66 d4 2d fd c7 44 24 40 00 00 00 00 49 8d 7c 24 18 e8
54 d7 2d fd 49 8b 5c 24 18 48 8d bb 70 02 00 00 e8 43 d7 2d fd <48> 8b
9b 70 02 00 00 48 8d 7b 10 e8 33 d7 2d fd 48 8b 5b 10 48 8d
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000d67968 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffff88812badaa48 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff840d481d
RDX: 0000000000000465 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000270
RBP: ffffc90000d679a8 R08: 0000000000000277 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0001ffffffffffff R11: 0001c90000d679a8 R12: ffff88812ac03800
R13: ffff88812c87c400 R14: ffff88812ae42210 R15: ffff888103026940
FS: 00007f08b4e6f700(0000) GS:ffff88813bc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000270 CR3: 000000012c58b000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace: <TASK> unix_diag_get_exact net/unix/diag.c:285 [inline] unix_diag_handler_dump+0x3f9/0x500 net/unix/diag.c:317 __sock_diag_cmd net/core/sock_diag.c:235 [inline] sock_diag_rcv_msg+0x237/0x250 net/core/sock_diag.c:266 netlink_rcv_skb+0x13e/0x250 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2564 sock_diag_rcv+0x24/0x40 net/core/sock_diag.c:277 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1330 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x5e9/0x6b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1356 netlink_sendmsg+0x739/0x860 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1932 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:734 [inline] ____sys_sendmsg+0x38f/0x500 net/socket.c:2476 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2530 [inline] __sys_sendmsg+0x197/0x230 net/socket.c:2559 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2568 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2566 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x42/0x50 net/socket.c:2566 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x2b/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
RIP: 0033:0x4697f9
Code: f7 d8 64 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48
89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d
01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 bc ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f08b4e6ec48 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000077bf80 RCX: 00000000004697f9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000200001c0 RDI: 0000000000000003
RBP: 00000000004d29e9 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000077bf80
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000000000077bf80 R15: 00007ffdb36bc6c0 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
CR2: 0000000000000270 [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAO4mrfdvyjFpokhNsiwZiP-wpdSD0AStcJwfKcKQdAALQ9_2Qw@mail.gmail.com/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/e04315e7c90d9a75613f3993c2baf2d344eef7eb.camel@redhat.com/

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Get user_ns from in_skb in unix_diag_get_exact(). Wei Chen reported a NULL deref in sk_user_ns() [0][1], and Paolo diagnosed the root cause: in unix_diag_get_exact(), the newly allocated skb does not have sk. [2] We must get the user_ns from the NETLINK_CB(in_skb).sk and pass it to sk_diag_fill(). [0]: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000270 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 12bbce067 P4D 12bbce067 PUD 12bc40067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP CPU: 0 PID: 27942 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc5-next-20221118 #2 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-48-gd9c812dda519-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:sk_user_ns include/net/sock.h:920 [inline] RIP: 0010:sk_diag_dump_uid net/unix/diag.c:119 [inline] RIP: 0010:sk_diag_fill+0x77d/0x890 net/unix/diag.c:170 Code: 89 ef e8 66 d4 2d fd c7 44 24 40 00 00 00 00 49 8d 7c 24 18 e8 54 d7 2d fd 49 8b 5c 24 18 48 8d bb 70 02 00 00 e8 43 d7 2d fd <48> 8b 9b 70 02 00 00 48 8d 7b 10 e8 33 d7 2d fd 48 8b 5b 10 48 8d RSP: 0018:ffffc90000d67968 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: ffff88812badaa48 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff840d481d RDX: 0000000000000465 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000270 RBP: ffffc90000d679a8 R08: 0000000000000277 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0001ffffffffffff R11: 0001c90000d679a8 R12: ffff88812ac03800 R13: ffff88812c87c400 R14: ffff88812ae42210 R15: ffff888103026940 FS: 00007f08b4e6f700(0000) GS:ffff88813bc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000270 CR3: 000000012c58b000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> unix_diag_get_exact net/unix/diag.c:285 [inline] unix_diag_handler_dump+0x3f9/0x500 net/unix/diag.c:317 __sock_diag_cmd net/core/sock_diag.c:235 [inline] sock_diag_rcv_msg+0x237/0x250 net/core/sock_diag.c:266 netlink_rcv_skb+0x13e/0x250 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2564 sock_diag_rcv+0x24/0x40 net/core/sock_diag.c:277 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1330 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x5e9/0x6b0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1356 netlink_sendmsg+0x739/0x860 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1932 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:734 [inline] ____sys_sendmsg+0x38f/0x500 net/socket.c:2476 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2530 [inline] __sys_sendmsg+0x197/0x230 net/socket.c:2559 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2568 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2566 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x42/0x50 net/socket.c:2566 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x2b/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd RIP: 0033:0x4697f9 Code: f7 d8 64 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 bc ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f08b4e6ec48 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000077bf80 RCX: 00000000004697f9 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000200001c0 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: 00000000004d29e9 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000000000077bf80 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000000000077bf80 R15: 00007ffdb36bc6c0 </TASK> Modules linked in: CR2: 0000000000000270 [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAO4mrfdvyjFpokhNsiwZiP-wpdSD0AStcJwfKcKQdAALQ9_2Qw@mail.gmail.com/ [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/e04315e7c90d9a75613f3993c2baf2d344eef7eb.camel@redhat.com/

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-08-22 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-10-21 CVE Published
  • 2024-12-19 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-20 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.3 < 5.4.227
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.3 < 5.10.159
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.3 < 5.15.83
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.3 < 6.0.13
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.3 < 6.1
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