CVE-2022-49797

tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_event_file in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit()

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_event_file in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit() When trace_get_event_file() failed, gen_kretprobe_test will be assigned
as the error code. If module kprobe_event_gen_test is removed now, the
null pointer dereference will happen in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit().
Check if gen_kprobe_test or gen_kretprobe_test is error code or NULL
before dereference them. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000012
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
CPU: 3 PID: 2210 Comm: modprobe Not tainted
6.1.0-rc1-00171-g2159299a3b74-dirty #217
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
rel-1.15.0-0-g2dd4b9b3f840-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:kprobe_event_gen_test_exit+0x1c/0xb5 [kprobe_event_gen_test]
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffff9ffffff2.
RSP: 0018:ffffc900015bfeb8 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffffffffffffffea RBX: ffffffffa0002080 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffffffffa0001054 RSI: ffffffffa0001064 RDI: ffffffffdfc6349c
RBP: ffffffffa0000000 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 00000000001e95c0
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000800
R13: ffffffffa0002420 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 00007f56b75be540(0000) GS:ffff88813bc00000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: ffffffff9ffffff2 CR3: 000000010874a006 CR4: 0000000000330ee0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace: <TASK> __x64_sys_delete_module+0x206/0x380 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xd8/0x190 ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x1c/0x50 do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_event_file in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit() When trace_get_event_file() failed, gen_kretprobe_test will be assigned as the error code. If module kprobe_event_gen_test is removed now, the null pointer dereference will happen in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit(). Check if gen_kprobe_test or gen_kretprobe_test is error code or NULL before dereference them. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000012 PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI CPU: 3 PID: 2210 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1-00171-g2159299a3b74-dirty #217 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.15.0-0-g2dd4b9b3f840-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:kprobe_event_gen_test_exit+0x1c/0xb5 [kprobe_event_gen_test] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffff9ffffff2. RSP: 0018:ffffc900015bfeb8 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: ffffffffffffffea RBX: ffffffffa0002080 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffffffffa0001054 RSI: ffffffffa0001064 RDI: ffffffffdfc6349c RBP: ffffffffa0000000 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 00000000001e95c0 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000800 R13: ffffffffa0002420 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f56b75be540(0000) GS:ffff88813bc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: ffffffff9ffffff2 CR3: 000000010874a006 CR4: 0000000000330ee0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> __x64_sys_delete_module+0x206/0x380 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xd8/0x190 ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x1c/0x50 do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-05-01 CVE Reserved
2025-05-01 CVE Published
2025-05-01 CVE Updated
---------- EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64836248dda20c8e7427b493f7e06d9bf8f58850	Vuln. Introduced

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb70fcae4115d24b7e8cee17a6da8b1943f546bb	2022-11-25
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a41c0f2a5c3bf72b4c4e9dd4b1025378201e332	2022-11-26
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd0efd4f7bfe611a8339ba01bc2ac3c33e79159d	2022-11-26
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0d75267f59d7084e0468bd68beeb1bf9c71d7c0	2022-11-18

URL	Date	SRC

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"				>= 5.6 < 5.10.156 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.6 < 5.10.156"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 5.6 < 5.15.80 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.6 < 5.15.80"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 5.6 < 6.0.10 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.6 < 6.0.10"		en		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 5.6 < 6.1 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.6 < 6.1"		en		Affected