Vulnerability · Published May 1, 2025 · Assigned by Linux
CVE-2022-49779kprobes: Skip clearing aggrprobe's post_handler in kprobe-on-ftrace case
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kprobes: Skip clearing aggrprobe's post_handler in kprobe-on-ftrace case In __unregister_kprobe_top(), if the currently unregistered probe has post_handler but other child probes of the aggrprobe do not have post_handler, the post_handler of the aggrprobe is cleared. If this is a ftrace-based probe, there is a problem. In later calls to disarm_kprobe(), we will use kprobe_ftrace_ops because post_handler is NULL. But we're armed with kprobe_ipmodify_ops. This triggers a WARN in __disarm_kprobe_ftrace() and may even cause use-after-free: Failed to disarm kprobe-ftrace at kernel_clone+0x0/0x3c0 (error -2) WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 137 at kernel/kprobes.c:1135 __disarm_kprobe_ftrace.isra.21+0xcf/0xe0 Modules linked in: testKprobe_007(-) CPU: 5 PID: 137 Comm: rmmod Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4-dirty #18 [...] Call Trace: <TASK> __disable_kprobe+0xcd/0xe0 __unregister_kprobe_top+0x12/0x150 ? mutex_lock+0xe/0x30 unregister_kprobes.part.23+0x31/0xa0 unregister_kprobe+0x32/0x40 __x64_sys_delete_module+0x15e/0x260 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2cd/0x6b0 do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [...] For the kprobe-on-ftrace case, we keep the post_handler setting to identify this aggrprobe armed with kprobe_ipmodify_ops. This way we can disarm it correctly.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.0.10-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 6.0.10-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 6.0.10-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-67.74 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1031.35 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1034.41 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1034.41.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1030.37 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1028.33 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1016.21 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1026.29 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1026.31 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1029.34 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-67.74 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1023.23 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1030.36 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1025.27 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49779 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 0bc11ed5ab60c135aa764a62c02cd5ea68289de4 – before 7b0007b28dd970176f2e297c06ae63eea24471270bc11ed5ab60c135aa764a62c02cd5ea68289de4 – before 7d606ae1abcc3eab5408e42444d789dc7def51b80bc11ed5ab60c135aa764a62c02cd5ea68289de4 – before c49cc2c059b503e962c2f13a806c105f9b757df40bc11ed5ab60c135aa764a62c02cd5ea68289de4 – before 55788ebbe8b365b4375bd56b4ba7db79d393a3700bc11ed5ab60c135aa764a62c02cd5ea68289de4 – before 5dd7caf0bdc5d0bae7cf9776b4d739fb09bd5ebb |
| Linux | Linux | 5.4 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b0007b28dd970176f2e297c06ae63eea2447127
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d606ae1abcc3eab5408e42444d789dc7def51b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c49cc2c059b503e962c2f13a806c105f9b757df4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55788ebbe8b365b4375bd56b4ba7db79d393a370
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dd7caf0bdc5d0bae7cf9776b4d739fb09bd5ebb