Vulnerability · Published Oct 21, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49014net: tun: Fix use-after-free in tun_detach()

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 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: tun: Fix use-after-free in tun_detach() syzbot reported use-after-free in tun_detach() [1]. This causes call trace like below: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in notifier_call_chain+0x1ee/0x200 kernel/notifier.c:75 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88807324e2a8 by task syz-executor.0/3673 CPU: 0 PID: 3673 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc5-syzkaller-00044-gcc675d22e422 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xd1/0x138 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:284 [inline] print_report+0x15e/0x461 mm/kasan/report.c:395 kasan_report+0xbf/0x1f0 mm/kasan/report.c:495 notifier_call_chain+0x1ee/0x200 kernel/notifier.c:75 call_netdevice_notifiers_info+0x86/0x130 net/core/dev.c:1942 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:1983 [inline] call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:1997 [inline] netdev_wait_allrefs_any net/core/dev.c:10237 [inline] netdev_run_todo+0xbc6/0x1100 net/core/dev.c:10351 tun_detach drivers/net/tun.c:704 [inline] tun_chr_close+0xe4/0x190 drivers/net/tun.c:3467 __fput+0x27c/0xa90 fs/file_table.c:320 task_work_run+0x16f/0x270 kernel/task_work.c:179 exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:38 [inline] do_exit+0xb3d/0x2a30 kernel/exit.c:820 do_group_exit+0xd4/0x2a0 kernel/exit.c:950 get_signal+0x21b1/0x2440 kernel/signal.c:2858 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x86/0x2300 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c:869 exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:168 [inline] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x15f/0x250 kernel/entry/common.c:203 __syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work kernel/entry/common.c:285 [inline] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x50 kernel/entry/common.c:296 do_syscall_64+0x46/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:86 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd The cause of the issue is that sock_put() from __tun_detach() drops last reference count for struct net, and then notifier_call_chain() from netdev_state_change() accesses that struct net. This patch fixes the issue by calling sock_put() from tun_detach() after all necessary accesses for the struct net has done.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.0.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49014
Debian:13linux6.0.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49014
Debian:14linux6.0.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-67.74UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1031.35UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1034.41UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1034.41.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1030.37UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1028.33UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1016.21UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1026.29UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1026.31UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1029.34UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-67.74UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1023.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1030.36UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1025.27UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49014

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 83c1f36f9880814b24cdf6c2f91f66f61db65326 – before 1f23f1890d91812c35d32eab1b49621b6d32dc7b83c1f36f9880814b24cdf6c2f91f66f61db65326 – before 16c244bc65d1175775325ec0489a5a5c830e02c783c1f36f9880814b24cdf6c2f91f66f61db65326 – before 5f442e1d403e0496bacb74a58e2be7f500695e6f83c1f36f9880814b24cdf6c2f91f66f61db65326 – before 04b995e963229501401810dab89dc73e7f12d05483c1f36f9880814b24cdf6c2f91f66f61db65326 – before 4cde8da2d814a3b7b176db81922d4ddaad7c0f0e83c1f36f9880814b24cdf6c2f91f66f61db65326 – before 5daadc86f27ea4d691e2131c04310d0418c6cd12
Linux Linux 4.17

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