Vulnerability · Published May 1, 2025 · Assigned by Linux
CVE-2022-49862tipc: fix the msg->req tlv len check in tipc_nl_compat_name_table_dump_header
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-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 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: fix the msg->req tlv len check in tipc_nl_compat_name_table_dump_header This is a follow-up for commit 974cb0e3e7c9 ("tipc: fix uninit-value in tipc_nl_compat_name_table_dump") where it should have type casted sizeof(..) to int to work when TLV_GET_DATA_LEN() returns a negative value. syzbot reported a call trace because of it: BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ... tipc_nl_compat_name_table_dump+0x841/0xea0 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:934 __tipc_nl_compat_dumpit+0xab2/0x1320 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:238 tipc_nl_compat_dumpit+0x991/0xb50 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:321 tipc_nl_compat_recv+0xb6e/0x1640 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:1324 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit net/netlink/genetlink.c:731 [inline] genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:775 [inline] genl_rcv_msg+0x103f/0x1260 net/netlink/genetlink.c:792 netlink_rcv_skb+0x3a5/0x6c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2501 genl_rcv+0x3c/0x50 net/netlink/genetlink.c:803 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 [inline] netlink_unicast+0xf3b/0x1270 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345 netlink_sendmsg+0x1288/0x1440 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:734 [inline]
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.0.10-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 6.0.10-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 6.0.10-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-67.74 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1031.35 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1034.41 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1034.41.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1030.37 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1028.33 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1016.21 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1026.29 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1026.31 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1029.34 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-67.74 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1023.23 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1030.36 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1025.27 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49862 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 4c559fb7e111077b56f62ccf833a52d8169cde19 – before 082707d3df191bf5bb8801d43e4ce3dea39ca1732aae1723dea1235ffef183daf0694805297424f6 – before a0ead1d648df9c456baec832b494513ef405949a2d5fc1d492d194aa2986c5a9d8a48a60e9143a72 – before 55a253a6753a603e80b95932ca971ba514aa6ce7974cb0e3e7c963ced06c4e32c5b2884173fa5e01 – before 36769b9477491a7af6635863bd950309c1e1b96c974cb0e3e7c963ced06c4e32c5b2884173fa5e01 – before f31dd158580940938f77514b87337a777520185a974cb0e3e7c963ced06c4e32c5b2884173fa5e01 – before 301caa06091af4d5cf056ac8249cbda4e6029c6a974cb0e3e7c963ced06c4e32c5b2884173fa5e01 – before 6cee2c60bd168279852ac7dbe54c2b70d1028644974cb0e3e7c963ced06c4e32c5b2884173fa5e01 – before 1c075b192fe41030457cd4a5f7dea730412bca40 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.0 |
Weakness: CWE-908 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/082707d3df191bf5bb8801d43e4ce3dea39ca173
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0ead1d648df9c456baec832b494513ef405949a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55a253a6753a603e80b95932ca971ba514aa6ce7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36769b9477491a7af6635863bd950309c1e1b96c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f31dd158580940938f77514b87337a777520185a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/301caa06091af4d5cf056ac8249cbda4e6029c6a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cee2c60bd168279852ac7dbe54c2b70d1028644
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c075b192fe41030457cd4a5f7dea730412bca40