Bug 2071047 (CVE-2022-1205)

Summary: CVE-2022-1205 kernel: Null pointer dereference and use after free in net/ax25/ax25_timer.c
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: acaringi, adscvr, airlied, alciregi, bdettelb, bhu, brdeoliv, bskeggs, carnil, chwhite, crwood, dhoward, dvlasenk, fhrbata, fpacheco, hdegoede, hkrzesin, hpa, jarod, jarodwilson, jburrell, jfaracco, jforbes, jglisse, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jonathan, josef, jshortt, jstancek, jwboyer, jwyatt, kcarcia, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, lgoncalv, linville, lzampier, masami256, mchehab, nmurray, ptalbert, qzhao, rvrbovsk, scweaver, steved, vkumar, walters, williams
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A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Amateur Radio AX.25 protocol functionality. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system.
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Bug Depends On: 2071054    
Bug Blocks: 2071049, 2071050    

Description Pedro Sampaio 2022-04-01 16:42:37 UTC
There are null pointer dereference and use-after-free vulnerabilities in net/ax25/ax25_timer.c of linux that allow attacker to crash linux kernel by simulating Amateur Radio from user-space.

Upstream fix:

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc6d01ff9ef03b66d4a3a23b46fc3c3d8cf92009
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/82e31755e55fbcea6a9dfaae5fe4860ade17cbc0

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2022-04-01 16:49:02 UTC
There are null pointer dereference and use-after-free vulnerabilities in net/ax25/ax25_timer.c of linux that allow attacker to crash linux kernel by simulating Amateur Radio from user-space.

Upstream fix:

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc6d01ff9ef03b66d4a3a23b46fc3c3d8cf92009
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/82e31755e55fbcea6a9dfaae5fe4860ade17cbc0

Comment 2 Pedro Sampaio 2022-04-01 16:49:56 UTC
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2071054]

Comment 3 Salvatore Bonaccorso 2022-04-02 11:55:24 UTC
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/02/4

Comment 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-04-18 14:08:43 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-1205