Bug 2144379 (CVE-2022-41858)

Summary:	CVE-2022-41858 kernel: null-ptr-deref vulnerabilities in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Rohit Keshri <rkeshri>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, adscvr, airlied, alciregi, bhu, brdeoliv, chwhite, crwood, ddepaula, debarbos, dvlasenk, ezulian, hdegoede, hkrzesin, hpa, jarod, jarodwilson, jburrell, jfaracco, jferlan, 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, tyberry, vkumar, walters, williams
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 5.18 rc2	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A NULL pointer dereference may occur while a slip driver is in progress to detach in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip/slip.c. This issue could allow an attacker to crash the system or leak internal kernel information.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2144390, 2144391, 2144392, 2144393
Bug Blocks:	2144381, 2144843

Description Rohit Keshri 2022-11-21 04:02:58 UTC

There are null-ptr-deref vulnerabilities in drivers/net/slip of linux that allow attacker to
crash linux kernel by simulating slip network card from user-space of linux.

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[Root cause]

When a slip driver is detaching, the slip_close() will act to
cleanup necessary resources and sl->tty is set to NULL in
slip_close(). Meanwhile, the packet we transmit is blocked,
sl_tx_timeout() will be called. Although slip_close() and
sl_tx_timeout() use sl->lock to synchronize, we don`t judge
whether sl->tty equals to NULL in sl_tx_timeout() and the
null pointer dereference bug will happen.

(Thread 1) | (Thread 2)
| slip_close()
| spin_lock_bh(&sl->lock)
| ...
... | sl->tty = NULL //(1)
sl_tx_timeout() | spin_unlock_bh(&sl->lock)
spin_lock(&sl->lock); |
... | ...
tty_chars_in_buffer(sl->tty)|
if (tty->ops->..) //(2) |
... | synchronize_rcu()

We set NULL to sl->tty in position (1) and dereference sl->tty
in position (2).

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Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-24 15:24:21 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:0431 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0431

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-24 15:25:09 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:0432 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0432

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-24 16:28:30 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:0461 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0461

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-24 16:35:37 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:0439 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0439

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-24 16:37:26 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:0448 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0448

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2024-01-24 16:42:47 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:0412 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0412

Comment 18 errata-xmlrpc 2024-02-20 12:27:56 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:0881 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0881

Comment 19 errata-xmlrpc 2024-02-20 12:33:01 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:0897 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0897

Comment 20 errata-xmlrpc 2024-03-12 11:42:59 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2024:1268 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1268

Comment 21 errata-xmlrpc 2024-03-12 11:46:09 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2024:1269 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1269

Comment 22 errata-xmlrpc 2024-03-19 00:22:12 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service

Via RHSA-2024:1367 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1367

Comment 23 errata-xmlrpc 2024-03-19 15:07:30 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2024:1382 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1382

Comment 24 errata-xmlrpc 2024-03-19 17:26:47 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:1404 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1404