Bug 2155788 (CVE-2022-4662)

Summary:	CVE-2022-4662 kernel: Recursive locking violation in usb-storage that can cause the kernel to deadlock
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Alex <allarkin>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, adscvr, airlied, alciregi, bhu, chwhite, crwood, ddepaula, debarbos, dfreiber, dvlasenk, ezulian, hdegoede, hkrzesin, hpa, jarod, jarodwilson, jburrell, jfaracco, jferlan, jforbes, jglisse, jlelli, joe.lawrence, josef, jshortt, jstancek, jwboyer, jwyatt, kcarcia, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, lgoncalv, linville, lzampier, masami256, mchehab, nmurray, ptalbert, qzhao, rogbas, rvrbovsk, scweaver, sgrubb, steved, tyberry, vkumar, walters, williams
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	Linux kernel 6.0-rc4	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	An incorrect access control flaw was found in the Linux kernel USB core subsystem. When attaching a malicious usb device, the recursive locking violation in usb-storage can cause the kernel to deadlock. This issue could allow a local user to crash the system.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2113003, 2113004, 2155823, 2155854, 2155855, 2155856, 2155857
Bug Blocks:	2135318

Description Alex 2022-12-22 11:29:58 UTC

A flaw Incorrect Access Control in the Linux Kernel found. When attaching a malicious usb device or other way triggering bug in struct usb_device, the recursive locking violation in usb-storage could happen that can cause the kernel to deadlock.

References:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220913140355.910732567@linuxfoundation.org/
https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAB7eexLLApHJwZfMQ=X-PtRhw0BgO+5KcSMS05FNUYejJXqtSA@mail.gmail.com/

Comment 1 Alex 2022-12-22 13:51:34 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2155823]

Comment 7 Justin M. Forbes 2022-12-22 22:46:11 UTC

This was fixed for Fedora with the 5.19.8 stable kernel updates.