Bug 2320693 (CVE-2022-49029)

Summary:	CVE-2022-49029 kernel: hwmon: (ibmpex) Fix possible UAF when ibmpex_register_bmc() fails
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-10-21 21:03:14 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hwmon: (ibmpex) Fix possible UAF when ibmpex_register_bmc() fails

Smatch report warning as follows:

drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c:509 ibmpex_register_bmc() warn:
  '&data->list' not removed from list

If ibmpex_find_sensors() fails in ibmpex_register_bmc(), data will
be freed, but data->list will not be removed from driver_data.bmc_data,
then list traversal may cause UAF.

Fix by removeing it from driver_data.bmc_data before free().

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2024-10-22 07:48:36 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024102155-CVE-2022-49029-0ffd@gregkh/T

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2025-05-13 08:31:25 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2025:6966 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966