Bug 2347724 (CVE-2022-49374)

Summary: CVE-2022-49374 kernel: tipc: check attribute length for bearer name
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, drow, jburrell, vkumar
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-02-26 03:04:31 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tipc: check attribute length for bearer name

syzbot reported uninit-value:
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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:644 [inline]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string+0x4f9/0x6f0 lib/vsprintf.c:725
 string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:644 [inline]
 string+0x4f9/0x6f0 lib/vsprintf.c:725
 vsnprintf+0x2222/0x3650 lib/vsprintf.c:2806
 vprintk_store+0x537/0x2150 kernel/printk/printk.c:2158
 vprintk_emit+0x28b/0xab0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2256
 vprintk_default+0x86/0xa0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2283
 vprintk+0x15f/0x180 kernel/printk/printk_safe.c:50
 _printk+0x18d/0x1cf kernel/printk/printk.c:2293
 tipc_enable_bearer net/tipc/bearer.c:371 [inline]
 __tipc_nl_bearer_enable+0x2022/0x22a0 net/tipc/bearer.c:1033
 tipc_nl_bearer_enable+0x6c/0xb0 net/tipc/bearer.c:1042
 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit net/netlink/genetlink.c:731 [inline]

- Do sanity check the attribute length for TIPC_NLA_BEARER_NAME.
- Do not use 'illegal name' in printing message.
Comment 3 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-28 03:43:24 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022646-CVE-2022-49374-22a3@gregkh/T