Bug 2348069 (CVE-2022-49295)

Summary: CVE-2022-49295 kernel: nbd: call genl_unregister_family() first in nbd_cleanup()
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-02-26 03:16:33 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nbd: call genl_unregister_family() first in nbd_cleanup()

Otherwise there may be race between module removal and the handling of
netlink command, which can lead to the oops as shown below:

  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000098
  Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP PTI
  CPU: 1 PID: 31299 Comm: nbd-client Tainted: G            E     5.14.0-rc4
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
  RIP: 0010:down_write+0x1a/0x50
  Call Trace:
   start_creating+0x89/0x130
   debugfs_create_dir+0x1b/0x130
   nbd_start_device+0x13d/0x390 [nbd]
   nbd_genl_connect+0x42f/0x748 [nbd]
   genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0xec/0x150
   genl_rcv_msg+0xe5/0x1e0
   netlink_rcv_skb+0x55/0x100
   genl_rcv+0x29/0x40
   netlink_unicast+0x1a8/0x250
   netlink_sendmsg+0x21b/0x430
   ____sys_sendmsg+0x2a4/0x2d0
   ___sys_sendmsg+0x81/0xc0
   __sys_sendmsg+0x62/0xb0
   __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x1f/0x30
   do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
  Modules linked in: nbd(E-)
Comment 3 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-27 19:38:40 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022625-CVE-2022-49295-6374@gregkh/T