Bug 2363433 (CVE-2022-49859)

Summary: CVE-2022-49859 kernel: net: lapbether: fix issue of invalid opcode in lapbeth_open()
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-01 15:04:28 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: lapbether: fix issue of invalid opcode in lapbeth_open()

If lapb_register() failed when lapb device goes to up for the first time,
the NAPI is not disabled. As a result, the invalid opcode issue is
reported when the lapb device goes to up for the second time.

The stack info is as follows:
[ 1958.311422][T11356] kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:6442!
[ 1958.312206][T11356] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
[ 1958.315979][T11356] RIP: 0010:napi_enable+0x16a/0x1f0
[ 1958.332310][T11356] Call Trace:
[ 1958.332817][T11356]  <TASK>
[ 1958.336135][T11356]  lapbeth_open+0x18/0x90
[ 1958.337446][T11356]  __dev_open+0x258/0x490
[ 1958.341672][T11356]  __dev_change_flags+0x4d4/0x6a0
[ 1958.345325][T11356]  dev_change_flags+0x93/0x160
[ 1958.346027][T11356]  devinet_ioctl+0x1276/0x1bf0
[ 1958.346738][T11356]  inet_ioctl+0x1c8/0x2d0
[ 1958.349638][T11356]  sock_ioctl+0x5d1/0x750
[ 1958.356059][T11356]  __x64_sys_ioctl+0x3ec/0x1790
[ 1958.365594][T11356]  do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
[ 1958.366239][T11356]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
[ 1958.377381][T11356]  </TASK>
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-05-02 05:27:23 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025050146-CVE-2022-49859-4700@gregkh/T