Bug 2402298 (CVE-2022-50532)

Summary:	CVE-2022-50532 kernel: scsi: mpt3sas: Fix possible resource leaks in mpt3sas_transport_port_add()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-07 16:08:03 UTC

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

scsi: mpt3sas: Fix possible resource leaks in mpt3sas_transport_port_add()

In mpt3sas_transport_port_add(), if sas_rphy_add() returns error,
sas_rphy_free() needs be called to free the resource allocated in
sas_end_device_alloc(). Otherwise a kernel crash will happen:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000108
CPU: 45 PID: 37020 Comm: bash Kdump: loaded Tainted: G        W          6.1.0-rc1+ #189
pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : device_del+0x54/0x3d0
lr : device_del+0x37c/0x3d0
Call trace:
 device_del+0x54/0x3d0
 attribute_container_class_device_del+0x28/0x38
 transport_remove_classdev+0x6c/0x80
 attribute_container_device_trigger+0x108/0x110
 transport_remove_device+0x28/0x38
 sas_rphy_remove+0x50/0x78 [scsi_transport_sas]
 sas_port_delete+0x30/0x148 [scsi_transport_sas]
 do_sas_phy_delete+0x78/0x80 [scsi_transport_sas]
 device_for_each_child+0x68/0xb0
 sas_remove_children+0x30/0x50 [scsi_transport_sas]
 sas_rphy_remove+0x38/0x78 [scsi_transport_sas]
 sas_port_delete+0x30/0x148 [scsi_transport_sas]
 do_sas_phy_delete+0x78/0x80 [scsi_transport_sas]
 device_for_each_child+0x68/0xb0
 sas_remove_children+0x30/0x50 [scsi_transport_sas]
 sas_remove_host+0x20/0x38 [scsi_transport_sas]
 scsih_remove+0xd8/0x420 [mpt3sas]

Because transport_add_device() is not called when sas_rphy_add() fails, the
device is not added. When sas_rphy_remove() is subsequently called to
remove the device in the remove() path, a NULL pointer dereference happens.

Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-10-07 19:16:36 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100708-CVE-2022-50532-430b@gregkh/T