UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50073
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: tap: NULL pointer derefence in dev_parse_header_protocol when skb->dev is null Fixes a NULL pointer derefence bug triggered from tap driver. When tap_get_user calls virtio_net_hdr_to_skb the skb->dev is null (in tap.c skb->dev is set after the call to virtio_net_hdr_to_skb) virtio_net_hdr_to_skb calls dev_parse_header_protocol which needs skb->dev field to be valid. The line that trigers the bug is in dev_parse_header_protocol (dev is at offset 0x10 from skb and is stored in RAX register) if (!dev->header_ops || !dev->header_ops->parse_protocol) 22e1: mov 0x10(%rbx),%rax 22e5: mov 0x230(%rax),%rax Setting skb->dev before the call in tap.c fixes the issue. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000230 RIP: 0010:virtio_net_hdr_to_skb.constprop.0+0x335/0x410 [tap] Code: c0 0f 85 b7 fd ff ff eb d4 41 39 c6 77 cf 29 c6 48 89 df 44 01 f6 e8 7a 79 83 c1 48 85 c0 0f 85 d9 fd ff ff eb b7 48 8b 43 10 <48> 8b 80 30 02 00 00 48 85 c0 74 55 48 8b 40 28 48 85 c0 74 4c 48 RSP: 0018:ffffc90005c27c38 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888298f25300 RCX: 0000000000000010 RDX: 0000000000000005 RSI: ffffc90005c27cb6 RDI: ffff888298f25300 RBP: ffffc90005c27c80 R08: 00000000ffffffea R09: 00000000000007e8 R10: ffff88858ec77458 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001 R13: 0000000000000014 R14: ffffc90005c27e08 R15: ffffc90005c27cb6 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88858ec40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000230 CR3: 0000000281408006 CR4: 00000000003706e0 Call Trace: tap_get_user+0x3f1/0x540 [tap] tap_sendmsg+0x56/0x362 [tap] ? get_tx_bufs+0xc2/0x1e0 [vhost_net] handle_tx_copy+0x114/0x670 [vhost_net] handle_tx+0xb0/0xe0 [vhost_net] handle_tx_kick+0x15/0x20 [vhost_net] vhost_worker+0x7b/0xc0 [vhost] ? vhost_vring_call_reset+0x40/0x40 [vhost] kthread+0xfa/0x120 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: tap: NULL pointer derefence in dev_parse_header_protocol when skb->dev is null Fixes a NULL pointer derefence bug triggered from tap driver. When tap_get_user calls virtio_net_hdr_to_skb the skb->dev is null (in tap.c skb->dev is set after the call to virtio_net_hdr_to_skb) virtio_net_hdr_to_skb calls dev_parse_header_protocol which needs skb->dev field to be valid. The line that trigers the bug is in dev_parse_header_protocol (dev is at offset 0x10 from skb and is stored in RAX register) if (!dev->header_ops || !dev->header_ops->parse_protocol) 22e1: mov 0x10(%rbx),%rax 22e5: mov 0x230(%rax),%rax Setting skb->dev before the call in tap.c fixes the issue. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000230 RIP: 0010:virtio_net_hdr_to_skb.constprop.0+0x335/0x410 [tap] Code: c0 0f 85 b7 fd ff ff eb d4 41 39 c6 77 cf 29 c6 48 89 df 44 01 f6 e8 7a 79 83 c1 48 85 c0 0f 85 d9 fd ff ff eb b7 48 8b 43 10 <48> 8b 80 30 02 00 00 48 85 c0 74 55 48 8b 40 28 48 85 c0 74 4c 48 RSP: 0018:ffffc90005c27c38 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888298f25300 RCX: 0000000000000010 RDX: 0000000000000005 RSI: ffffc90005c27cb6 RDI: ffff888298f25300 RBP: ffffc90005c27c80 R08: 00000000ffffffea R09: 00000000000007e8 R10: ffff88858ec77458 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001 R13: 0000000000000014 R14: ffffc90005c27e08 R15: ffffc90005c27cb6 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88858ec40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000230 CR3: 0000000281408006 CR4: 00000000003706e0 Call Trace: tap_get_user+0x3f1/0x540 [tap] tap_sendmsg+0x56/0x362 [tap] ? get_tx_bufs+0xc2/0x1e0 [vhost_net] handle_tx_copy+0x114/0x670 [vhost_net] handle_tx+0xb0/0xe0 [vhost_net] handle_tx_kick+0x15/0x20 [vhost_net] vhost_worker+0x7b/0xc0 [vhost] ? vhost_vring_call_reset+0x40/0x40 [vhost] kthread+0xfa/0x120 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f61f133f354853bc394ec7d6028adb9b02dd701
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd29648fcf69339713f2d25f7014ae905dcdfc18
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50073
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8575-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8575-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8575-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8576-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8576-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8597-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8610-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8620-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8620-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8620-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8620-4
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50073