CVE-2022-49021

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

net: phy: fix null-ptr-deref while probe() failed

I got a null-ptr-deref report as following when doing fault injection test:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000058
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 1 PID: 253 Comm: 507-spi-dm9051 Tainted: G    B            N 6.1.0-rc3+
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:klist_put+0x2d/0xd0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 klist_remove+0xf1/0x1c0
 device_release_driver_internal+0x23e/0x2d0
 bus_remove_device+0x1bd/0x240
 device_del+0x357/0x770
 phy_device_remove+0x11/0x30
 mdiobus_unregister+0xa5/0x140
 release_nodes+0x6a/0xa0
 devres_release_all+0xf8/0x150
 device_unbind_cleanup+0x19/0xd0

//probe path:
phy_device_register()
  device_add()

phy_connect
  phy_attach_direct() //set device driver
    probe() //it's failed, driver is not bound
    device_bind_driver() // probe failed, it's not called

//remove path:
phy_device_remove()
  device_del()
    device_release_driver_internal()
      __device_release_driver() //dev->drv is not NULL
        klist_remove() <- knode_driver is not added yet, cause null-ptr-deref

In phy_attach_direct(), after setting the 'dev->driver', probe() fails,
device_bind_driver() is not called, so the knode_driver->n_klist is not
set, then it causes null-ptr-deref in __device_release_driver() while
deleting device. Fix this by setting dev->driver to NULL in the error
path in phy_attach_direct().
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
LinuxCNA
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CISA-ADPADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 11%
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.14 ≤
𝑥
< 4.9.335
linuxlinux_kernel
4.10 ≤
𝑥
< 4.14.301
linuxlinux_kernel
4.15 ≤
𝑥
< 4.19.268
linuxlinux_kernel
4.20 ≤
𝑥
< 5.4.226
linuxlinux_kernel
5.5 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.158
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.82
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 6.0.12
linuxlinux_kernel
6.1:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
6.1:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
6.1:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
6.1:rc4
linuxlinux_kernel
6.1:rc5
linuxlinux_kernel
6.1:rc6
linuxlinux_kernel
6.1:rc7
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.226-1
fixed
bookworm
6.1.106-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.112-1
fixed
sid
6.11.5-1
fixed
trixie
6.11.5-1
fixed