CVE-2022-49568
26.02.2025, 07:01
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: Don't null dereference ops->destroy A KVM device cleanup happens in either of two callbacks: 1) destroy() which is called when the VM is being destroyed; 2) release() which is called when a device fd is closed. Most KVM devices use 1) but Book3s's interrupt controller KVM devices (XICS, XIVE, XIVE-native) use 2) as they need to close and reopen during the machine execution. The error handling in kvm_ioctl_create_device() assumes destroy() is always defined which leads to NULL dereference as discovered by Syzkaller. This adds a checks for destroy!=NULL and adds a missing release(). This is not changing kvm_destroy_devices() as devices with defined release() should have been removed from the KVM devices list by then.Enginsight
Vendor | Product | Version |
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linux | linux_kernel | 𝑥 < 5.4.210 |
linux | linux_kernel | 5.5 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.10.134 |
linux | linux_kernel | 5.11 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.15.58 |
linux | linux_kernel | 5.16 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.18.15 |
linux | linux_kernel | 5.19:rc1 |
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= Vulnerable software versions

Debian Releases
Common Weakness Enumeration
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