CVE-2022-50369

EUVD-2022-55629
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/vkms: Fix null-ptr-deref in vkms_release()

A null-ptr-deref is triggered when it tries to destroy the workqueue in
vkms->output.composer_workq in vkms_release().

 KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000118-0x000000000000011f]
 CPU: 5 PID: 17193 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.0.0-11331-gd465bff130bf #24
 RIP: 0010:destroy_workqueue+0x2f/0x710
 ...
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  ? vkms_config_debugfs_init+0x50/0x50 [vkms]
  __devm_drm_dev_alloc+0x15a/0x1c0 [drm]
  vkms_init+0x245/0x1000 [vkms]
  do_one_initcall+0xd0/0x4f0
  do_init_module+0x1a4/0x680
  load_module+0x6249/0x7110
  __do_sys_finit_module+0x140/0x200
  do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

The reason is that an OOM happened which triggers the destroy of the
workqueue, however, the workqueue is alloced in the later process,
thus a null-ptr-deref happened. A simple call graph is shown as below:

 vkms_init()
  vkms_create()
    devm_drm_dev_alloc()
      __devm_drm_dev_alloc()
        devm_drm_dev_init()
          devm_add_action_or_reset()
            devm_add_action() # an error happened
            devm_drm_dev_init_release()
              drm_dev_put()
                kref_put()
                  drm_dev_release()
                    vkms_release()
                      destroy_workqueue() # null-ptr-deref happened
    vkms_modeset_init()
      vkms_output_init()
        vkms_crtc_init() # where the workqueue get allocated

Fix this by checking if composer_workq is NULL before passing it to
the destroy_workqueue() in vkms_release().
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
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
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 4%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
4.20 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.173
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.99
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 6.1.16
linuxlinux_kernel
6.2 ≤
𝑥
< 6.2.3
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.148-1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.147-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.237-1
fixed
forky
6.16.7-1
fixed
sid
6.16.7-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.43-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.41-1
fixed
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cluster-md-kmp-default
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
fixed
dlm-kmp-default
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
fixed
gfs2-kmp-default
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
fixed
kernel-64kb
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
5.14.21-150400.24.179.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
fixed
kernel-default
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
5.14.21-150400.24.179.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
fixed
kernel-default-base
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
5.14.21-150400.24.179.1.150400.24.92.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
5.14.21-150500.55.124.1.150500.6.59.1
fixed
kernel-docs
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5.14.21-150400.24.179.1
fixed
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5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
fixed
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5.14.21-150400.24.179.1
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5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
fixed
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suse enterprise server 15 SP4
5.14.21-150400.24.179.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
fixed
kernel-source
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
5.14.21-150400.24.179.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
fixed
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suse enterprise server 15 SP4
5.14.21-150400.24.179.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
fixed
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5.14.21-150400.24.179.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
fixed
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5.14.21-150500.55.124.1
fixed
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5.14.21-150400.24.179.1
fixed
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fixed
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fixed
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0:7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3
fixed
kernel
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0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
fixed
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0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
fixed
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RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
fixed
kernel-64k-core
RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
fixed
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RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
fixed
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RHEL 9
0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
fixed
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RHEL 9
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fixed
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RHEL 9
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RHEL 8
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RHEL 9
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