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CVE-2022-49904

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net, neigh: Fix null-ptr-deref in neigh_table_clear() When IPv6 module gets initialized but hits an error in the middle, kenel panic with: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000598-0x000000000000059f] CPU: 1 PID: 361 Comm: insmod Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) RIP: 0010:__neigh_ifdown.isra.0+0x24b/0x370 RSP: 0018:ffff888012677908 EFLAGS: 00000202 ... Call Trace: <TASK> neigh_table_clear+0x94/0x2d0 ndisc_cleanup+0x27/0x40 [ipv6] inet6_init+0x21c/0x2cb [ipv6] do_one_initcall+0xd3/0x4d0 do_init_module+0x1ae/0x670 ... Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception When ipv6 initialization fails, it will try to cleanup and calls: neigh_table_clear() neigh_ifdown(tbl, NULL) pneigh_queue_purge(&tbl->proxy_queue, dev_net(dev == NULL)) # dev_net(NULL) triggers null-ptr-deref. Fix it by passing NULL to pneigh_queue_purge() in neigh_ifdown() if dev is NULL, to make kernel not panic immediately.

Published

2025-05-01T15:16:15.480

Last Modified

2025-10-01T16:15:50.540

Status

Modified

Source

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-476
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-476
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 4.14.299 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 4.19.265 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 5.4.224 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 5.10.154 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 5.15.78 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 6.0.8 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 6.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 6.1 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel 6.1 Yes
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