vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2022-49904: linux -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | May 1, 2025 | May 5, 2025 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Description
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.
Solution
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