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Ubuntu: (CVE-2022-49940): linux vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jun 18, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | Nov 19, 2025 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tty: n_gsm: add sanity check for gsm->receive in gsm_receive_buf()
A null pointer dereference can happen when attempting to access the
"gsm->receive()" function in gsmld_receive_buf(). Currently, the code
assumes that gsm->recieve is only called after MUX activation.
Since the gsmld_receive_buf() function can be accessed without the need to
initialize the MUX, the gsm->receive() function will not be set and a
NULL pointer dereference will occur.
Fix this by avoiding the call to "gsm->receive()" in case the function is
not initialized by adding a sanity check.
Call Trace:
<TASK>
gsmld_receive_buf+0x1c2/0x2f0 drivers/tty/n_gsm.c:2861
tiocsti drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2293 [inline]
tty_ioctl+0xa75/0x15d0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2692
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:856
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Solution
References
- CVE-2022-49940
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-49940
- CWE-476
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/linus/f16c6d2e58a4c2b972efcf9eb12390ee0ba3befb
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/309aea4b6b813f6678c3a547cfd7fe3a76ffa976
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a82cf64f8ad63caf6bf115642ce44ddbc64311e
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5aa37f9510345a812c0998bcbbc4d88d1dcc4d8b
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f16c6d2e58a4c2b972efcf9eb12390ee0ba3befb
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49940
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