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CVE-2022-48746 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix handling of wrong devices during bond netevent Current implementation of bond netevent handler only check if the handled netdev is VF representor and it missing a check if the VF representor is on the same phys device of the bond handling the netevent. Fix by adding the missing check and optimizing the check if the netdev is VF representor so it will not access uninitialized private data and crashes. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000036c PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI Workqueue: eth3bond0 bond_mii_monitor [bonding] RIP: 0010:mlx5e_is_uplink_rep+0xc/0x50 [mlx5_core] RSP: 0018:ffff88812d69fd60 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8881cf800000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffff88812d69fe10 RSI: 000000000000001b RDI: ffff8881cf800880 RBP: ffff8881cf800000 R08: 00000445cabccf2b R09: 0000000000000008 R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000008 R12: ffff88812d69fe10 R13: 00000000fffffffe R14: ffff88820c0f9000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88846fb00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000…

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.1)
Published
2024-06-20
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel
  • linux / linux_kernel / 5.17

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Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

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