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CVE-2022-48895 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/arm-smmu: Don't unregister on shutdown Michael Walle says he noticed the following stack trace while performing a shutdown with "reboot -f". He suggests he got "lucky" and just hit the correct spot for the reboot while there was a packet transmission in flight. Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000098 CPU: 0 PID: 23 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc5-00088-gf3600ff8e322 #1930 Hardware name: Kontron KBox A-230-LS (DT) pc : iommu_get_dma_domain+0x14/0x20 lr : iommu_dma_map_page+0x9c/0x254 Call trace: iommu_get_dma_domain+0x14/0x20 dma_map_page_attrs+0x1ec/0x250 enetc_start_xmit+0x14c/0x10b0 enetc_xmit+0x60/0xdc dev_hard_start_xmit+0xb8/0x210 sch_direct_xmit+0x11c/0x420 __dev_queue_xmit+0x354/0xb20 ip6_finish_output2+0x280/0x5b0 __ip6_finish_output+0x15c/0x270 ip6_output+0x78/0x15c NF_HOOK.constprop.0+0x50/0xd0 mld_sendpack+0x1bc/0x320 mld_ifc_work+0x1d8/0x4dc process_one_work+0x1e8/0x460 worker_thread+0x178/0x534 kthread+0xe0/0xe4 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Code: d503201f f9416800 d503233f d50323bf (f9404c00) ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Kernel panic - not…

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.1)
Published
2024-08-21
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel
  • linux / linux_kernel / 6.2

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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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