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CVE-2022-49796

tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit()



Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_array in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit() When test_gen_kprobe_cmd() failed after kprobe_event_gen_cmd_end(), it will goto delete, which will call kprobe_event_delete() and release the corresponding resource. However, the trace_array in gen_kretprobe_test will point to the invalid resource. Set gen_kretprobe_test to NULL after called kprobe_event_delete() to prevent null-ptr-deref. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000070 PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI CPU: 0 PID: 246 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc1-00174-g9522dc5c87da-dirty #248 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.15.0-0-g2dd4b9b3f840-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:__ftrace_set_clr_event_nolock+0x53/0x1b0 Code: e8 82 26 fc ff 49 8b 1e c7 44 24 0c ea ff ff ff 49 39 de 0f 84 3c 01 00 00 c7 44 24 18 00 00 00 00 e8 61 26 fc ff 48 8b 6b 10 <44> 8b 65 70 4c 8b 6d 18 41 f7 c4 00 02 00 00 75 2f RSP: 0018:ffffc9000159fe00 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88810971d268 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffff8881080be600 RSI: ffffffff811b48ff RDI: ffff88810971d058 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001 R10: ffffc9000159fe58 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffffffffa0001064 R13: ffffffffa000106c R14: ffff88810971d238 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f89eeff6540(0000) GS:ffff88813b600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000070 CR3: 000000010599e004 CR4: 0000000000330ef0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> __ftrace_set_clr_event+0x3e/0x60 trace_array_set_clr_event+0x35/0x50 ? 0xffffffffa0000000 kprobe_event_gen_test_exit+0xcd/0x10b [kprobe_event_gen_test] __x64_sys_delete_module+0x206/0x380 ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xd8/0x190 ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x1c/0x50 do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd RIP: 0033:0x7f89eeb061b7

Reserved 2025-05-01 | Published 2025-05-01 | Updated 2025-05-04 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

64836248dda20c8e7427b493f7e06d9bf8f58850 before 28a54854a95923b6266a9479ad660ca2cc0e1d5f
affected

64836248dda20c8e7427b493f7e06d9bf8f58850 before e57daa750369fedbf678346aec724a43b9a51749
affected

64836248dda20c8e7427b493f7e06d9bf8f58850 before 510c12f93674ea0a1423b24f36c67357168a262a
affected

64836248dda20c8e7427b493f7e06d9bf8f58850 before 22ea4ca9631eb137e64e5ab899e9c89cb6670959
affected

Default status
affected

5.6
affected

Any version before 5.6
unaffected

5.10.156
unaffected

5.15.80
unaffected

6.0.10
unaffected

6.1
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/28a54854a95923b6266a9479ad660ca2cc0e1d5f

git.kernel.org/...c/e57daa750369fedbf678346aec724a43b9a51749

git.kernel.org/...c/510c12f93674ea0a1423b24f36c67357168a262a

git.kernel.org/...c/22ea4ca9631eb137e64e5ab899e9c89cb6670959

cve.org (CVE-2022-49796)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2022-49796)

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