CVE-2022-48817
MediumIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: ar9331: register the mdiobus under devres As explained in commits: 74b6d7d13307 ("net: dsa: realtek: register the MDIO bus under devres") 5135e96a3dd2 ("net: dsa: don't allocate the slave_mii_bus using devres") mdiobus_free() will panic when called from devm_mdiobus_free() <- devres_release_all() <- __device_release_driver(), and that mdiobus was not previously unregistered. The ar9331 is an MDIO device, so the initial set of constraints that I thought would cause this (I2C or SPI buses which call ->remove on ->shutdown) do not apply. But there is one more which applies here. If the DSA master itself is on a bus that calls ->remove from ->shutdown (like dpaa2-eth, which is on the fsl-mc bus), there is a device link between the switch and the DSA master, and device_links_unbind_consumers() will unbind the ar9331 switch driver on shutdown. So the same treatment must be applied to all DSA switch drivers, which is: either use devres for both the mdiobus allocation and registration, or don't use devres at all. The ar9331 driver doesn't have a complex code structure for mdiobus removal, so just replace of_mdiobus_register with the devres variant in order to be all-devres and ensure that we don't free a still-registered bus.
CVSS 3.1 score
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-48817 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/475ce5dcf2d88fd4f3c213a0ac944e3e40702970
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50facd86e9fbc4b93fe02e5fe05776047f45dbfb
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aae1c6a1d3d696fc33b609fb12fe744a556d1dc5
Frequently asked questions
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What is CVE-2022-48817?
CVE-2022-48817 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2022-48817 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-48817?
CVE-2022-48817 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. -
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-48817?
No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-48817. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
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Is CVE-2022-48817 actively exploited?
No — CVE-2022-48817 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.