ghsa-4vrr-6gm8-fwf2
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ata: libata-transport: fix error handling in ata_tdev_add()
In ata_tdev_add(), the return value of transport_add_device() is not checked. As a result, it causes null-ptr-deref while removing the module, because transport_remove_device() is called to remove the device that was not added.
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000d0 CPU: 13 PID: 13603 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc3+ #36 pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : device_del+0x48/0x3a0 lr : device_del+0x44/0x3a0 Call trace: device_del+0x48/0x3a0 attribute_container_class_device_del+0x28/0x40 transport_remove_classdev+0x60/0x7c attribute_container_device_trigger+0x118/0x120 transport_remove_device+0x20/0x30 ata_tdev_delete+0x24/0x50 [libata] ata_tlink_delete+0x40/0xa0 [libata] ata_tport_delete+0x2c/0x60 [libata] ata_port_detach+0x148/0x1b0 [libata] ata_pci_remove_one+0x50/0x80 [libata] ahci_remove_one+0x4c/0x8c [ahci]
Fix this by checking and handling return value of transport_add_device() in ata_tdev_add(). In the error path, device_del() is called to delete the device which was added earlier in this function, and ata_tdev_free() is called to free ata_dev.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-49823"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-01T15:16:05Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nata: libata-transport: fix error handling in ata_tdev_add()\n\nIn ata_tdev_add(), the return value of transport_add_device() is\nnot checked. As a result, it causes null-ptr-deref while removing\nthe module, because transport_remove_device() is called to remove\nthe device that was not added.\n\nUnable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000d0\nCPU: 13 PID: 13603 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc3+ #36\npstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\npc : device_del+0x48/0x3a0\nlr : device_del+0x44/0x3a0\nCall trace:\n device_del+0x48/0x3a0\n attribute_container_class_device_del+0x28/0x40\n transport_remove_classdev+0x60/0x7c\n attribute_container_device_trigger+0x118/0x120\n transport_remove_device+0x20/0x30\n ata_tdev_delete+0x24/0x50 [libata]\n ata_tlink_delete+0x40/0xa0 [libata]\n ata_tport_delete+0x2c/0x60 [libata]\n ata_port_detach+0x148/0x1b0 [libata]\n ata_pci_remove_one+0x50/0x80 [libata]\n ahci_remove_one+0x4c/0x8c [ahci]\n\nFix this by checking and handling return value of transport_add_device()\nin ata_tdev_add(). In the error path, device_del() is called to delete\nthe device which was added earlier in this function, and ata_tdev_free()\nis called to free ata_dev.",
"id": "GHSA-4vrr-6gm8-fwf2",
"modified": "2025-05-01T15:31:48Z",
"published": "2025-05-01T15:31:48Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49823"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ff36351309e3eadcff297480baf4785e726de9b"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef2ac07ab83163b9a53f45da20e14302591ad9cc"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f23058dc2398db1d8faca9a2b1ce30b85cdd8b22"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f54331962883f4fc4bf5e487e6e7cf07c4567fef"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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