ghsa-65f7-9jmg-75c7
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
misc/vmw_vmci: fix an infoleak in vmci_host_do_receive_datagram()
struct vmci_event_qp allocated by qp_notify_peer() contains padding,
which may carry uninitialized data to the userspace, as observed by
KMSAN:
BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user ./include/linux/instrumented.h:121 instrument_copy_to_user ./include/linux/instrumented.h:121 _copy_to_user+0x5f/0xb0 lib/usercopy.c:33 copy_to_user ./include/linux/uaccess.h:169 vmci_host_do_receive_datagram drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:431 vmci_host_unlocked_ioctl+0x33d/0x43d0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:925 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 ...
Uninit was stored to memory at: kmemdup+0x74/0xb0 mm/util.c:131 dg_dispatch_as_host drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:271 vmci_datagram_dispatch+0x4f8/0xfc0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:339 qp_notify_peer+0x19a/0x290 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1479 qp_broker_attach drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1662 qp_broker_alloc+0x2977/0x2f30 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1750 vmci_qp_broker_alloc+0x96/0xd0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1940 vmci_host_do_alloc_queuepair drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:488 vmci_host_unlocked_ioctl+0x24fd/0x43d0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:927 ...
Local variable ev created at: qp_notify_peer+0x54/0x290 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1456 qp_broker_attach drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1662 qp_broker_alloc+0x2977/0x2f30 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1750
Bytes 28-31 of 48 are uninitialized Memory access of size 48 starts at ffff888035155e00 Data copied to user address 0000000020000100
Use memset() to prevent the infoleaks.
Also speculatively fix qp_notify_peer_local(), which may suffer from the same problem.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-49788"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-908"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-01T15:16:02Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmisc/vmw_vmci: fix an infoleak in vmci_host_do_receive_datagram()\n\n`struct vmci_event_qp` allocated by qp_notify_peer() contains padding,\nwhich may carry uninitialized data to the userspace, as observed by\nKMSAN:\n\n BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user ./include/linux/instrumented.h:121\n instrument_copy_to_user ./include/linux/instrumented.h:121\n _copy_to_user+0x5f/0xb0 lib/usercopy.c:33\n copy_to_user ./include/linux/uaccess.h:169\n vmci_host_do_receive_datagram drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:431\n vmci_host_unlocked_ioctl+0x33d/0x43d0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:925\n vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51\n ...\n\n Uninit was stored to memory at:\n kmemdup+0x74/0xb0 mm/util.c:131\n dg_dispatch_as_host drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:271\n vmci_datagram_dispatch+0x4f8/0xfc0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:339\n qp_notify_peer+0x19a/0x290 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1479\n qp_broker_attach drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1662\n qp_broker_alloc+0x2977/0x2f30 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1750\n vmci_qp_broker_alloc+0x96/0xd0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1940\n vmci_host_do_alloc_queuepair drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:488\n vmci_host_unlocked_ioctl+0x24fd/0x43d0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:927\n ...\n\n Local variable ev created at:\n qp_notify_peer+0x54/0x290 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1456\n qp_broker_attach drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1662\n qp_broker_alloc+0x2977/0x2f30 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1750\n\n Bytes 28-31 of 48 are uninitialized\n Memory access of size 48 starts at ffff888035155e00\n Data copied to user address 0000000020000100\n\nUse memset() to prevent the infoleaks.\n\nAlso speculatively fix qp_notify_peer_local(), which may suffer from the\nsame problem.",
"id": "GHSA-65f7-9jmg-75c7",
"modified": "2025-11-07T21:31:17Z",
"published": "2025-05-01T15:31:46Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49788"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a275528025ae4bc7e2232866856dfebf84b2fad"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62634b43d3c4e1bf62fd540196f7081bf0885c0a"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76c50d77b928a33e5290aaa9fdc10e88254ff8c7"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ccf7229b96fadc3a185d1391f814a604c7ef609"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e2f33c598370bcf828bab4d667d1d38bcd3c57d"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5b0d06d9b10f5f43101bd6598b076c347f9295f"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7061dd1fef2dfb6458cd521aef27aa66f510d31"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f04586c2315cfd03d72ad0395705435e7ed07b1a"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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