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CVE-2022-50163

ax25: fix incorrect dev_tracker usage

Summary

ax25: fix incorrect dev_tracker usage

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ax25: fix incorrect dev_tracker usage

While investigating a separate rose issue [1], and enabling
CONFIG_NET_DEV_REFCNT_TRACKER=y, Bernard reported an orthogonal ax25 issue [2]

An ax25_dev can be used by one (or many) struct ax25_cb.
We thus need different dev_tracker, one per struct ax25_cb.

After this patch is applied, we are able to focus on rose.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/fb7544a1-f42e-9254-18cc-c9b071f4ca70@free.fr/

[2]
[ 205.798723] reference already released.
[ 205.798732] allocated in:
[ 205.798734] ax25_bind+0x1a2/0x230 [ax25]
[ 205.798747] __sys_bind+0xea/0x110
[ 205.798753] __x64_sys_bind+0x18/0x20
[ 205.798758] do_syscall_64+0x5c/0x80
[ 205.798763] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
[ 205.798768] freed in:
[ 205.798770] ax25_release+0x115/0x370 [ax25]
[ 205.798778] __sock_release+0x42/0xb0
[ 205.798782] sock_close+0x15/0x20
[ 205.798785] __fput+0x9f/0x260
[ 205.798789] ____fput+0xe/0x10
[ 205.798792] task_work_run+0x64/0xa0
[ 205.798798] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x18b/0x190
[ 205.798804] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x26/0x40
[ 205.798808] do_syscall_64+0x69/0x80
[ 205.798812] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
[ 205.798827] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 205.798829] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 2605 at lib/ref_tracker.c:136 ref_tracker_free.cold+0x60/0x81
[ 205.798837] Modules linked in: rose netrom mkiss ax25 rfcomm cmac algif_hash alg…

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Affected packages

Linux Kernel
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.17.0"},{"fixed":"5.18.18"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.19.0"},{"fixed":"5.19.2"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

References

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