CVE-2022-50712
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: devlink: hold region lock when flushing snapshots Netdevsim triggers a splat on reload, when it destroys regions with snapshots pending: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 787 at net/core/devlink.c:6291 devlink_region_snapshot_del+0x12e/0x140 CPU: 1 PID: 787 Comm: devlink Not tainted 6.1.0-07460-g7ae9888d6e1c #580 RIP: 0010:devlink_region_snapshot_del+0x12e/0x140 Call Trace: <TASK> devl_region_destroy+0x70/0x140 nsim_dev_reload_down+0x2f/0x60 [netdevsim] devlink_reload+0x1f7/0x360 devlink_nl_cmd_reload+0x6ce/0x860 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0x145/0x1c0 This is the locking assert in devlink_region_snapshot_del(), we're supposed to be holding the region->snapshot_lock here.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50712
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50712.html
Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6583
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.4-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.1.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.1.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.1.4-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.