CVE-2022-48854 net: arc_emac: Fix use after free in arc_mdio_probe()

What is CVE-2022-48854?

CVE-2022-48854 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

net: arc_emac: Fix use after free in arc_mdio_probe()

If bus->state is equal to MDIOBUS_ALLOCATED, mdiobus_free(bus) will free the "bus". But bus->name is still used in the next line, which will lead to a use after free.

We can fix it by putting the name in a local variable and make the bus->name point to the rodata section "name",then use the name in the error message without referring to bus to avoid the uaf.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48854?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-48854?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2022-48854 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48854 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48854, GHSA-pvw6-xmpp-3h64, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48854.