CVE-2022-48962 net: hisilicon: Fix potential use-after-free in hisi_femac_rx()

High 8.8 Published Updated

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Hisilicon FEMAC network driver allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-48962?

CVE-2022-48962 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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: hisilicon: Fix potential use-after-free in hisi_femac_rx()

The skb is delivered to napi_gro_receive() which may free it, after calling this, dereferencing skb may trigger use-after-free.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48962?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-48962?

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-2022-48962 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48962 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48962, GHSA-59m8-hg79-86pp, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48962.

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