CVE-2022-48999 ipv4: Handle attempt to delete multipath route when fib_info contains an nh reference

What is CVE-2022-48999?

CVE-2022-48999 is a high-severity memory corruption 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:

ipv4: Handle attempt to delete multipath route when fib_info contains an nh reference

Gwangun Jung reported a slab-out-of-bounds access in fib_nh_match: fib_nh_match+0xf98/0x1130 linux-6.0-rc7/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c:961 fib_table_delete+0x5f3/0xa40 linux-6.0-rc7/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c:1753 inet_rtm_delroute+0x2b3/0x380 linux-6.0-rc7/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c:874

Separate nexthop objects are mutually exclusive with the legacy multipath spec. Fix fib_nh_match to return if the config for the to be deleted route contains a multipath spec while the fib_info is using a nexthop object.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48999?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-48999?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-48999 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48999 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-2022-48999, GHSA-6m34-xwq2-mrch, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48999.