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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 7, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

tipc: fix the msg->req tlv len check in tipc_nl_compat_name_table_dump_header

This is a follow-up for commit 974cb0e3e7c9 ("tipc: fix uninit-value
in tipc_nl_compat_name_table_dump") where it should have type casted
sizeof(..) to int to work when TLV_GET_DATA_LEN() returns a negative
value.

syzbot reported a call trace because of it:

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ...
tipc_nl_compat_name_table_dump+0x841/0xea0 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:934
__tipc_nl_compat_dumpit+0xab2/0x1320 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:238
tipc_nl_compat_dumpit+0x991/0xb50 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:321
tipc_nl_compat_recv+0xb6e/0x1640 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:1324
genl_family_rcv_msg_doit net/netlink/genetlink.c:731 [inline]
genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:775 [inline]
genl_rcv_msg+0x103f/0x1260 net/netlink/genetlink.c:792
netlink_rcv_skb+0x3a5/0x6c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2501
genl_rcv+0x3c/0x50 net/netlink/genetlink.c:803
netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 [inline]
netlink_unicast+0xf3b/0x1270 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345
netlink_sendmsg+0x1288/0x1440 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]
sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:734 [inline]

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 1, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2025
Last updated May 7, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(4th percentile)

Weaknesses

Use of Uninitialized Resource

The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2022-49862

GHSA ID

GHSA-qp6f-hq95-gpp9

Source code

No known source code

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