In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix lockdep splat in in6_dump_addrs() As reported by syzbot, we should not use rcu_dereference() when rcu_read_lock() is not held. WARNING: suspicious RCU usage 5.19.0-rc2-syzkaller #0 Not tainted net/ipv6/addrconf.c:5175 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! other info that might help us debug this: rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1 1 lock held by syz-executor326/3617: #0: ffffffff8d5848e8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: netlink_dump+0xae/0xc20 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2223 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 PID: 3617 Comm: syz-executor326 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc2-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 in6_dump_addrs+0x12d1/0x1790 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:5175 inet6_dump_addr+0x9c1/0xb50 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:5300 netlink_dump+0x541/0xc20 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2275 __netlink_dump_start+0x647/0x900 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2380 netlink_dump_start include/linux/netlink.h:245 [inline] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x73e/0xc90 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6046 netlink_rcv_skb+0x153/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2501 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x543/0x7f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345 netlink_sendmsg+0x917/0xe10 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0xcf/0x120 net/socket.c:734 ____sys_sendmsg+0x6eb/0x810 net/socket.c:2492 ___sys_sendmsg+0xf3/0x170 net/socket.c:2546 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2575 [inline] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2584 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2582 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x132/0x220 net/socket.c:2582 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

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References
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2930ee1a166df0e12fe9fec4b79cc3dc9634ae45 cve-icon cve-icon
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b39fda51c32dd879451e0119881f31493bf83283 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022622-CVE-2022-49662-3875@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49662 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49662 cve-icon
History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-99
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 01:45:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix lockdep splat in in6_dump_addrs() As reported by syzbot, we should not use rcu_dereference() when rcu_read_lock() is not held. WARNING: suspicious RCU usage 5.19.0-rc2-syzkaller #0 Not tainted net/ipv6/addrconf.c:5175 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! other info that might help us debug this: rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1 1 lock held by syz-executor326/3617: #0: ffffffff8d5848e8 (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: netlink_dump+0xae/0xc20 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2223 stack backtrace: CPU: 0 PID: 3617 Comm: syz-executor326 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc2-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 in6_dump_addrs+0x12d1/0x1790 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:5175 inet6_dump_addr+0x9c1/0xb50 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:5300 netlink_dump+0x541/0xc20 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2275 __netlink_dump_start+0x647/0x900 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2380 netlink_dump_start include/linux/netlink.h:245 [inline] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x73e/0xc90 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6046 netlink_rcv_skb+0x153/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2501 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x543/0x7f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345 netlink_sendmsg+0x917/0xe10 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0xcf/0x120 net/socket.c:734 ____sys_sendmsg+0x6eb/0x810 net/socket.c:2492 ___sys_sendmsg+0xf3/0x170 net/socket.c:2546 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2575 [inline] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2584 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2582 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x132/0x220 net/socket.c:2582 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
Title ipv6: fix lockdep splat in in6_dump_addrs()
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-02-26T02:23:58.824Z

Updated: 2025-05-04T08:42:48.953Z

Reserved: 2025-02-26T02:21:30.435Z

Link: CVE-2022-49662

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-02-26T07:01:41.230

Modified: 2025-02-26T07:01:41.230

Link: CVE-2022-49662

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-02-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-49662 - Bugzilla