CVE-2022-49722
Published: 26 February 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: Fix memory corruption in VF driver Disable VF's RX/TX queues, when it's disabled. VF can have queues enabled, when it requests a reset. If PF driver assumes that VF is disabled, while VF still has queues configured, VF may unmap DMA resources. In such scenario device still can map packets to memory, which ends up silently corrupting it. Previously, VF driver could experience memory corruption, which lead to crash: [ 5119.170157] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 00001b9780003237 [ 5119.170166] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 5119.170173] Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT_RT SMP PTI [ 5119.170181] CPU: 30 PID: 427592 Comm: kworker/u96:2 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W I --------- - - 4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8.x86_64 #1 [ 5119.170189] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R740/014X06, BIOS 2.3.10 08/15/2019 [ 5119.170193] Workqueue: iavf iavf_adminq_task [iavf] [ 5119.170219] RIP: 0010:__page_frag_cache_drain+0x5/0x30 [ 5119.170238] Code: 0f 0f b6 77 51 85 f6 74 07 31 d2 e9 05 df ff ff e9 90 fe ff ff 48 8b 05 49 db 33 01 eb b4 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 <f0> 29 77 34 74 01 c3 48 8b 07 f6 c4 80 74 0f 0f b6 77 51 85 f6 74 [ 5119.170244] RSP: 0018:ffffa43b0bdcfd78 EFLAGS: 00010282 [ 5119.170250] RAX: ffffffff896b3e40 RBX: ffff8fb282524000 RCX: 0000000000000002 [ 5119.170254] RDX: 0000000049000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00001b9780003203 [ 5119.170259] RBP: ffff8fb248217b00 R08: 0000000000000022 R09: 0000000000000009 [ 5119.170262] R10: 2b849d6300000000 R11: 0000000000000020 R12: 0000000000000000 [ 5119.170265] R13: 0000000000001000 R14: 0000000000000009 R15: 0000000000000000 [ 5119.170269] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8fb1201c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 5119.170274] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 5119.170279] CR2: 00001b9780003237 CR3: 00000008f3e1a003 CR4: 00000000007726e0 [ 5119.170283] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 5119.170286] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 5119.170290] PKRU: 55555554 [ 5119.170292] Call Trace: [ 5119.170298] iavf_clean_rx_ring+0xad/0x110 [iavf] [ 5119.170324] iavf_free_rx_resources+0xe/0x50 [iavf] [ 5119.170342] iavf_free_all_rx_resources.part.51+0x30/0x40 [iavf] [ 5119.170358] iavf_virtchnl_completion+0xd8a/0x15b0 [iavf] [ 5119.170377] ? iavf_clean_arq_element+0x210/0x280 [iavf] [ 5119.170397] iavf_adminq_task+0x126/0x2e0 [iavf] [ 5119.170416] process_one_work+0x18f/0x420 [ 5119.170429] worker_thread+0x30/0x370 [ 5119.170437] ? process_one_work+0x420/0x420 [ 5119.170445] kthread+0x151/0x170 [ 5119.170452] ? set_kthread_struct+0x40/0x40 [ 5119.170460] ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40 [ 5119.170477] Modules linked in: iavf sctp ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel mlx4_en mlx4_core nfp tls vhost_net vhost vhost_iotlb tap tun xt_CHECKSUM ipt_MASQUERADE xt_conntrack ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 nft_compat nft_counter nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_tables nfnetlink bridge stp llc rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs lockd grace fscache sunrpc intel_rapl_msr iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support dell_smbios wmi_bmof dell_wmi_descriptor dcdbas kvm_intel kvm irqbypass intel_rapl_common isst_if_common skx_edac irdma nfit libnvdimm x86_pkg_temp_thermal i40e intel_powerclamp coretemp crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel ib_uverbs rapl ipmi_ssif intel_cstate intel_uncore mei_me pcspkr acpi_ipmi ib_core mei lpc_ich i2c_i801 ipmi_si ipmi_devintf wmi ipmi_msghandler acpi_power_meter xfs libcrc32c sd_mod t10_pi sg mgag200 drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops ice ahci drm libahci crc32c_intel libata tg3 megaraid_sas [ 5119.170613] i2c_algo_bit dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod fuse [last unloaded: iavf] [ 5119.170627] CR2: 00001b9780003237
Security Summary
CVE-2022-49722 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the Linux kernel's iavf Virtual Function (VF) driver for Intel Ethernet Controller (ICE) devices. The issue arises during VF reset operations where the VF can retain enabled RX/TX queues even after requesting a reset. If the Physical Function (PF) driver assumes the VF is fully disabled and unmaps its DMA resources, the device may continue mapping incoming packets to that now-unmapped memory, resulting in silent corruption. This was observed to trigger kernel crashes, such as paging faults in functions like __page_frag_cache_drain during RX ring cleanup, as evidenced by oops traces from kernel version 4.18.0-372.9.1.rt7.166.el8.x86_64 on Dell PowerEdge R740 hardware.
Exploitation requires local access (AV:L) with low privileges (PR:L), such as a user or process controlling a VF interface, potentially in SR-IOV enabled environments like virtualized setups. An attacker could trigger the race condition by requesting a VF reset while queues remain active, leading to arbitrary memory corruption. The CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (C:H/I:H/A:H) reflects high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, including potential kernel crashes (demonstrated by BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request) and, in theory, escalation to code execution via the out-of-bounds write (CWE-787).
Mitigation involves applying upstream kernel patches, such as commits 1bb8253b1dd44cf004e12c333acc6f25ee286cf3 and efe41860008e57fb6b69855b4b93fdf34bc42798 from kernel.org stable trees, which ensure VF RX/TX queues are properly disabled during reset to prevent DMA to unmapped memory. Security practitioners should update affected Linux kernels, particularly those using iavf and ice drivers in SR-IOV configurations, and verify via module lists including iavf.
No public reports of real-world exploitation beyond the provided crash reproduction are available; the vulnerability was published on 2025-02-26.
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