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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49420

medium Nessus Plugin ID 225625

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: annotate races around sk->sk_bound_dev_if UDP sendmsg() is lockless, and reads sk->sk_bound_dev_if while this field can be changed by another thread. Adds minimal annotations to avoid KCSAN splats for UDP. Following patches will add more annotations to potential lockless readers. BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __ip6_datagram_connect / udpv6_sendmsg write to 0xffff888136d47a94 of 4 bytes by task 7681 on cpu 0:
 __ip6_datagram_connect+0x6e2/0x930 net/ipv6/datagram.c:221 ip6_datagram_connect+0x2a/0x40 net/ipv6/datagram.c:272 inet_dgram_connect+0x107/0x190 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:576 __sys_connect_file net/socket.c:1900 [inline] __sys_connect+0x197/0x1b0 net/socket.c:1917 __do_sys_connect net/socket.c:1927 [inline] __se_sys_connect net/socket.c:1924 [inline] __x64_sys_connect+0x3d/0x50 net/socket.c:1924 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x2b/0x50 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae read to 0xffff888136d47a94 of 4 bytes by task 7670 on cpu 1:
 udpv6_sendmsg+0xc60/0x16e0 net/ipv6/udp.c:1436 inet6_sendmsg+0x5f/0x80 net/ipv6/af_inet6.c:652 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:705 [inline] sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:725 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x39a/0x510 net/socket.c:2413 ___sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2467 [inline]
 __sys_sendmmsg+0x267/0x4c0 net/socket.c:2553 __do_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2582 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmmsg net/socket.c:2579 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmmsg+0x53/0x60 net/socket.c:2579 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x2b/0x50 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae value changed: 0x00000000 -> 0xffffff9b Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on: CPU: 1 PID: 7670 Comm: syz-executor.3 Tainted: G W 5.18.0-rc1-syzkaller-dirty #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 I chose to not add Fixes: tag because race has minor consequences and stable teams busy enough. (CVE-2022-49420)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 225625

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_49420.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 3/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-49420

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49420