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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49427

medium Nessus Plugin ID 225638

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: iommu/mediatek: Remove clk_disable in mtk_iommu_remove After the commit b34ea31fe013 (iommu/mediatek: Always enable the clk on resume), the iommu clock is controlled by the runtime callback. thus remove the clk control in the mtk_iommu_remove.
 Otherwise, it will warning like: echo 14018000.iommu > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/mtk-iommu/unbind [ 51.413044] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 51.413648] vpp0_smi_iommu already disabled [ 51.414233] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 157 at */v5.15-rc1/kernel/mediatek/ drivers/clk/clk.c:952 clk_core_disable+0xb0/0xb8 [ 51.417174] Hardware name: MT8195V/C(ENG) (DT) [ 51.418635] pc : clk_core_disable+0xb0/0xb8 [ 51.419177] lr : clk_core_disable+0xb0/0xb8 ... [ 51.429375] Call trace: [ 51.429694] clk_core_disable+0xb0/0xb8 [ 51.430193] clk_core_disable_lock+0x24/0x40 [ 51.430745] clk_disable+0x20/0x30 [ 51.431189] mtk_iommu_remove+0x58/0x118 [ 51.431705] platform_remove+0x28/0x60 [ 51.432197] device_release_driver_internal+0x110/0x1f0 [ 51.432873] device_driver_detach+0x18/0x28 [ 51.433418] unbind_store+0xd4/0x108 [ 51.433886] drv_attr_store+0x24/0x38 [ 51.434363] sysfs_kf_write+0x40/0x58 [ 51.434843] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x164/0x1e0 (CVE-2022-49427)

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: 225638

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_49427.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: 5.1

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-2022-49427

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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-2022-49427