Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49592

high Nessus Plugin ID 226821

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: stmmac: fix dma queue left shift overflow issue When queue number is > 4, left shift overflows due to 32 bits integer variable. Mask calculation is wrong for MTL_RXQ_DMA_MAP1. If CONFIG_UBSAN is enabled, kernel dumps below warning: [ 10.363842] ================================================================== [ 10.363882] UBSAN: shift- out-of-bounds in /build/linux-intel-iotg-5.15-8e6Tf4/ linux-intel- iotg-5.15-5.15.0/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c:224:12 [ 10.363929] shift exponent 40 is too large for 32-bit type 'unsigned int' [ 10.363953] CPU: 1 PID: 599 Comm: NetworkManager Not tainted 5.15.0-1003-intel-iotg [ 10.363956] Hardware name: ADLINK Technology Inc. LEC-EL/LEC-EL, BIOS 0.15.11 12/22/2021 [ 10.363958] Call Trace: [ 10.363960] <TASK> [ 10.363963] dump_stack_lvl+0x4a/0x5f [ 10.363971] dump_stack+0x10/0x12 [ 10.363974] ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x45 [ 10.363976]
__ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds.cold+0x61/0x10e [ 10.363979] ? wake_up_klogd+0x4a/0x50 [ 10.363983] ? vprintk_emit+0x8f/0x240 [ 10.363986] dwmac4_map_mtl_dma.cold+0x42/0x91 [stmmac] [ 10.364001] stmmac_mtl_configuration+0x1ce/0x7a0 [stmmac] [ 10.364009] ? dwmac410_dma_init_channel+0x70/0x70 [stmmac] [ 10.364020] stmmac_hw_setup.cold+0xf/0xb14 [stmmac] [ 10.364030] ? page_pool_alloc_pages+0x4d/0x70 [ 10.364034] ? stmmac_clear_tx_descriptors+0x6e/0xe0 [stmmac] [ 10.364042] stmmac_open+0x39e/0x920 [stmmac] [ 10.364050] __dev_open+0xf0/0x1a0 [ 10.364054] __dev_change_flags+0x188/0x1f0 [ 10.364057] dev_change_flags+0x26/0x60 [ 10.364059] do_setlink+0x908/0xc40 [ 10.364062] ? do_setlink+0xb10/0xc40 [ 10.364064] ? __nla_validate_parse+0x4c/0x1a0 [ 10.364068] __rtnl_newlink+0x597/0xa10 [ 10.364072] ?
__nla_reserve+0x41/0x50 [ 10.364074] ? __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x1d0/0x4d0 [ 10.364079] ? pskb_expand_head+0x75/0x310 [ 10.364082] ? nla_reserve_64bit+0x21/0x40 [ 10.364086] ? skb_free_head+0x65/0x80 [ 10.364089] ? security_sock_rcv_skb+0x2c/0x50 [ 10.364094] ?
__cond_resched+0x19/0x30 [ 10.364097] ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x15a/0x420 [ 10.364100] rtnl_newlink+0x49/0x70 This change fixes MTL_RXQ_DMA_MAP1 mask issue and channel/queue mapping warning.
BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216195 (CVE-2022-49592)

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: High

ID: 226821

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_49592.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: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-49592

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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-2022-49592

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