CVE-2022-49227
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
26/02/2025
Last modified:
21/10/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
igc: avoid kernel warning when changing RX ring parameters<br />
<br />
Calling ethtool changing the RX ring parameters like this:<br />
<br />
$ ethtool -G eth0 rx 1024<br />
<br />
on igc triggers kernel warnings like this:<br />
<br />
[ 225.198467] ------------[ cut here ]------------<br />
[ 225.198473] Missing unregister, handled but fix driver<br />
[ 225.198485] WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 959 at net/core/xdp.c:168<br />
xdp_rxq_info_reg+0x79/0xd0<br />
[...]<br />
[ 225.198601] Call Trace:<br />
[ 225.198604] <br />
[ 225.198609] igc_setup_rx_resources+0x3f/0xe0 [igc]<br />
[ 225.198617] igc_ethtool_set_ringparam+0x30e/0x450 [igc]<br />
[ 225.198626] ethnl_set_rings+0x18a/0x250<br />
[ 225.198631] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xca/0x110<br />
[ 225.198637] genl_rcv_msg+0xce/0x1c0<br />
[ 225.198640] ? rings_prepare_data+0x60/0x60<br />
[ 225.198644] ? genl_get_cmd+0xd0/0xd0<br />
[ 225.198647] netlink_rcv_skb+0x4e/0xf0<br />
[ 225.198652] genl_rcv+0x24/0x40<br />
[ 225.198655] netlink_unicast+0x20e/0x330<br />
[ 225.198659] netlink_sendmsg+0x23f/0x480<br />
[ 225.198663] sock_sendmsg+0x5b/0x60<br />
[ 225.198667] __sys_sendto+0xf0/0x160<br />
[ 225.198671] ? handle_mm_fault+0xb2/0x280<br />
[ 225.198676] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x1eb/0x690<br />
[ 225.198680] __x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30<br />
[ 225.198683] do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90<br />
[ 225.198687] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae<br />
[ 225.198693] RIP: 0033:0x7f7ae38ac3aa<br />
<br />
igc_ethtool_set_ringparam() copies the igc_ring structure but neglects to<br />
reset the xdp_rxq_info member before calling igc_setup_rx_resources().<br />
This in turn calls xdp_rxq_info_reg() with an already registered xdp_rxq_info.<br />
<br />
Make sure to unregister the xdp_rxq_info structure first in<br />
igc_setup_rx_resources.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.13 (including) | 5.15.33 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 5.16.19 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.17 (including) | 5.17.2 (excluding) |
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