CVE-2022-49229
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 />
ptp: unregister virtual clocks when unregistering physical clock.<br />
<br />
When unregistering a physical clock which has some virtual clocks,<br />
unregister the virtual clocks with it.<br />
<br />
This fixes the following oops, which can be triggered by unloading<br />
a driver providing a PTP clock when it has enabled virtual clocks:<br />
<br />
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffc04fc4d8<br />
Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI<br />
RIP: 0010:ptp_vclock_read+0x31/0xb0<br />
Call Trace:<br />
timecounter_read+0xf/0x50<br />
ptp_vclock_refresh+0x2c/0x50<br />
? ptp_clock_release+0x40/0x40<br />
ptp_aux_kworker+0x17/0x30<br />
kthread_worker_fn+0x9b/0x240<br />
? kthread_should_park+0x30/0x30<br />
kthread+0xe2/0x110<br />
? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20<br />
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.14.1 (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) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.14:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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