CVE-2022-49379

/// Technical description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

driver core: Fix wait_for_device_probe() & deferred_probe_timeout interaction

Mounting NFS rootfs was timing out when deferred_probe_timeout was

non-zero [1]. This was because ip_auto_config() initcall times out

waiting for the network interfaces to show up when

deferred_probe_timeout was non-zero. While ip_auto_config() calls

wait_for_device_probe() to make sure any currently running deferred

probe work or asynchronous probe finishes, that wasn't sufficient to

account for devices being deferred until deferred_probe_timeout.

Commit 35a672363ab3 ("driver core: Ensure wait_for_device_probe() waits

until the deferred_probe_timeout fires") tried to fix that by making

sure wait_for_device_probe() waits for deferred_probe_timeout to expire

before returning.

However, if wait_for_device_probe() is called from the kernel_init()

context:

- Before deferred_probe_initcall() [2], it causes the boot process to

hang due to a

/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

/// References