CVE-2022-49664

/// Technical description

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

tipc: move bc link creation back to tipc_node_create

Shuang Li reported a NULL pointer dereference crash:

[] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000068

[] RIP: 0010:tipc_link_is_up+0x5/0x10 [tipc]

[] Call Trace:

[] <IRQ>

[] tipc_bcast_rcv+0xa2/0x190 [tipc]

[] tipc_node_bc_rcv+0x8b/0x200 [tipc]

[] tipc_rcv+0x3af/0x5b0 [tipc]

[] tipc_udp_recv+0xc7/0x1e0 [tipc]

It was caused by the 'l' passed into tipc_bcast_rcv() is NULL. When it

creates a node in tipc_node_check_dest(), after inserting the new node

into hashtable in tipc_node_create(), it creates the bc link. However,

there is a gap between this insert and bc link creation, a bc packet

may come in and get the node from the hashtable then try to dereference

its bc link, which is NULL.

This patch is to fix it by moving the bc link creation before inserting

into the hashtable.

Note that for a preliminary node becoming "real",

/// 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