CVE-2022-50530
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
blk-mq: fix null pointer dereference in blk_mq_clear_rq_mapping()
Our syzkaller report a null pointer dereference, root cause is following:
This is because commit 63064be150e4 ("blk-mq: Add blk_mq_alloc_map_and_rqs()") merged the two steps:
1) set->tags[hctx_idx] = blk_mq_alloc_rq_map() 2) blk_mq_alloc_rqs(..., set->tags[hctx_idx])
into one step:
set->tags[hctx_idx] = blk_mq_alloc_map_and_rqs()
Since tags is not initialized yet in this case, fix the problem by checking if tags is NULL pointer in blk_mq_clear_rq_mapping().
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
__blk_mq_alloc_map_and_rqs
set->tags[hctx_idx] = blk_mq_alloc_map_and_rqs
blk_mq_alloc_map_and_rqs
blk_mq_alloc_rqs
// failed due to oom
alloc_pages_node
// set->tags[hctx_idx] is still NULL
blk_mq_free_rqs
drv_tags = set->tags[hctx_idx];
// null pointer dereference is triggered
blk_mq_clear_rq_mapping(drv_tags, ...)CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.14%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 3
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-476
Referencias
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