CVE-2022-1679: Use After Free
First published: Mon Feb 07 2022(Updated: )
A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s Atheros wireless adapter driver in the way a user forces the ath9k_htc_wait_for_target function to fail with some input messages. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/kernel-rt | <0:4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 | 0:4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 | 0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 | 0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 |
| redhat/kernel-rt | <0:5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1 | 0:5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1 |
| redhat/Linux kernel | <5.18 | 5.18 |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=2.6.35<4.14.291 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.15<4.19.256 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.20<5.4.211 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.5<5.10.137 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.11<5.15.61 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.16<5.18.18 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=5.19<5.19.2 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =10.0 | |
| All of | ||
| Netapp H410c Firmware | ||
| Netapp H410c | ||
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| Netapp H300s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H300s | ||
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| Netapp H500s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H500s | ||
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| Netapp H700s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H700s | ||
| All of | ||
| Netapp H300e Firmware | ||
| Netapp H300e | ||
| All of | ||
| Netapp H500e Firmware | ||
| Netapp H500e | ||
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| Netapp H700e Firmware | ||
| Netapp H700e | ||
| All of | ||
| Netapp H410s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H410s | ||
| Linux Linux kernel | =5.18-rc7 | |
| Netapp H410c Firmware | ||
| Netapp H410c | ||
| Netapp H300s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H300s | ||
| Netapp H500s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H500s | ||
| Netapp H700s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H700s | ||
| Netapp H300e Firmware | ||
| Netapp H300e | ||
| Netapp H500e Firmware | ||
| Netapp H500e | ||
| Netapp H700e Firmware | ||
| Netapp H700e | ||
| Netapp H410s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H410s | ||
| debian/linux | 5.10.223-1 5.10.226-1 6.1.115-1 6.1.119-1 6.11.10-1 6.12.5-1 |
Remedy
To mitigate this issue, prevent the module ath9k from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for information on how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.
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Reference Links
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1679 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1679 https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87ilqc7jv9.fsf@kernel.org/t/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2084125
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2736
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2951
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8267
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7933
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-1679
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87ilqc7jv9.fsf@kernel.org/t/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220629-0007/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-1679
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=2086288
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0412
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87ilqc7jv9.fsf%40kernel.org/t/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1679
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1679
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1679
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1679
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- canonical/netapp h500s
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- canonical/netapp h300e
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