CVE-2022-49085: drbd: Fix five use after free bugs in get_initial_state

Published Feb 26, 2025
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Updated

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

drbd: Fix five use after free bugs in getinitialstate

In getinitialstate, it calls notifyinitialstatedone(skb,..) if cb->args[5]==1. If genlmsgput() failed in notifyinitialstatedone(), the skb will be freed by nlmsgfree(skb). Then getinitialstate will goto out and the freed skb will be used by return value skb->len, which is a uaf bug.

What's worse, the same problem goes even further: skb can also be freed in the notifystatechange -> notifystate calls below. Thus 4 additional uaf bugs happened.

My patch lets the problem callee functions: notifyinitialstatedone and notifystatechange return an error code if errors happen. So that the error codes could be propagated and the uaf bugs can be avoid.

v2 reports a compilation warning. This v3 fixed this warning and built successfully in my local environment with no additional warnings. v2: https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1435218/

Affected Software

155 affected componentsFixes available
Linux Linux kernel>=4.5<4.9.311
Linux Linux kernel>=4.10<4.14.276
Linux Linux kernel>=4.15<4.19.238
Linux Linux kernel>=4.20<5.4.189
Linux Linux kernel>=5.5<5.10.111
Linux Linux kernel>=5.11<5.15.34
Linux Linux kernel>=5.16<5.16.20
Linux Linux kernel>=5.17<5.17.3
Linux Linux kernel=5.18-rc1
Linux Kernel
DRBD DRBD
debian/linux<5.17.3-1
5.17.3-1
debian/linux<5.17.3-1
5.17.3-1
debian/linux<5.17.3-1
5.17.3-1
debian/linux
6.1.176-16.1.190-16.12.107-16.12.115-27.2.12-17.2.15-1
ubuntu/linux-azure<4.15.0-1146.161~14.04.1
4.15.0-1146.161~14.04.1
ubuntu/linux-aws-hwe<4.15.0-1137.148~16.04.1
4.15.0-1137.148~16.04.1
ubuntu/linux-azure<4.15.0-1146.161~16.04.1
4.15.0-1146.161~16.04.1
ubuntu/linux-gcp<4.15.0-1131.147~16.04.1
4.15.0-1131.147~16.04.1
ubuntu/linux-hwe<4.15.0-189.200~16.04.1
4.15.0-189.200~16.04.1
ubuntu/linux-oracle<4.15.0-1102.113~16.04.1
4.15.0-1102.113~16.04.1
ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*
ubuntu/linux<4.15.0-189.200
4.15.0-189.200
ubuntu/linux-aws<4.15.0-1137.148
4.15.0-1137.148
ubuntu/linux-aws-5.4<5.4.0-1078.84~18.04.1
5.4.0-1078.84~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-azure-4.15<4.15.0-1146.161
4.15.0-1146.161
ubuntu/linux-azure-5.4<5.4.0-1083.87~18.04.1
5.4.0-1083.87~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-gcp-4.15<4.15.0-1131.147
4.15.0-1131.147
ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.4<5.4.0-1078.84~18.04.1
5.4.0-1078.84~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.4<5.4.0-117.132~18.04.1
5.4.0-117.132~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-ibm-5.4<5.4.0-1028.32~18.04.1
5.4.0-1028.32~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-kvm<4.15.0-1123.128
4.15.0-1123.128
ubuntu/linux-oracle<4.15.0-1102.113
4.15.0-1102.113
ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.4<5.4.0-1076.83~18.04.1
5.4.0-1076.83~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-raspi-5.4<5.4.0-1065.75~18.04.1
5.4.0-1065.75~18.04.1
ubuntu/linux-aws-5.0*
ubuntu/linux-aws-5.3*
ubuntu/linux-azure*
ubuntu/linux-azure-5.3*
ubuntu/linux-azure-edge*
ubuntu/linux-gcp*
ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.3*
ubuntu/linux-gke-4.15*
ubuntu/linux-gke-5.4*
ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.4*
ubuntu/linux-hwe*
ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*
ubuntu/linux-oem*
ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.0*
ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.3*
ubuntu/linux-aws-fips<4.15.0-2076.81
4.15.0-2076.81
ubuntu/linux-azure-fips<4.15.0-2057.63
4.15.0-2057.63
ubuntu/linux-fips<4.15.0-1094.105
4.15.0-1094.105
ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips<4.15.0-2041.46
4.15.0-2041.46
ubuntu/linux-aws-fips*
ubuntu/linux-azure-fips*
ubuntu/linux-fips*
ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips*
ubuntu/linux<5.4.0-117.132
5.4.0-117.132
ubuntu/linux-aws<5.4.0-1078.84
5.4.0-1078.84
ubuntu/linux-azure<5.4.0-1083.87
5.4.0-1083.87
ubuntu/linux-azure-5.15<5.15.0-1008.9~20.04.1
5.15.0-1008.9~20.04.1
ubuntu/linux-bluefield<5.4.0-1040.44
5.4.0-1040.44
ubuntu/linux-gcp<5.4.0-1078.84
5.4.0-1078.84
ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.15<5.15.0-41.44~20.04.1
5.15.0-41.44~20.04.1
ubuntu/linux-ibm<5.4.0-1026.29
5.4.0-1026.29
ubuntu/linux-intel-iotg-5.15<5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1
5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1
ubuntu/linux-iot<5.4.0-1004.6
5.4.0-1004.6
ubuntu/linux-kvm<5.4.0-1068.72
5.4.0-1068.72
ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15<5.15.0-42.45~20.04.1
5.15.0-42.45~20.04.1
ubuntu/linux-oracle<5.4.0-1076.83
5.4.0-1076.83
ubuntu/linux-raspi<5.4.0-1065.75
5.4.0-1065.75
ubuntu/linux-aws-5.11*
ubuntu/linux-aws-5.13*
ubuntu/linux-aws-5.8*
ubuntu/linux-azure-5.11*
ubuntu/linux-azure-5.13*
ubuntu/linux-azure-5.8*
ubuntu/linux-azure-fde*
ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.11*
ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.13*
ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.8*
ubuntu/linux-gke*
ubuntu/linux-gke-5.15*
ubuntu/linux-gkeop*
ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.15*
ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.11*
ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.13*
ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.8*
ubuntu/linux-intel-5.13*
ubuntu/linux-oem-5.10*
ubuntu/linux-oem-5.13*
ubuntu/linux-oem-5.6*
ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.11*
ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.13*
ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.8*
ubuntu/linux-raspi2*
ubuntu/linux-riscv*
ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.11*
ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.8*
ubuntu/linux-aws-fips<5.4.0-1078.84+fips1
5.4.0-1078.84+fips1
ubuntu/linux-azure-fips<5.4.0-1083.87+fips1
5.4.0-1083.87+fips1
ubuntu/linux-fips<5.4.0-1054.61
5.4.0-1054.61
ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips<5.4.0-1078.84+fips1
5.4.0-1078.84+fips1
ubuntu/linux-aws-fips*
ubuntu/linux-azure-fips*
ubuntu/linux-fips*
ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips*
ubuntu/linux<5.15.0-37.39
5.15.0-37.39
ubuntu/linux-allwinner-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-aws<5.15.0-1011.14
5.15.0-1011.14
ubuntu/linux-aws-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-aws-6.2*
ubuntu/linux-aws-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-azure<5.15.0-1010.12
5.15.0-1010.12
ubuntu/linux-azure-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-azure-6.2*
ubuntu/linux-azure-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.2*
ubuntu/linux-gcp<5.15.0-1008.12
5.15.0-1008.12
ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.2*
ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-gke<5.15.0-1008.10
5.15.0-1008.10
ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.2*
ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-ibm<5.15.0-1007.8
5.15.0-1007.8
ubuntu/linux-intel-iot-realtime*
ubuntu/linux-intel-iotg<5.15.0-1008.11
5.15.0-1008.11
ubuntu/linux-kvm<5.15.0-1010.11
5.15.0-1010.11
ubuntu/linux-lowlatency<5.15.0-37.39
5.15.0-37.39
ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2*
ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.2*
ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-oem-5.17*
ubuntu/linux-oem-6.0*
ubuntu/linux-oem-6.1*
ubuntu/linux-oem-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-oracle<5.15.0-1009.12
5.15.0-1009.12
ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-raspi<5.15.0-1011.13
5.15.0-1011.13
ubuntu/linux-realtime*
ubuntu/linux-riscv*
ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-starfive-5.19*
ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.2*
ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.5*
ubuntu/linux-realtime<5.15.0-1014.14
5.15.0-1014.14
ubuntu/linux-raspi-realtime*
ubuntu/linux-vmware*

Remediation

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Event History

Feb 26, 2025
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:54 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:54 AM
DescriptionSeverity
Data Sourced
via OSV·07:00 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2022-49085?

CVE-2022-49085 is classified as a use-after-free vulnerability which can lead to denial of service or potential code execution.

2

How do I fix CVE-2022-49085?

To fix CVE-2022-49085, you should update your Linux kernel to a version that includes the security patch addressing this vulnerability.

3

Which versions of the Linux kernel are affected by CVE-2022-49085?

CVE-2022-49085 affects Linux kernel versions prior to 5.18-rc1, specifically versions from 4.5 up to 5.17.3.

4

What are the potential impacts of CVE-2022-49085?

The potential impacts of CVE-2022-49085 include system crashes, denial of service, and possible remote code execution.

5

Where can I find more information on CVE-2022-49085?

More information about CVE-2022-49085 can be found in Linux kernel security advisory notices and related technical documentation.

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