CVE-2022-49568
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2022
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
KVM: Don't null dereference ops->destroy
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: Don't null dereference ops->destroy A KVM device cleanup happens in either of two callbacks: 1) destroy() which is called when the VM is being destroyed; 2) release() which is called when a device fd is closed. Most KVM devices use 1) but Book3s's interrupt controller KVM devices (XICS, XIVE, XIVE-native) use 2) as they need to close and reopen during the machine execution. The error handling in kvm_ioctl_create_device() assumes destroy() is always defined which leads to NULL dereference as discovered by Syzkaller. This adds a checks for destroy!=NULL and adds a missing release(). This is not changing kvm_destroy_devices() as devices with defined release() should have been removed from the KVM devices list by then.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 852b6d57dc7fa378019786fa84727036e56839ea | affected | git | 170465715a60cbb7876e6b961b21bd3225469da8 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 852b6d57dc7fa378019786fa84727036e56839ea | affected | git | 3616776bc51cd3262bb1be60cc01c72e0a1959cf | Unavailable | None listed |
| 852b6d57dc7fa378019786fa84727036e56839ea | affected | git | e91665fbbf3ccb268b268a7d71a6513538d813ac | Unavailable | None listed |
| 852b6d57dc7fa378019786fa84727036e56839ea | affected | git | d4a5a79b780891c5cbdfdc6124d46fdf8d13dba1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 852b6d57dc7fa378019786fa84727036e56839ea | affected | git | e8bc2427018826e02add7b0ed0fc625a60390ae5 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.10 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 3.10 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.4.210 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.4.* | None listed |
| 5.10.134 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.58 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 5.18.15 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.18.* | None listed |
| 5.19 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |