CVE-2022-49771
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)
dm ioctl: fix misbehavior if list_versions races with module loading
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm ioctl: fix misbehavior if list_versions races with module loading __list_versions will first estimate the required space using the "dm_target_iterate(list_version_get_needed, &needed)" call and then will fill the space using the "dm_target_iterate(list_version_get_info, &iter_info)" call. Each of these calls locks the targets using the "down_read(&_lock)" and "up_read(&_lock)" calls, however between the first and second "dm_target_iterate" there is no lock held and the target modules can be loaded at this point, so the second "dm_target_iterate" call may need more space than what was the first "dm_target_iterate" returned. The code tries to handle this overflow (see the beginning of list_version_get_info), however this handling is incorrect. The code sets "param->data_size = param->data_start + needed" and "iter_info.end = (char *)vers+len" - "needed" is the size returned by the first dm_target_iterate call; "len" is the size of the buffer allocated by userspace. "len" may be greater than "needed"; in this case, the code will write up to "len" bytes into the buffer, however param->data_size is set to "needed", so it may write data past the param->data_size value. The ioctl interface copies only up to param->data_size into userspace, thus part of the result will be truncated. Fix this bug by setting "iter_info.end = (char *)vers + needed;" - this guarantees that the second "dm_target_iterate" call will write only up to the "needed" buffer and it will exit with "DM_BUFFER_FULL_FLAG" if it overflows the "needed" space - in this case, userspace will allocate a larger buffer and retry. Note that there is also a bug in list_version_get_needed - we need to add "strlen(tt->name) + 1" to the needed size, not "strlen(tt->name)".
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 0c8d4112df329bf3dfbf27693f918c3b08676538 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 6a818db0d5aecf80d4ba9e10ac153f60adc629ca | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 3a1c35d72dc0b34d1e746ed705790c0f630aa427 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | b545c0e1e4094d4de2bdfe9a3823f9154b0c0005 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | f59f5a269ca5e43c567aca7f1f52500a0186e9b7 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 6ffce7a92ef5c68f7e5d6f4d722c2f96280c064b | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 5398b8e275bf81a2517b327d216c0f37ac9ac5ae | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 4fe1ec995483737f3d2a14c3fe1d8fe634972979 | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6.12 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 2.6.12 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.9.334 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.9.* | None listed |
| 4.14.300 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.14.* | None listed |
| 4.19.267 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.19.* | None listed |
| 5.4.225 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.4.* | None listed |
| 5.10.156 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.80 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.0.10 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.0.* | None listed |
| 6.1 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |