CVE-2022-49788
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)
misc/vmw_vmci: fix an infoleak in vmci_host_do_receive_datagram()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc/vmw_vmci: fix an infoleak in vmci_host_do_receive_datagram() `struct vmci_event_qp` allocated by qp_notify_peer() contains padding, which may carry uninitialized data to the userspace, as observed by KMSAN: BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user ./include/linux/instrumented.h:121 instrument_copy_to_user ./include/linux/instrumented.h:121 _copy_to_user+0x5f/0xb0 lib/usercopy.c:33 copy_to_user ./include/linux/uaccess.h:169 vmci_host_do_receive_datagram drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:431 vmci_host_unlocked_ioctl+0x33d/0x43d0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:925 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 ... Uninit was stored to memory at: kmemdup+0x74/0xb0 mm/util.c:131 dg_dispatch_as_host drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:271 vmci_datagram_dispatch+0x4f8/0xfc0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:339 qp_notify_peer+0x19a/0x290 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1479 qp_broker_attach drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1662 qp_broker_alloc+0x2977/0x2f30 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1750 vmci_qp_broker_alloc+0x96/0xd0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1940 vmci_host_do_alloc_queuepair drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:488 vmci_host_unlocked_ioctl+0x24fd/0x43d0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:927 ... Local variable ev created at: qp_notify_peer+0x54/0x290 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1456 qp_broker_attach drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1662 qp_broker_alloc+0x2977/0x2f30 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1750 Bytes 28-31 of 48 are uninitialized Memory access of size 48 starts at ffff888035155e00 Data copied to user address 0000000020000100 Use memset() to prevent the infoleaks. Also speculatively fix qp_notify_peer_local(), which may suffer from the same problem.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06164d2b72aa752ce4633184b3e0d97601017135 | affected | git | 7ccf7229b96fadc3a185d1391f814a604c7ef609 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 06164d2b72aa752ce4633184b3e0d97601017135 | affected | git | f04586c2315cfd03d72ad0395705435e7ed07b1a | Unavailable | None listed |
| 06164d2b72aa752ce4633184b3e0d97601017135 | affected | git | 5a275528025ae4bc7e2232866856dfebf84b2fad | Unavailable | None listed |
| 06164d2b72aa752ce4633184b3e0d97601017135 | affected | git | e7061dd1fef2dfb6458cd521aef27aa66f510d31 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 06164d2b72aa752ce4633184b3e0d97601017135 | affected | git | 62634b43d3c4e1bf62fd540196f7081bf0885c0a | Unavailable | None listed |
| 06164d2b72aa752ce4633184b3e0d97601017135 | affected | git | 8e2f33c598370bcf828bab4d667d1d38bcd3c57d | Unavailable | None listed |
| 06164d2b72aa752ce4633184b3e0d97601017135 | affected | git | 76c50d77b928a33e5290aaa9fdc10e88254ff8c7 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 06164d2b72aa752ce4633184b3e0d97601017135 | affected | git | e5b0d06d9b10f5f43101bd6598b076c347f9295f | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 3.9 | 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 |