CVE-2022-49889
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)
ring-buffer: Check for NULL cpu_buffer in ring_buffer_wake_waiters()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Check for NULL cpu_buffer in ring_buffer_wake_waiters() On some machines the number of listed CPUs may be bigger than the actual CPUs that exist. The tracing subsystem allocates a per_cpu directory with access to the per CPU ring buffer via a cpuX file. But to save space, the ring buffer will only allocate buffers for online CPUs, even though the CPU array will be as big as the nr_cpu_ids. With the addition of waking waiters on the ring buffer when closing the file, the ring_buffer_wake_waiters() now needs to make sure that the buffer is allocated (with the irq_work allocated with it) before trying to wake waiters, as it will cause a NULL pointer dereference. While debugging this, I added a NULL check for the buffer itself (which is OK to do), and also NULL pointer checks against buffer->buffers (which is not fine, and will WARN) as well as making sure the CPU number passed in is within the nr_cpu_ids (which is also not fine if it isn't). Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1204705
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2475de2bc0de17fb1b24c5e90194f84b5ca70d3e | affected | git | b5074df412bf3df9d6ce096b6fa03eb1082d05c9 | Unavailable | None listed |
| f4f15344110d0b5b8822ac97bc8200e71939c945 | affected | git | 49ca992f6e50d0f46ec9608f44e011cf3121f389 | Unavailable | None listed |
| f3ddb74ad0790030c9592229fb14d8c451f4e9a8 | affected | git | 7433632c9ff68a991bd0bc38cabf354e9d2de410 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5544f411a4e8bc39e6a444badbac37dd0e0caf0a | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.19.17 | affected | semver | 5.20 | Unavailable | None listed |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.15.75 | affected | semver | 5.15.78 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.0.3 | affected | semver | 6.0.8 | Unavailable | None listed |