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Unscored CVE-2022-48811 EUVD-2022-53690GHSA-rwf6-2rvc-66m9

ibmvnic: don't release napi in __ibmvnic_open()

Published Jul 16, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

ibmvnic: don't release napi in __ibmvnic_open()

If __ibmvnic_open() encounters an error such as when setting link state,
it calls release_resources() which frees the napi structures needlessly.
Instead, have __ibmvnic_open() only clean up the work it did so far (i.e.
disable napi and irqs) and leave the rest to the callers.

If caller of __ibmvnic_open() is ibmvnic_open(), it should release the
resources immediately. If the caller is do_reset() or do_hard_reset(),
they will release the resources on the next reset.

This fixes following crash that occurred when running the drmgr command
several times to add/remove a vnic interface:

[102056] ibmvnic 30000003 env3: Disabling rx_scrq[6] irq
[102056] ibmvnic 30000003 env3: Disabling rx_scrq[7] irq
[102056] ibmvnic 30000003 env3: Replenished 8 pools
Kernel attempted to read user page (10) - exploit attempt? (uid: 0)
BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000010
Faulting instruction address: 0xc000000000a3c840
Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Radix SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA pSeries
...
CPU: 9 PID: 102056 Comm: kworker/9:2 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.16.0-rc5-autotest-g6441998e2e37 #1
Workqueue: events_long __ibmvnic_reset [ibmvnic]
NIP: c000000000a3c840 LR: c0080000029b5378 CTR: c000000000a3c820
REGS: c0000000548e37e0 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (5.16.0-rc5-autotest-g6441998e2e37)
MSR: 8000000000009033 <SF,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 28248484 XER: 00000004
CFAR: c0080000029bdd24 DAR: 0000000000000010 DSISR: 40000000 IRQMASK: 0
GPR00: c0080000029b55d0 c0000000548e3a80 c0000000028f0200 0000000000000000
...
NIP [c000000000a3c840] napi_enable+0x20/0xc0
LR [c0080000029b5378] __ibmvnic_open+0xf0/0x430 [ibmvnic]
Call Trace:
[c0000000548e3a80] [0000000000000006] 0x6 (unreliable)
[c0000000548e3ab0] [c0080000029b55d0] __ibmvnic_open+0x348/0x430 [ibmvnic]
[c0000000548e3b40] [c0080000029bcc28] __ibmvnic_reset+0x500/0xdf0 [ibmvnic]
[c0000000548e3c60] [c000000000176228] process_one_work+0x288/0x570
[c0000000548e3d00] [c000000000176588] worker_thread+0x78/0x660
[c0000000548e3da0] [c0000000001822f0] kthread+0x1c0/0x1d0
[c0000000548e3e10] [c00000000000cf64] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64
Instruction dump:
7d2948f8 792307e0 4e800020 60000000 3c4c01eb 384239e0 f821ffd1 39430010
38a0fff6 e92d1100 f9210028 39200000 <e9030010> f9010020 60420000 e9210020
---[ end trace 5f8033b08fd27706 ]---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.12 5.15.27

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.16.10-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.16.10-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.16.10-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +25 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +27 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.63.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-docs 5.14.21-150500.55.73.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.128.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.128.1.150400.24.62.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +7 5.3.18-150300.59.174.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3249-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.174.1.150300.18.103.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3249-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-docs 4.12.14-122.225.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +3 4.12.14-122.225.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.128.1.150400.24.62.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.128.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.174.1.150300.18.103.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3249-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150300.59.174.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3249-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-azure +2 4.12.14-16.194.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2901-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.225.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1
SLE Real Time 12 SP5 kernel-rt +3 4.12.14-10.197.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2892-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.64.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.128.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.128.1.150400.24.62.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2902-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.128.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.128.1.150400.24.62.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.88.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2902-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.174.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3249-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.174.1.150300.18.103.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3249-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.181.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3225-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.174.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3249-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.174.1.150300.18.103.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3249-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.181.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3225-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_17 +1 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1, SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.128.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_29 1-150400.9.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.174.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3249-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_48 1-150300.7.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3249-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.225.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_59 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2940-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.128.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.128.1.150400.24.62.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.174.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3249-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.174.1.150300.18.103.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3249-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.64.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.128.1.150400.24.62.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms +3 5.14.21-150400.24.128.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.128.1.150400.24.62.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.128.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.174.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3249-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.174.1.150300.18.103.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3249-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dtb-aarch64 +9 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.63.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-docs 5.14.21-150500.55.73.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.64.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.73.1.150500.6.33.8 SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.64.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1

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