af_unix: Get user_ns from in_skb in unix_diag_get_exact().
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Get user_ns from in_skb in unix_diag_get_exact(). Wei Chen reported a NULL deref in sk_user_ns() [0][1], and Paolo diagnosed the root cause: in unix_diag_get_exact(), the newly allocated skb does not have sk. [2] We must get the user_ns from the NETLINK_CB(in_skb).sk and pass it to sk_diag_fill(). [0]: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000270 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 12bbce067 P4D 12bbce067 PUD 12bc40067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP CPU: 0 PID: 27942 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc5-next-20221118 #2 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-48-gd9c812dda519-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:sk_user_ns include/net/sock.h:920 [inline] RIP: 0010:sk_diag_dump_uid net/unix/diag.c:119 [inline] RIP: 0010:sk_diag_fill+0x77d/0x890 net/unix/diag.c:170 Code: 89 ef e8 66 d4 2d fd c7 44 24 40 00 00 00 00 49 8d 7c 24 18 e8 54 d7 2d fd 49 8b 5c 24 18 48 8d bb 70 02 00 00 e8 43 d7 2d fd <48> 8b 9b 70 02 00 00 48 8d 7b 10 e8 33 d7 2d fd 48 8b 5b 10 48 8d RSP: 0018:ffffc90000d67968 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: ffff88812badaa48 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff840d481d RDX: 0000000000000465 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000270 RBP: ffffc90000d679a8 R08: 0000000000000277 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0001ffffffffffff R11: 0001c90000d679a8 R12: ffff88812ac03800 R13: ffff88812c87c400 R14:
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.159, 5.15.83, 5.4.227, 6.0.13
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-48970
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 17:36 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
af_unix: Get user_ns from in_skb in unix_diag_get_exact().
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 21 Oct 2024, 20:05 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Get user_ns from in_skb in unix_diag_get_exact(). Wei Chen reported a NULL deref in sk_user_ns() [0][1], and Paolo diagnosed the root cause: in unix_diag_get_exact(), the newly allocated skb does not have sk. [2] We must get the user_ns from the NETLINK_CB(in_skb).sk and pass it to sk_diag_fill(). [0]: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000270 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 12bbce067 P4D 12bbce067 PUD 12bc40067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP CPU: 0 PID: 27942 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc5-next-20221118 #2 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-48-gd9c812dda519-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:sk_user_ns include/net/sock.h:920 [inline] RIP: 0010:sk_diag_dump_uid net/unix/diag.c:119 [inline] RIP: 0010:sk_diag_fill+0x77d/0x890 net/unix/diag.c:170 Code: 89 ef e8 66 d4 2d fd c7 44 24 40 00 00 00 00 49 8d 7c 24 18 e8 54 d7 2d fd 49 8b 5c 24 18 48 8d bb 70 02 00 00 e8 43 d7 2d fd <48> 8b 9b 70 02 00 00 48 8d 7b 10 e8 33 d7 2d fd 48 8b 5b 10 48 8d RSP: 0018:ffffc90000d67968 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: ffff88812badaa48 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff840d481d RDX: 0000000000000465 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000270 RBP: ffffc90000d679a8 R08: 0000000000000277 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0001ffffffffffff R11: 0001c90000d679a8 R12: ffff88812ac03800 R13: ffff88812c87c400 R14:
osv:CVE-2022-48970
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.4.227, 5.10.159, 5.15.83, 6.0.13
Complete source record
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