CVE-2022-48847

watch_queue: Fix filter limit check

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 16, 2024 at 12:25 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 09:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watch_queue: Fix filter limit check In watch_queue_set_filter(), there are a couple of places where we check that the filter type value does not exceed what the type_filter bitmap can hold. One place calculates the number of bits by: if (tf[i].type >= sizeof(wfilter->type_filter) * 8) which is fine, but the second does: if (tf[i].type >= sizeof(wfilter->type_filter) * BITS_PER_LONG) which is not. This can lead to a couple of out-of-bounds writes due to a too-large type: (1) __set_bit() on wfilter->type_filter (2) Writing more elements in wfilter->filters[] than we allocated. Fix this by just using the proper WATCH_TYPE__NR instead, which is the number of types we actually know about. The bug may cause an oops looking something like: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in watch_queue_set_filter+0x659/0x740 Write of size 4 at addr ffff88800d2c66bc by task watch_queue_oob/611 ... Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x45/0x59 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1f/0x150 ... kasan_report.cold+0x7f/0x11b ... watch_queue_set_filter+0x659/0x740 ... __x64_sys_ioctl+0x127/0x190 do_syscall_64+0x43/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae Allocated by task 611: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 __kasan_kmalloc+0x81/0xa0 watch_queue_set_filter+0x23a/0x740 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x127/0x190 do_syscall_64+0x43/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88800d2c66a0 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-32 of size 32 The buggy address is located 28 bytes inside of 32-byte region [ffff88800d2c66a0, ffff88800d2c66c0)

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.295.16 ≤ v < 5.16.155.8 ≤ v < 5.10.1065.8 ≤ v < 5.15.295.8 ≤ v < 5.16.155.8 ≤ v < 5.175.8c73be61cede5882f9605a852414db559c0ebedfd
Vendor states this is fixed in 1b09f28f70a5046acd64138075ae3f095238b045 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 648895da69ced90ca770fd941c3d9479a9d72c16 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b36588ebbcef74583824c08352e75838d6fb4ff2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c993ee0f9f81caf5767a50d1faeba39a0dc82af2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.106 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.29 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.16.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.8 (unaffected)

References (4)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b09f28f70a5046acd64138075ae3f095238b045
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/648895da69ced90ca770fd941c3d9479a9d72c16
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b36588ebbcef74583824c08352e75838d6fb4ff2
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c993ee0f9f81caf5767a50d1faeba39a0dc82af2

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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