CVE-2022-49568

KVM: Don't null dereference ops->destroy

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 26, 2025 at 02:23 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: Don't null dereference ops->destroy A KVM device cleanup happens in either of two callbacks: 1) destroy() which is called when the VM is being destroyed; 2) release() which is called when a device fd is closed. Most KVM devices use 1) but Book3s's interrupt controller KVM devices (XICS, XIVE, XIVE-native) use 2) as they need to close and reopen during the machine execution. The error handling in kvm_ioctl_create_device() assumes destroy() is always defined which leads to NULL dereference as discovered by Syzkaller. This adds a checks for destroy!=NULL and adds a missing release(). This is not changing kvm_destroy_devices() as devices with defined release() should have been removed from the KVM devices list by then.

Affected

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

v < 5.4.2103.10 ≤ v < 5.10.1343.10 ≤ v < 5.15.583.10 ≤ v < 5.18.153.10 ≤ v < 5.193.10 ≤ v < 5.4.2105.11 ≤ v < 5.15.585.16 ≤ v < 5.18.155.5 ≤ v < 5.10.1345.19 rc1852b6d57dc7fa378019786fa84727036e56839ea
Vendor states this is fixed in 170465715a60cbb7876e6b961b21bd3225469da8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3616776bc51cd3262bb1be60cc01c72e0a1959cf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d4a5a79b780891c5cbdfdc6124d46fdf8d13dba1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e8bc2427018826e02add7b0ed0fc625a60390ae5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e91665fbbf3ccb268b268a7d71a6513538d813ac (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.134 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.58 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.18.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.210 (unaffected)

References (5)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/170465715a60cbb7876e6b961b21bd3225469da8
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3616776bc51cd3262bb1be60cc01c72e0a1959cf
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4a5a79b780891c5cbdfdc6124d46fdf8d13dba1
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8bc2427018826e02add7b0ed0fc625a60390ae5
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e91665fbbf3ccb268b268a7d71a6513538d813ac

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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