CVE-2022-50133

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Description

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: xhci_plat_remove: avoid NULL dereference Since commit 4736ebd7fcaff1eb8481c140ba494962847d6e0a ("usb: host: xhci-plat: omit shared hcd if either root hub has no ports") xhci->shared_hcd can be NULL, which causes the following Oops on reboot: [ 710.124450] systemd-shutdown[1]: Rebooting. [ 710.298861] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.2.auto: remove, state 4 [ 710.304217] usb usb3: USB disconnect, device number 1 [ 710.317441] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.2.auto: USB bus 3 deregistered [ 710.323280] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.2.auto: remove, state 1 [ 710.328401] usb usb2: USB disconnect, device number 1 [ 710.333515] usb 2-3: USB disconnect, device number 2 [ 710.467649] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.2.auto: USB bus 2 deregistered [ 710.475450] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000003b8 [ 710.484425] Mem abort info: [ 710.487265] ESR = 0x0000000096000004 [ 710.491060] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 710.496427] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 710.499525] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 710.502716] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault [ 710.507648] Data abort info: [ 710.510577] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004 [ 710.514462] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ 710.517480] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000008b0050000 [ 710.523976] [00000000000003b8] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 [ 710.530961] Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 710.536551] Modules linked in: rfkill input_leds snd_soc_simple_card snd_soc_simple_card_utils snd_soc_nau8822 designware_i2s snd_soc_core dw_hdmi_ahb_audio snd_pcm_dmaengine arm_ccn panfrost ac97_bus gpu_sched snd_pcm at24 fuse configfs sdhci_of_dwcmshc sdhci_pltfm sdhci nvme led_class mmc_core nvme_core bt1_pvt polynomial tp_serio snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd soundcore efivarfs ipv6 [ 710.575286] CPU: 7 PID: 1 Comm: systemd-shutdow Not tainted 5.19.0-rc7-00043-gfd8619f4fd54 #1 [ 710.583822] Hardware name: T-Platforms TF307-MB/BM1BM1-A, BIOS 5.6 07/06/2022 [ 710.590972] pstate: 40000005 (nZcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 710.597949] pc : usb_remove_hcd+0x34/0x1e4 [ 710.602067] lr : xhci_plat_remove+0x74/0x140 [ 710.606351] sp : ffff800009f3b7c0 [ 710.609674] x29: ffff800009f3b7c0 x28: ffff000800960040 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 710.616833] x26: ffff800008dc22a0 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000 [ 710.623992] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffff000805465810 x21: ffff000805465800 [ 710.631149] x20: ffff000800f80000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: ffffffffffffffff [ 710.638307] x17: ffff000805096000 x16: ffff00080633b800 x15: ffff000806537a1c [ 710.645465] x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: ffff00080378d6f0 [ 710.652621] x11: ffff00080041a900 x10: ffff800009b204e8 x9 : ffff8000088abaa4 [ 710.659779] x8 : ffff000800960040 x7 : ffff800009409000 x6 : 0000000000000001 [ 710.666936] x5 : ffff800009241000 x4 : ffff800009241440 x3 : 0000000000000000 [ 710.674094] x2 : ffff000800960040 x1 : ffff000800960040 x0 : 0000000000000000 [ 710.681251] Call trace: [ 710.683704] usb_remove_hcd+0x34/0x1e4 [ 710.687467] xhci_plat_remove+0x74/0x140 [ 710.691400] platform_remove+0x34/0x70 [ 710.695165] device_remove+0x54/0x90 [ 710.698753] device_release_driver_internal+0x200/0x270 [ 710.703992] device_release_driver+0x24/0x30 [ 710.708273] bus_remove_device+0xe0/0x16c [ 710.712293] device_del+0x178/0x390 [ 710.715797] platform_device_del.part.0+0x24/0x90 [ 710.720514] platform_device_unregister+0x30/0x50 [ 710.725232] dwc3_host_exit+0x20/0x30 [ 710.728907] dwc3_remove+0x174/0x1b0 [ 710.732494] platform_remove+0x34/0x70 [ 710.736254] device_remove+0x54/0x90 [ 710.739840] device_release_driver_internal+0x200/0x270 [ 710.745078] device_release_driver+0x24/0x30 [ 710.749359] bus_remove_device+0xe0/0x16c [ 710.753380] device_del+0x178/0x390 [ 710.756881] platform_device_del.part ---truncated---

Affected Packages and Issued Red Hat Security Errata

Products / Services Components State Errata
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel-rt Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel-rt Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel Fixed RHSA-2023:2951
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel Fixed RHSA-2023:2458
Unless explicitly stated as not affected, all previous versions of packages in any minor update stream of a product listed here should be assumed vulnerable, although may not have been subject to full analysis.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

Important note

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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown Red Hat NVD
CVSS v3 Base Score 7 5.5
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity High Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High None
Integrity Impact High None
Availability Impact High High

CVSS v3 Vector

Red Hat CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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