ghsa-p59w-r597-mmwf
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix wrong reg type conversion in release_reference()
Some helper functions will allocate memory. To avoid memory leaks, the verifier requires the eBPF program to release these memories by calling the corresponding helper functions.
When a resource is released, all pointer registers corresponding to the resource should be invalidated. The verifier use release_references() to do this job, by apply __mark_reg_unknown() to each relevant register.
It will give these registers the type of SCALAR_VALUE. A register that will contain a pointer value at runtime, but of type SCALAR_VALUE, which may allow the unprivileged user to get a kernel pointer by storing this register into a map.
Using __mark_reg_not_init() while NOT allow_ptr_leaks can mitigate this problem.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-49873"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-01T15:16:12Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix wrong reg type conversion in release_reference()\n\nSome helper functions will allocate memory. To avoid memory leaks, the\nverifier requires the eBPF program to release these memories by calling\nthe corresponding helper functions.\n\nWhen a resource is released, all pointer registers corresponding to the\nresource should be invalidated. The verifier use release_references() to\ndo this job, by apply __mark_reg_unknown() to each relevant register.\n\nIt will give these registers the type of SCALAR_VALUE. A register that\nwill contain a pointer value at runtime, but of type SCALAR_VALUE, which\nmay allow the unprivileged user to get a kernel pointer by storing this\nregister into a map.\n\nUsing __mark_reg_not_init() while NOT allow_ptr_leaks can mitigate this\nproblem.",
"id": "GHSA-p59w-r597-mmwf",
"modified": "2025-05-01T15:31:50Z",
"published": "2025-05-01T15:31:50Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49873"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/466ce46f251dfb259a8cbaa895ab9edd6fb56240"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae5ccad6c711db0f2ca1231be051935dd128b8f5"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cedd4f01f67be94735f15123158f485028571037"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1db20814af532f85e091231223e5e4818e8464b"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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