CVE-2022-48640 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2022-48640
Vulnerability Scoring

Analysis In Progress

Attack Complexity Details

Attack Complexity:
Attack Complexity Analysis In Progress
Attack Vector:
Attack Vector Under Analysis
Privileges Required: None
No authentication is required for exploitation.
Scope:
Impact is confined to the initially vulnerable component.
User Interaction: None
No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2022-48640 Details

Status: Awaiting Analysis

Last updated: 🕢 21 Nov 2024, 07:33 UTC
Originally published on: 🕐 28 Apr 2024, 13:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 206 days

CVSS Release:

CVE-2022-48640 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-48640: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bonding: fix NULL deref in bond_rr_gen_slave_id Fix a NULL dereference of the struct bonding.rr_tx_counter member because if a bond is initially created with an initial mode != zero (Round Robin) the memory required for the counter is never created and when the mode is changed there is never any attempt to verify the memory is allocated upon switching modes. This causes the following Oops on an aarch64 machine: [ 334.686773] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff2c91ac905000 [ 334.694703] Mem abort info: [ 334.697486] ESR = 0x0000000096000004 [ 334.701234] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 334.706536] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 334.709579] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 334.712719] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault [ 334.717586] Data abort info: [ 334.720454] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004 [ 334.724288] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ 334.727244] swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=000008044d662000 [ 334.733944] [ffff2c91ac905000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 [ 334.740734] Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP [ 334.745602] Modules linked in: bonding tls veth rfkill sunrpc arm_spe_pmu vfat fat acpi_ipmi ipmi_ssif ixgbe igb i40e mdio ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler arm_cmn arm_dsu_pmu cppc_cpufreq acpi_tad fuse zram crct10dif_ce ast ghash_ce sbsa_gwdt nvme drm_vram_helper drm_ttm_helper nvme_core ttm xgene_hwmon [ 334.772217] CPU: 7 PID: 2214 Comm: ping Not tainted 6.0.0-rc4-00133-g64ae13ed4784 #4 [ 334.779950] Hardware name: GIGABYTE R272-P31-00/MP32-AR1-00, BIOS F18v (SCP: 1.08.20211002) 12/01/2021 [ 334.789244] pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 334.796196] pc : bond_rr_gen_slave_id+0x40/0x124 [bonding] [ 334.801691] lr : bond_xmit_roundrobin_slave_get+0x38/0xdc [bonding] [ 334.807962] sp : ffff8000221733e0 [ 334.811265] x29: ffff8000221733e0 x28: ffffdbac8572d198 x27: ffff80002217357c [ 334.818392] x26: 000000000000002a x25: ffffdbacb33ee000 x24: ffff07ff980fa000 [ 334.825519] x23: ffffdbacb2e398ba x22: ffff07ff98102000 x21: ffff07ff981029c0 [ 334.832646] x20: 0000000000000001 x19: ffff07ff981029c0 x18: 0000000000000014 [ 334.839773] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffdbacb1004364 x15: 0000aaaabe2f5a62 [ 334.846899] x14: ffff07ff8e55d968 x13: ffff07ff8e55db30 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 334.854026] x11: ffffdbacb21532e8 x10: 0000000000000001 x9 : ffffdbac857178ec [ 334.861153] x8 : ffff07ff9f6e5a28 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000007c2b3742 [ 334.868279] x5 : ffff2c91ac905000 x4 : ffff2c91ac905000 x3 : ffff07ff9f554400 [ 334.875406] x2 : ffff2c91ac905000 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : ffff07ff981029c0 [ 334.882532] Call trace: [ 334.884967] bond_rr_gen_slave_id+0x40/0x124 [bonding] [ 334.890109] bond_xmit_roundrobin_slave_get+0x38/0xdc [bonding] [ 334.896033] __bond_start_xmit+0x128/0x3a0 [bonding] [ 334.901001] bond_start_xmit+0x54/0xb0 [bonding] [ 334.905622] dev_hard_start_xmit+0xb4/0x220 [ 334.909798] __dev_queue_xmit+0x1a0/0x720 [ 334.913799] arp_xmit+0x3c/0xbc [ 334.916932] arp_send_dst+0x98/0xd0 [ 334.920410] arp_solicit+0xe8/0x230 [ 334.923888] neigh_probe+0x60/0xb0 [ 334.927279] __neigh_event_send+0x3b0/0x470 [ 334.931453] neigh_resolve_output+0x70/0x90 [ 334.935626] ip_finish_output2+0x158/0x514 [ 334.939714] __ip_finish_output+0xac/0x1a4 [ 334.943800] ip_finish_output+0x40/0xfc [ 334.947626] ip_output+0xf8/0x1a4 [ 334.950931] ip_send_skb+0x5c/0x100 [ 334.954410] ip_push_pending_frames+0x3c/0x60 [ 334.958758] raw_sendmsg+0x458/0x6d0 [ 334.962325] inet_sendmsg+0x50/0x80 [ 334.965805] sock_sendmsg+0x60/0x6c [ 334.969286] __sys_sendto+0xc8/0x134 [ 334.972853] __arm64_sys_sendto+0x34/0x4c ---truncated---

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2022-48640

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2022-48640 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2022-48640

No exploitability data is available for CVE-2022-48640.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2022-48640, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2022-48640, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

Confidentiality: None
CVE-2022-48640 does not compromise confidentiality.
Integrity: None
CVE-2022-48640 does not impact data integrity.
Availability: None
CVE-2022-48640 does not affect system availability.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.045% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 18.4% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 81.6% of others.

CVE-2022-48640 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

Unknown

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