In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: sched: cake: fix null pointer access issue when cake_init() fails
When the default qdisc is cake, if the qdisc of dev_queue fails to be
inited during mqprio_init(), cake_reset() is invoked to clear
resources. In this case, the tins is NULL, and it will cause gpf issue.
The process is as follows:
qdisc_create_dflt()
cake_init()
q->tins = kvcalloc(...) --->failed, q->tins is NULL
...
qdisc_put()
...
cake_reset()
...
cake_dequeue_one()
b = &q->tins[...] --->q->tins is NULL
The following is the Call Trace information:
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
RIP: 0010:cake_dequeue_one+0xc9/0x3c0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
cake_reset+0xb1/0x140
qdisc_reset+0xed/0x6f0
qdisc_destroy+0x82/0x4c0
qdisc_put+0x9e/0xb0
qdisc_create_dflt+0x2c3/0x4a0
mqprio_init+0xa71/0x1760
qdisc_create+0x3eb/0x1000
tc_modify_qdisc+0x408/0x1720
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x38e/0xac0
netlink_rcv_skb+0x12d/0x3a0
netlink_unicast+0x4a2/0x740
netlink_sendmsg+0x826/0xcc0
sock_sendmsg+0xc5/0x100
____sys_sendmsg+0x583/0x690
___sys_sendmsg+0xe8/0x160
__sys_sendmsg+0xbf/0x160
do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
RIP: 0033:0x7f89e5122d04
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sched: cake: fix null pointer access issue when cake_init() fails When the default qdisc is cake, if the qdisc of dev_queue fails to be inited during mqprio_init(), cake_reset() is invoked to clear resources. In this case, the tins is NULL, and it will cause gpf issue. The process is as follows: qdisc_create_dflt() cake_init() q->tins = kvcalloc(...) --->failed, q->tins is NULL ... qdisc_put() ... cake_reset() ... cake_dequeue_one() b = &q->tins[...] --->q->tins is NULL The following is the Call Trace information: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] RIP: 0010:cake_dequeue_one+0xc9/0x3c0 Call Trace: <TASK> cake_reset+0xb1/0x140 qdisc_reset+0xed/0x6f0 qdisc_destroy+0x82/0x4c0 qdisc_put+0x9e/0xb0 qdisc_create_dflt+0x2c3/0x4a0 mqprio_init+0xa71/0x1760 qdisc_create+0x3eb/0x1000 tc_modify_qdisc+0x408/0x1720 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x38e/0xac0 netlink_rcv_skb+0x12d/0x3a0 netlink_unicast+0x4a2/0x740 netlink_sendmsg+0x826/0xcc0 sock_sendmsg+0xc5/0x100 ____sys_sendmsg+0x583/0x690 ___sys_sendmsg+0xe8/0x160 __sys_sendmsg+0xbf/0x160 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 RIP: 0033:0x7f89e5122d04 </TASK> | |
| Title | net: sched: cake: fix null pointer access issue when cake_init() fails | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-10-01T11:45:25.394Z
Reserved: 2025-09-17T14:53:07.011Z
Link: CVE-2022-50452
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-10-01T12:15:38.210
Modified: 2025-10-02T19:12:17.160
Link: CVE-2022-50452
Redhat