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Linux Linux — bonding: fix missed rcu protection
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0027 19.0 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux aa6034678e873db8bd5c5a4b73f8b88c469374d6 – —
Linux 5.17 – 5.17.14
TIMELINE
Feb 26 Reserved by Linux
Feb 26 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2022-49456 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bonding: fix missed rcu protection
When removing the rcu_read_lock in bond_ethtool_get_ts_info() as
discussed [1], I didn't notice it could be called via setsockopt,
which doesn't hold rcu lock, as syzbot pointed:
stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 3599 Comm: syz-executor317 Not tainted 5.18.0-rc5-syzkaller-01392-g01f4685797a5 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106
bond_option_active_slave_get_rcu include/net/bonding.h:353 [inline]
bond_ethtool_get_ts_info+0x32c/0x3a0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5595
__ethtool_get_ts_info+0x173/0x240 net/ethtool/common.c:554
ethtool_get_phc_vclocks+0x99/0x110 net/ethtool/common.c:568
sock_timestamping_bind_phc net/core/sock.c:869 [inline]
sock_set_timestamping+0x3a3/0x7e0 net/core/sock.c:916
sock_setsockopt+0x543/0x2ec0 net/core/sock.c:1221
__sys_setsockopt+0x55e/0x6a0 net/socket.c:2223
__do_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2238 [inline]
__se_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2235 [inline]
__x64_sys_setsockopt+0xba/0x150 net/socket.c:2235
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
RIP: 0033:0x7f8902c8eb39
Fix it by adding rcu_read_lock and take a ref on the real_dev.
Since dev_hold() and dev_put() can take NULL these days, we can
skip checking if real_dev exist.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/27565.1642742439@famine/
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| February 26, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| February 26, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2022-49456 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | aa6034678e873db8bd5c5a4b73f8b88c469374d6 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.17 | 5.17.14 |
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