In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cxl/region: Fix region HPA ordering validation
Some regions may not have any address space allocated. Skip them when
validating HPA order otherwise a crash like the following may result:
devm_cxl_add_region: cxl_acpi cxl_acpi.0: decoder3.4: created region9
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
[..]
RIP: 0010:store_targetN+0x655/0x1740 [cxl_core]
[..]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x144/0x200
vfs_write+0x24a/0x4d0
ksys_write+0x69/0xf0
do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x90
store_targetN+0x655/0x1740:
alloc_region_ref at drivers/cxl/core/region.c:676
(inlined by) cxl_port_attach_region at drivers/cxl/core/region.c:850
(inlined by) cxl_region_attach at drivers/cxl/core/region.c:1290
(inlined by) attach_target at drivers/cxl/core/region.c:1410
(inlined by) store_targetN at drivers/cxl/core/region.c:1453
References
Configurations
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History
07 May 2025, 13:19
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Information
Published : 2025-05-01 15:16
Updated : 2025-05-07 13:19
NVD link : CVE-2022-49894
Mitre link : CVE-2022-49894
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-49894
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference