CVE-2022-49904 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2022-49904

net, neigh: Fix null-ptr-deref in neigh_table_clear()

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net, neigh: Fix null-ptr-deref in neigh_table_clear() When IPv6 module gets initialized but hits an error in the middle, kenel panic with: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000598-0x000000000000059f] CPU: 1 PID: 361 Comm: insmod Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) RIP: 0010:__neigh_ifdown.isra.0+0x24b/0x370 RSP: 0018:ffff888012677908 EFLAGS: 00000202 ... Call Trace: <TASK> neigh_table_clear+0x94/0x2d0 ndisc_cleanup+0x27/0x40 [ipv6] inet6_init+0x21c/0x2cb [ipv6] do_one_initcall+0xd3/0x4d0 do_init_module+0x1ae/0x670 ... Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception When ipv6 initialization fails, it will try to cleanup and calls: neigh_table_clear() neigh_ifdown(tbl, NULL) pneigh_queue_purge(&tbl->proxy_queue, dev_net(dev == NULL)) # dev_net(NULL) triggers null-ptr-deref. Fix it by passing NULL to pneigh_queue_purge() in neigh_ifdown() if dev is NULL, to make kernel not panic immediately.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
9bbaed571c4bf1b62ac8703cb359dc090efc3455, 05fdce1ae744dee43c9181fd063c9c0db4f777f2, 51be9dd391fd25872b95708a0250f2f7722d2d8e, c35adafe42bd6c3bf2aca0a3f523dabc38fc23c8, db6fa03d80ab076238fc806c9925d1f8b9639d1b, 66ba215cb51323e4e55e38fd5f250e0fae0cbc94, 2dd5ed474115150d8175825bc3b56c6385c3a83b, 4.14.292, 4.19.257, 5.4.212, 5.10.141, 5.15.65, 5.19.7, 6.0, 0, 4.14.299, 4.19.265, 5.4.224, 5.10.154, 5.15.78, 6.0.8, 6.1

Timeline

Official Publish: May 1st, 2025
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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