CVE-2022-49568
KVM: Don't null dereference ops->destroy
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Feb 26, 2025
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 26, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: Don't null dereference ops->destroy
A KVM device cleanup happens in either of two callbacks: 1) destroy() which is called when the VM is being destroyed; 2) release() which is called when a device fd is closed.
Most KVM devices use 1) but Book3s's interrupt controller KVM devices (XICS, XIVE, XIVE-native) use 2) as they need to close and reopen during the machine execution. The error handling in kvm_ioctl_create_device() assumes destroy() is always defined which leads to NULL dereference as discovered by Syzkaller.
This adds a checks for destroy!=NULL and adds a missing release().
This is not changing kvm_destroy_devices() as devices with defined release() should have been removed from the KVM devices list by then.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/170465715a60cbb7876e6b961b21bd3225469da8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3616776bc51cd3262bb1be60cc01c72e0a1959cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e91665fbbf3ccb268b268a7d71a6513538d813ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4a5a79b780891c5cbdfdc6124d46fdf8d13dba1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8bc2427018826e02add7b0ed0fc625a60390ae5
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