CVE-2022-49940

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tty: n_gsm: add sanity check for gsm->receive in gsm_receive_buf()

A null pointer dereference can happen when attempting to access the gsm->receive() function in gsmld_receive_buf(). Currently, the code assumes that gsm->recieve is only called after MUX activation. Since the gsmld_receive_buf() function can be accessed without the need to initialize the MUX, the gsm->receive() function will not be set and a NULL pointer dereference will occur.

Fix this by avoiding the call to gsm->receive() in case the function is not initialized by adding a sanity check.

Call Trace: gsmld_receive_buf+0x1c2/0x2f0 drivers/tty/n_gsm.c:2861 tiocsti drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2293 [inline] tty_ioctl+0xa75/0x15d0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2692 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:856 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+0x63/0xcd

Affected Software

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/309aea4b6b813f6678c3a547cfd7fe3a76ffa976
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a82cf64f8ad63caf6bf115642ce44ddbc64311e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5aa37f9510345a812c0998bcbbc4d88d1dcc4d8b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f16c6d2e58a4c2b972efcf9eb12390ee0ba3befb