SB20250226413 - NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel intel ice driver

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-49516)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the ice_vf_fdir_dump_info() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_fdir.c, within the ice_vc_ena_vlan_stripping() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c, within the ice_vf_clear_counters(), ice_vf_rebuild_vsi(), ice_reset_vf(), ice_dis_vf_qs(), ice_vf_rebuild_host_mac_cfg(), ice_vf_rebuild_host_tx_rate_cfg() and ice_vf_rebuild_host_cfg() functions in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_vf_lib.c, within the ice_free_vf_entries(), ice_dis_vf_mappings(), ice_ena_vf_q_mappings(), ice_ena_vf_mappings(), ice_get_vf_from_pfq(), ice_calc_all_vfs_min_tx_rate() and ice_set_vf_bw() functions in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sriov.c, within the ice_repr_add() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_repr.c, within the ice_devlink_create_vf_port() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_devlink.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baeb705fd6a7245cc1fa69ed991a9cffdf44a174
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7be3877589d539c52e5d1d23a625f889b541b9d
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.3