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CVE-2022-48969· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Linux

xen-netfront: Fix NULL sring after live migration

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.26% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 99859947517e446058ad7243ee81d2f9801fa3dd, d50b7914fae04d840ce36491d22133070b18cca9, e6860c889f4ad50b6ab696f5ea154295d72cf27a.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 99859947517e446058ad7243ee81d2f9801fa3dd, d50b7914fae04d840ce36491d22133070b18cca9, e6860c889f4ad50b6ab696f5ea154295d72cf27a or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen-netfront: Fix NULL sring after live migration A NAPI is setup for each network sring to poll data to kernel The sring with source host is destroyed before live migration and new sring with target host is setup after live migration. The NAPI for the old sring is not deleted until setup new sring with target host after migration. With busy_poll/busy_read enabled, the NAPI can be polled before got deleted when resume VM. BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008 IP: xennet_poll+0xae/0xd20 PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI Call Trace: finish_task_switch+0x71/0x230 timerqueue_del+0x1d/0x40 hrtimer_try_to_cancel+0xb5/0x110 xennet_alloc_rx_buffers+0x2a0/0x2a0 napi_busy_loop+0xdb/0x270 sock_poll+0x87/0x90 do_sys_poll+0x26f/0x580 tracing_map_insert+0x1d4/0x2f0 event_hist_trigger+0x14a/0x260 finish_task_switch+0x71/0x230 __schedule+0x256/0x890 recalc_sigpending+0x1b/0x50 xen_sched_clock+0x15/0x20 __rb_reserve_next+0x12d/0x140 ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0x123/0x3d0 event_triggers_call+0x87/0xb0 trace_event_buffer_commit+0x1c4/0x210 xen_clocksource_get_cycles+0x15/0x20 ktime_get_ts64+0x51/0xf0 SyS_ppoll+0x160/0x1a0 SyS_ppoll+0x160/0x1a0 do_syscall_64+0x73/0x130 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x41/0xa6 ... RIP: xennet_poll+0xae/0xd20 RSP: ffffb4f041933900 CR2: 0000000000000008 ---[ end trace f8601785b354351c ]--- xen frontend should remove the NAPIs for the old srings before live migration as the bond srings are destroyed There is a tiny window between the srings are set to NULL and the NAPIs are disabled, It is safe as the NAPI threads are still frozen at that time

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 21, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 16th percentile

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22

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel2.6.24 and later · before 4.19.269
  • linux linux kernel4.20 and later · before 5.4.227
  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.159
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.83
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.0.13
  • linux linux kernel6.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 2.6.24affected
    • 4ec2411980d0fd2995e8dea8a06fe57aa47523cb and later · before 99859947517e446058ad7243ee81d2f9801fa3ddaffected · git
    • 4ec2411980d0fd2995e8dea8a06fe57aa47523cb and later · before ed773dd798bf720756d20021b8d8a4a3d7184bdaaffected · git
    • 4ec2411980d0fd2995e8dea8a06fe57aa47523cb and later · before e6860c889f4ad50b6ab696f5ea154295d72cf27aaffected · git
    • 4ec2411980d0fd2995e8dea8a06fe57aa47523cb and later · before e6e897d4fe2f89c0bd94600a40bedf5e6e75e050affected · git
    • 4ec2411980d0fd2995e8dea8a06fe57aa47523cb and later · before f2dd60fd3fe98bd36a91b0c6e10bfe9d66258f84affected · git
    • 4ec2411980d0fd2995e8dea8a06fe57aa47523cb and later · before d50b7914fae04d840ce36491d22133070b18cca9affected · git
    • before 2.6.24not affected · semver
    • 4.19.269 and later · up to and including 4.19.*not affected · semver
    • 5.4.227 and later · up to and including 5.4.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.4-16.1.4-1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-64k-debug-debuginfobefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-64k-debug-develbefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-64k-debug-devel-matchedbefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-64k-debuginfobefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-64k-develbefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-64k-devel-matchedbefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-debug-debuginfobefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-debug-develbefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-debug-devel-matchedbefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-debuginfobefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64before 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64lebefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-debuginfo-common-s390xbefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64before 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-develbefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-devel-matchedbefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-docbefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-rt-64k-debug-debuginfobefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-rt-64k-debuginfobefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-rt-debug-debuginfobefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-rt-debuginfobefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-tools-debuginfobefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamkernel-zfcpdump-debuginfobefore 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_60:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux99859947517e446058ad7243ee81d2f9801fa3ddVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxd50b7914fae04d840ce36491d22133070b18cca9Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe6860c889f4ad50b6ab696f5ea154295d72cf27aVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe6e897d4fe2f89c0bd94600a40bedf5e6e75e050Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxed773dd798bf720756d20021b8d8a4a3d7184bdaVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxf2dd60fd3fe98bd36a91b0c6e10bfe9d66258f84Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.4-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-64k-debug-devel0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-64k-debuginfo0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-64k-devel0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-64k-devel-matched0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-debug-debuginfo0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-debug-devel0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-debug-devel-matched0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-debuginfo0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch640:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-default4.12.14-122.234.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5Package registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-source4.12.14-122.234.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-syms4.12.14-122.234.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSSPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_621-8.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12 SP5Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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