CVE-2022-50058

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vdpa_sim_blk: set number of address spaces and virtqueue groups Commit bda324fd037a ("vdpasim: control virtqueue support") added two new fields (nas, ngroups) to vdpasim_dev_attr, but we forgot to initialize them for vdpa_sim_blk. When creating a new vdpa_sim_blk device this causes the kernel to panic in this way: $ vdpa dev add mgmtdev vdpasim_blk name blk0 BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000030 ... RIP: 0010:vhost_iotlb_add_range_ctx+0x41/0x220 [vhost_iotlb] ... Call Trace: <TASK> vhost_iotlb_add_range+0x11/0x800 [vhost_iotlb] vdpasim_map_range+0x91/0xd0 [vdpa_sim] vdpasim_alloc_coherent+0x56/0x90 [vdpa_sim] ... This happens because vdpasim->iommu[0] is not initialized when dev_attr.nas is 0. Let's fix this issue by initializing both (nas, ngroups) to 1 for vdpa_sim_blk.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19cd4a5471b8eaa4bd161b0fdb4567f2fc88d809	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a291c7d289fac2cb13fb2614a9a251afbbd86ce9	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2025-06-18 11:15

Updated : 2025-11-13 18:08

NVD link : CVE-2022-50058

Mitre link : CVE-2022-50058

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-50058

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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