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

net, neigh: Do not trigger immediate probes on NUD_FAILED from neigh_managed_work

syzkaller was able to trigger a deadlock for NTF_MANAGED entries [0]:

kworker/0:16/14617 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffffff8d4dd370 (&tbl->lock){++-.}-{2:2}, at: ___neigh_create+0x9e1/0x2990 net/core/neighbour.c:652
[...]
but task is already holding lock:
ffffffff8d4dd370 (&tbl->lock){++-.}-{2:2}, at: neigh_managed_work+0x35/0x250 net/core/neighbour.c:1572

The neighbor entry turned to NUD_FAILED state, where __neigh_event_send()
triggered an immediate probe as per commit cd28ca0a3dd1 ("neigh: reduce
arp latency") via neigh_probe() given table lock was held.

One option to fix this situation is to defer the neigh_probe() back to
the neigh_timer_handler() similarly as pre cd28ca0a3dd1. For the case
of NTF_MANAGED, this deferral is acceptable given this only happens on
actual failure state and regular / expected state is NUD_VALID with the
entry already present.

The fix adds a parameter to __neigh_event_send() in order to communicate
whether immediate probe is allowed or disallowed. Existing call-sites
of neigh_event_send() default as-is to immediate probe. However, the
neigh_managed_work() disables it via use of neigh_event_send_probe().

[0] <TASK>
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_deadlock_bug kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2956 [inline]
check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2999 [inline]
validate_chain kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3788 [inline]
__lock_acquire.cold+0x149/0x3ab kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5027
lock_acquire kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5639 [inline]
lock_acquire+0x1ab/0x510 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5604
__raw_write_lock_bh include/linux/rwlock_api_smp.h:202 [inline]
_raw_write_lock_bh+0x2f/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:334
___neigh_create+0x9e1/0x2990 net/core/neighbour.c:652
ip6_finish_output2+0x1070/0x14f0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:123
__ip6_finish_output net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:191 [inline]
__ip6_finish_output+0x61e/0xe90 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:170
ip6_finish_output+0x32/0x200 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:201
NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:296 [inline]
ip6_output+0x1e4/0x530 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:224
dst_output include/net/dst.h:451 [inline]
NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:307 [inline]
ndisc_send_skb+0xa99/0x17f0 net/ipv6/ndisc.c:508
ndisc_send_ns+0x3a9/0x840 net/ipv6/ndisc.c:650
ndisc_solicit+0x2cd/0x4f0 net/ipv6/ndisc.c:742
neigh_probe+0xc2/0x110 net/core/neighbour.c:1040
__neigh_event_send+0x37d/0x1570 net/core/neighbour.c:1201
neigh_event_send include/net/neighbour.h:470 [inline]
neigh_managed_work+0x162/0x250 net/core/neighbour.c:1574
process_one_work+0x9ac/0x1650 kernel/workqueue.c:2307
worker_thread+0x657/0x1110 kernel/workqueue.c:2454
kthread+0x2e9/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:377
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
</TASK>

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Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-667
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T08:21:41.202Z

Reserved: 2024-06-20T11:09:39.051Z

Link: CVE-2022-48719

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T15:24:59.987Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-20T11:15:55.470

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:33:51.357

Link: CVE-2022-48719

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-06-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-48719 - Bugzilla

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