CVE-2022-48921

Publication date 22 August 2024

Last updated 16 September 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.7 · Medium

Score breakdown

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/fair: Fix fault in reweight_entity Syzbot found a GPF in reweight_entity. This has been bisected to commit 4ef0c5c6b5ba (“kernel/sched: Fix sched_fork() access an invalid sched_task_group”) There is a race between sched_post_fork() and setpriority(PRIO_PGRP) within a thread group that causes a null-ptr-deref in reweight_entity() in CFS. The scenario is that the main process spawns number of new threads, which then call setpriority(PRIO_PGRP, 0, -20), wait, and exit. For each of the new threads the copy_process() gets invoked, which adds the new task_struct and calls sched_post_fork() for it. In the above scenario there is a possibility that setpriority(PRIO_PGRP) and set_one_prio() will be called for a thread in the group that is just being created by copy_process(), and for which the sched_post_fork() has not been executed yet. This will trigger a null pointer dereference in reweight_entity(), as it will try to access the run queue pointer, which hasn’t been set. Before the mentioned change the cfs_rq pointer for the task has been set in sched_fork(), which is called much earlier in copy_process(), before the new task is added to the thread_group. Now it is done in the sched_post_fork(), which is called after that. To fix the issue the remove the update_load param from the update_load param() function and call reweight_task() only if the task flag doesn’t have the TASK_NEW flag set.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-allwinner-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-aws 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-aws-5.0 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.3
linux-aws-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.13
linux-aws-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.15
linux-aws-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-aws-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-aws-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-aws-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.4
linux-aws-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-aws-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.11
linux-aws-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-aws-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-aws-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-aws-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-aws-fips 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy FIPS Updates FIPS compliant package with security fixes. Available with Ubuntu Pro.
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal FIPS Updates FIPS compliant package with security fixes. Available with Ubuntu Pro.
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic FIPS Updates FIPS compliant package with security fixes. Available with Ubuntu Pro.
Not affected
linux-aws-hwe 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
linux-azure 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-azure-4.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-azure-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.13
linux-azure-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.15
linux-azure-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-azure-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-azure-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-azure-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.4
linux-azure-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-azure-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.11
linux-azure-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-azure-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-azure-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-azure-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-azure-edge 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.3
linux-azure-fde 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-azure-fde-5.15
linux-azure-fde-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-azure-fde-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-azure-fde-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-azure-fde-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored replaced by linux-azure-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-azure-fips 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy FIPS Updates FIPS compliant package with security fixes. Available with Ubuntu Pro.
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal FIPS Updates FIPS compliant package with security fixes. Available with Ubuntu Pro.
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic FIPS Updates FIPS compliant package with security fixes. Available with Ubuntu Pro.
Not affected
linux-bluefield 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-fips 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy FIPS Updates FIPS compliant package with security fixes. Available with Ubuntu Pro.
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal FIPS Updates FIPS compliant package with security fixes. Available with Ubuntu Pro.
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic FIPS Updates FIPS compliant package with security fixes. Available with Ubuntu Pro.
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial FIPS Updates FIPS compliant package with security fixes. Available with Ubuntu Pro.
Not affected
linux-gcp 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
linux-gcp-4.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-gcp-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.13
linux-gcp-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.15
linux-gcp-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-gcp-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-gcp-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.4
linux-gcp-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-gcp-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.11
linux-gcp-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-gcp-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-gcp-fips 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy FIPS Updates FIPS compliant package with security fixes. Available with Ubuntu Pro.
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal FIPS Updates FIPS compliant package with security fixes. Available with Ubuntu Pro.
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic FIPS Updates FIPS compliant package with security fixes. Available with Ubuntu Pro.
Not affected
linux-gke 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of kernel support
linux-gke-4.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-gke-5.0
linux-gke-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of kernel support
linux-gke-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of kernel support
linux-gkeop 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-gkeop-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-gkeop-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of kernel support
linux-hwe 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
linux-hwe-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.13
linux-hwe-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.15
linux-hwe-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-hwe-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-hwe-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-hwe-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.11
linux-hwe-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-hwe-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-hwe-6.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored superseded by linux-hwe
linux-ibm 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-ibm-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-ibm-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-intel 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of kernel support
linux-intel-iot-realtime 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-iotg 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1
linux-iot 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-kvm 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
linux-lowlatency 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-nvidia 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-nvidia-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-nvidia-lowlatency 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oem 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-5.4
linux-oem-5.10 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oem-5.13
linux-oem-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oem-5.14
linux-oem-5.14 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-5.15
linux-oem-5.17 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.1
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oem-5.6 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oem-5.10
linux-oem-6.0 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.1
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oem-6.1 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oem-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oem-6.8 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oracle 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
linux-oracle-5.0 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.3
linux-oracle-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.13
linux-oracle-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.15
linux-oracle-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-oracle-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.4
linux-oracle-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-oracle-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.11
linux-oracle-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-raspi 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-raspi-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-raspi-realtime 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored replaced by linux-raspi
linux-realtime 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-5.8
linux-riscv-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-5.13
linux-riscv-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-riscv-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-riscv-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-5.11
linux-riscv-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-riscv-6.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-starfive-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-starfive-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-starfive-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-starfive-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-xilinx-zynqmp 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.7 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H