System crash via class-bound noqueue discipline
Published Jan 17, 2023 · Updated Apr 4, 2025
NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel traffic control before 6.1.6 allows local users to crash the system through qdisc configuration. qdisc_graft permits noqueue to be assigned beneath a classful queue discipline, leaving its enqueue operation NULL; packet transmission then reaches qdisc_enqueue and calls that NULL operation. Local low-privileged access is required, and the demonstrated sequence attaches noqueue beneath an HTB class before traffic triggers a kernel OOPS and system crash.
Summary
What happened
NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel traffic control before 6.1.6 allows local users to crash the system through qdisc configuration. qdisc_graft permits noqueue to be assigned beneath a classful queue discipline, leaving its enqueue operation NULL; packet transmission then reaches qdisc_enqueue and calls that NULL operation. Local low-privileged access is required, and the demonstrated sequence attaches noqueue beneath an HTB class before traffic triggers a kernel OOPS and system crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-47929
- Published
- Jan 17, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 4, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 17, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Netdev noqueue qdisc crash reproducerproof of concept · demonstrated
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