Kernel memory corruption via post-delivery skb dereference
Published Oct 21, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Use-after-free in the ravb GBETH receive path in Linux 5.16 through 6.0.12 allows local users to corrupt kernel memory during packet processing. The ravb_rx_gbeth function reads an skb length after napi_gro_receive has taken ownership of and can free that buffer. An affected kernel must use the Renesas RAVB GBETH receive path; triggering the dangling access can crash the host or alter kernel memory.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in the ravb GBETH receive path in Linux 5.16 through 6.0.12 allows local users to corrupt kernel memory during packet processing. The ravb_rx_gbeth function reads an skb length after napi_gro_receive has taken ownership of and can free that buffer. An affected kernel must use the Renesas RAVB GBETH receive path; triggering the dangling access can crash the host or alter kernel memory.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-48964
- Published
- Oct 21, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-416, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1c59eb678cbd8d322d06d3a5514d36e8e1a4e84c <5a5a3e564de6a8db987410c5c2f4748d50ea82b8
- Affected versionversion=1c59eb678cbd8d322d06d3a5514d36e8e1a4e84c <e63c681494dcc0527c625a0a4f59bf10259f5ee0
- Affected versionversion=5.16
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