In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: xfrm: unexport __init-annotated xfrm4_protocol_init()
EXPORT_SYMBOL and __init is a bad combination because the .init.text
section is freed up after the initialization. Hence, modules cannot
use symbols annotated __init. The access to a freed symbol may end up
with kernel panic.
modpost used to detect it, but it has been broken for a decade.
Recently, I fixed modpost so it started to warn it again, then this
showed up in linux-next builds.
There are two ways to fix it:
- Remove __init
- Remove EXPORT_SYMBOL
I chose the latter for this case because the only in-tree call-site,
net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c is never compiled as modular.
(CONFIG_XFRM is boolean)
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History
22 Sep 2025, 20:27
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| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Linux linux Kernel
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b253fbc9f7b5db18d716436bdcf8ecef09fd63d - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31f3c6a4dcd3260a386e62cef2d5b36e902600a1 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a388f08d8784af48f352193d2b72aaf167a57a1 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85a055c03691e51499123194a14a0c249cf33227 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be3884d5cd04ccd58294b83a02d70b7c5fca19d3 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c58d82a1264813e69119c13e9804e2e60b664ad5 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e04d59cfe0c0129df7aba7ef7bb17b96be2a64f2 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e53cd3814504b2cadaba4d5a8a07eeea9ddacd03 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef6d2354de238b065d8799c80da4be9a6af18e39 - Patch | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
26 Feb 2025, 07:01
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Information
Published : 2025-02-26 07:01
Updated : 2025-09-22 20:27
NVD link : CVE-2022-49345
Mitre link : CVE-2022-49345
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-49345
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
