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CVE-2022-48960: net: hisilicon: Fix potential use-after-free in hix5hd2_rx()

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-10-21 · updated 2026-08-04
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hisilicon: Fix potential use-after-free in hix5hd2_rx() The skb is delivered to napi_gro_receive() which may free it, after calling this, dereferencing skb may trigger use-after-free.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 3.16 before 4.9.336; from 4.10 before 4.14.302; from 4.15 before 4.19.269; from 4.20 before 5.4.227; from 5.5 before 5.10.159; from 5.11 before 5.15.83 — fixed in 4.14.302, 4.19.269, 4.9.336, 5.10.159, 5.15.83, 5.4.227

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.14.302, 4.19.269, 4.9.336, 5.10.159. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/179499e7a240b2ef590f05eb379c810c26bbc8a4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b6360a093ab8969c91a30bb58b753282e2ced4c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a4eddd1cb023a71df4152fcc76092953e6fe95a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/433c07a13f59856e4585e89e86b7d4cc59348fab
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8067cd244cea2c332f8326842fd10158fa2cb64f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93aaa4bb72e388f6a4887541fd3d18b84f1b5ddc
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6307f7a2fc1c5407b6176f2af34a95214a8c262
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8ce0e6f9f88a6bb49d291498377e61ea27a5387

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