CVE-2022-48674
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: fix pcluster use-after-free on UP platforms During stress testing with CONFIG_SMP disabled, KASAN reports as below: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __mutex_lock+0xe5/0xc30 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881094223f8 by task stress/7789 CPU: 0 PID: 7789 Comm: stress Not tainted 6.0.0-rc1-00002-g0d53d2e882f9 #3 Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 0.5.1 01/01/2011 Call Trace: <TASK> .. __mutex_lock+0xe5/0xc30 .. z_erofs_do_read_page+0x8ce/0x1560 .. z_erofs_readahead+0x31c/0x580 .. Freed by task 7787 kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 kasan_set_track+0x20/0x30 kasan_set_free_info+0x20/0x40 __kasan_slab_free+0x10c/0x190 kmem_cache_free+0xed/0x380 rcu_core+0x3d5/0xc90 __do_softirq+0x12d/0x389 Last potentially related work creation: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0x97/0xb0 call_rcu+0x3d/0x3f0 erofs_shrink_workstation+0x11f/0x210 erofs_shrink_scan+0xdc/0x170 shrink_slab.constprop.0+0x296/0x530 drop_slab+0x1c/0x70 drop_caches_sysctl_handler+0x70/0x80 proc_sys_call_handler+0x20a/0x2f0 vfs_write+0x555/0x6c0 ksys_write+0xbe/0x160 do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 The root cause is that erofs_workgroup_unfreeze() doesn't reset to orig_val thus it causes a race that the pcluster reuses unexpectedly before freeing. Since UP platforms are quite rare now, such path becomes unnecessary. Let's drop such specific-designed path directly instead.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-416 · Use after free
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 4.20
- Linux Kernel < 5.15.68
- Linux Kernel < 5.19.9
- Linux Kernel 6.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f44013e39984c127c6efedf70e6b5f4e9dcf315
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ddd001cef5e82d19192e6861068463ecca5f556
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94c34faaafe7b55adc2d8d881db195b646959b9e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f44013e39984c127c6efedf70e6b5f4e9dcf315
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ddd001cef5e82d19192e6861068463ecca5f556
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94c34faaafe7b55adc2d8d881db195b646959b9e
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f44013e39984c127c6efedf70e6b5f4e9dcf315
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ddd001cef5e82d19192e6861068463ecca5f556
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94c34faaafe7b55adc2d8d881db195b646959b9e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f44013e39984c127c6efedf70e6b5f4e9dcf315
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ddd001cef5e82d19192e6861068463ecca5f556
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94c34faaafe7b55adc2d8d881db195b646959b9e