CVE-2022-3176

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.1-5.4.212 - Use-After-Free in io_uring Poll Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

There exists a use-after-free in io_uring in the Linux kernel. Signalfd_poll() and binder_poll() use a waitqueue whose lifetime is the current task. It will send a POLLFREE notification to all waiters before the queue is freed. Unfortunately, the io_uring poll doesn't handle POLLFREE. This allows a use-after-free to occur if a signalfd or binder fd is polled with io_uring poll, and the waitqueue gets freed. We recommend upgrading past commit fc78b2fc21f10c4c9c4d5d659a685710ffa63659

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 7.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/linux_kernel 5.1 - 5.4.212
Published Sep 16, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026