CVE-2022-48801

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.13-5.15.24 and 5.16.0-5.16.10 - Use-After-Free in IIO Buffer File Descriptor Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: buffer: Fix file related error handling in IIO_BUFFER_GET_FD_IOCTL If we fail to copy the just created file descriptor to userland, we try to clean up by putting back 'fd' and freeing 'ib'. The code uses put_unused_fd() for the former which is wrong, as the file descriptor was already published by fd_install() which gets called internally by anon_inode_getfd(). This makes the error handling code leaving a half cleaned up file descriptor table around and a partially destructed 'file' object, allowing userland to play use-after-free tricks on us, by abusing the still usable fd and making the code operate on a dangling 'file->private_data' pointer. Instead of leaving the kernel in a partially corrupted state, don't attempt to explicitly clean up and leave this to the process exit path that'll release any still valid fds, including the one created by the previous call to anon_inode_getfd(). Simply return -EFAULT to indicate the error.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 20.1%
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 partial

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (12)
linux/Kernel 5.13.0 - 5.15.24linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.16.10linux
Linux/Linux < 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.15.24 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.16.10 - 5.16.*
Linux/Linux 5.17
Linux/Linux f73f7f4da581875f9b1f2fb8ebd1ab15ed634488 - 202071d2518537866d291aa7cf26af54e674f4d4
Linux/Linux f73f7f4da581875f9b1f2fb8ebd1ab15ed634488 - b7f54894aa7517d2b6c797a499b9f491e9db9083
Linux/Linux f73f7f4da581875f9b1f2fb8ebd1ab15ed634488 - c72ea20503610a4a7ba26c769357d31602769c01
... and 2 more
Published Jul 16, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026