CVE-2022-48846

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.15-5.15.30, 5.16-5.16.16 - Use-After-Free in Block Queue Cleanup

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: release rq qos structures for queue without disk blkcg_init_queue() may add rq qos structures to request queue, previously blk_cleanup_queue() calls rq_qos_exit() to release them, but commit 8e141f9eb803 ("block: drain file system I/O on del_gendisk") moves rq_qos_exit() into del_gendisk(), so memory leak is caused because queues may not have disk, such as un-present scsi luns, nvme admin queue, ... Fixes the issue by adding rq_qos_exit() to blk_cleanup_queue() back. BTW, v5.18 won't need this patch any more since we move blkcg_init_queue()/blkcg_exit_queue() into disk allocation/release handler, and patches have been in for-5.18/block.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (11)
linux/Kernel 5.15.0 - 5.15.31linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.16.17linux
Linux/Linux < 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.15.31 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.16.17 - 5.16.*
Linux/Linux 5.17
Linux/Linux 8e141f9eb803e209714a80aa6ec073893f94c526 - 60c2c8e2ef3a3ec79de8cbc80a06ca0c21df8c29
Linux/Linux 8e141f9eb803e209714a80aa6ec073893f94c526 - d4ad8736ac982111bb0be8306bf19c8207f6600e
Linux/Linux 8e141f9eb803e209714a80aa6ec073893f94c526 - daaca3522a8e67c46e39ef09c1d542e866f85f3b
... and 1 more
Published Jul 16, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026