CVE-2022-48890

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.17-6.1.7 - Use-After-Free in storvsc_queuecommand

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: storvsc: Fix swiotlb bounce buffer leak in confidential VM storvsc_queuecommand() maps the scatter/gather list using scsi_dma_map(), which in a confidential VM allocates swiotlb bounce buffers. If the I/O submission fails in storvsc_do_io(), the I/O is typically retried by higher level code, but the bounce buffer memory is never freed. The mostly like cause of I/O submission failure is a full VMBus channel ring buffer, which is not uncommon under high I/O loads. Eventually enough bounce buffer memory leaks that the confidential VM can't do any I/O. The same problem can arise in a non-confidential VM with kernel boot parameter swiotlb=force. Fix this by doing scsi_dma_unmap() in the case of an I/O submission error, which frees the bounce buffer memory.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 10.8%
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 (9)
linux/Kernel 5.17.0 - 6.1.7linux
Linux/Linux < 5.17
Linux/Linux 5.17
Linux/Linux 6.1.7 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2
Linux/Linux 743b237c3a7b0f5b44aa704aae8a1058877b6322 - 67ff3d0a49f3d445c3922e30a54e03c161da561e
Linux/Linux 743b237c3a7b0f5b44aa704aae8a1058877b6322 - 87c71e88f6a6619ffb1ff88f84dff48ef6d57adb
linux/linux_kernel 6.2 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 5.17 - 6.1.7
Published Aug 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026