CVE-2022-48988

HIGH

Linux Kernel 3.14-6.0.13 Use-After-Free in memcg_write_event_control

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memcg: fix possible use-after-free in memcg_write_event_control() memcg_write_event_control() accesses the dentry->d_name of the specified control fd to route the write call. As a cgroup interface file can't be renamed, it's safe to access d_name as long as the specified file is a regular cgroup file. Also, as these cgroup interface files can't be removed before the directory, it's safe to access the parent too. Prior to 347c4a874710 ("memcg: remove cgroup_event->cft"), there was a call to __file_cft() which verified that the specified file is a regular cgroupfs file before further accesses. The cftype pointer returned from __file_cft() was no longer necessary and the commit inadvertently dropped the file type check with it allowing any file to slip through. With the invarients broken, the d_name and parent accesses can now race against renames and removals of arbitrary files and cause use-after-free's. Fix the bug by resurrecting the file type check in __file_cft(). Now that cgroupfs is implemented through kernfs, checking the file operations needs to go through a layer of indirection. Instead, let's check the superblock and dentry type.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 15.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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 (24)
linux/Kernel 3.14.0 - 4.14.302linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.269linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.227linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.83linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.13linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.159linux
Linux/Linux < 3.14
Linux/Linux 3.14
Linux/Linux 347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 - 0ed074317b835caa6c03bcfa8f133365324673dc
Linux/Linux 347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 - 35963b31821920908e397146502066f6b032c917
... and 14 more
Published Oct 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026