CVE-2022-49220

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.12-5.16.18 - Use-After-Free in DAX Cache Shutdown

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dax: make sure inodes are flushed before destroy cache A bug can be triggered by following command $ modprobe nd_pmem && modprobe -r nd_pmem [ 10.060014] BUG dax_cache (Not tainted): Objects remaining in dax_cache on __kmem_cache_shutdown() [ 10.060938] Slab 0x0000000085b729ac objects=9 used=1 fp=0x000000004f5ae469 flags=0x200000000010200(slab|head|node) [ 10.062433] Call Trace: [ 10.062673] dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44 [ 10.062865] slab_err+0x90/0xd0 [ 10.063619] __kmem_cache_shutdown+0x13b/0x2f0 [ 10.063848] kmem_cache_destroy+0x4a/0x110 [ 10.064058] __x64_sys_delete_module+0x265/0x300 This is caused by dax_fs_exit() not flushing inodes before destroy cache. To fix this issue, call rcu_barrier() before destroy cache.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0026
EPSS Percentile 18.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (20)
linux/Kernel 4.12.0 - 5.4.189linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.33linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.16.19linux
linux/Kernel 5.17.0 - 5.17.2linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.110linux
Linux/Linux < 4.12
Linux/Linux 4.12
Linux/Linux 5.10.110 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.33 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.16.19 - 5.16.*
... and 10 more
Published Feb 26, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026