CVE-2022-49842

HIGH

Linux Kernel 3.0-6.0.9 Use-After-Free in snd_soc_exit()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: core: Fix use-after-free in snd_soc_exit() KASAN reports a use-after-free: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in device_del+0xb5b/0xc60 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888008655050 by task rmmod/387 CPU: 2 PID: 387 Comm: rmmod Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x79/0x9a print_report+0x17f/0x47b kasan_report+0xbb/0xf0 device_del+0xb5b/0xc60 platform_device_del.part.0+0x24/0x200 platform_device_unregister+0x2e/0x40 snd_soc_exit+0xa/0x22 [snd_soc_core] __do_sys_delete_module.constprop.0+0x34f/0x5b0 do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd ... </TASK> It's bacause in snd_soc_init(), snd_soc_util_init() is possble to fail, but its ret is ignored, which makes soc_dummy_dev unregistered twice. snd_soc_init() snd_soc_util_init() platform_device_register_simple(soc_dummy_dev) platform_driver_register() # fail platform_device_unregister(soc_dummy_dev) platform_driver_register() # success ... snd_soc_exit() snd_soc_util_exit() # soc_dummy_dev will be unregistered for second time To fix it, handle error and stop snd_soc_init() when util_init() fail. Also clean debugfs when util_init() or driver_register() fail.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 8.1%
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 total

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel 3.0.0 - 4.9.334linux
linux/Kernel 4.10.0 - 4.14.300linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.267linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.225linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.80linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.10linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.156linux
Linux/Linux < 3.0
Linux/Linux 3.0
Linux/Linux 4.14.300 - 4.14.*
... and 17 more
Published May 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026