CVE-2022-50215

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel Use-After-Free in SCSI sg Device Removal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: sg: Allow waiting for commands to complete on removed device When a SCSI device is removed while in active use, currently sg will immediately return -ENODEV on any attempt to wait for active commands that were sent before the removal. This is problematic for commands that use SG_FLAG_DIRECT_IO since the data buffer may still be in use by the kernel when userspace frees or reuses it after getting ENODEV, leading to corrupted userspace memory (in the case of READ-type commands) or corrupted data being sent to the device (in the case of WRITE-type commands). This has been seen in practice when logging out of a iscsi_tcp session, where the iSCSI driver may still be processing commands after the device has been marked for removal. Change the policy to allow userspace to wait for active sg commands even when the device is being removed. Return -ENODEV only when there are no more responses to read.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 9.9%
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 (33)
linux/Kernel 2.6.30 - 4.9.326linux
linux/Kernel 4.10.0 - 4.14.291linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.256linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.211linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.61linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.18.18linux
linux/Kernel 5.19.0 - 5.19.2linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.137linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.30
Linux/Linux 2.6.28.10 - 2.6.29
... and 23 more
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026