vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2022-49223): linux vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Feb 26, 2025 | Mar 19, 2025 | Sep 1, 2025 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cxl/port: Hold port reference until decoder release
KASAN + DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE reports a potential use-after-free in
cxl_decoder_release() where it goes to reference its parent, a cxl_port,
to free its id back to port->decoder_ida.
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in to_cxl_port+0x18/0x90 [cxl_core]
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888119270908 by task kworker/35:2/379
CPU: 35 PID: 379 Comm: kworker/35:2 Tainted: G OE 5.17.0-rc2+ #198
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
Workqueue: events kobject_delayed_cleanup
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x59/0x73
print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1f/0x150
? to_cxl_port+0x18/0x90 [cxl_core]
kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf
? to_cxl_port+0x18/0x90 [cxl_core]
to_cxl_port+0x18/0x90 [cxl_core]
cxl_decoder_release+0x2a/0x60 [cxl_core]
device_release+0x5f/0x100
kobject_cleanup+0x80/0x1c0
The device core only guarantees parent lifetime until all children are
unregistered. If a child needs a parent to complete its ->release()
callback that child needs to hold a reference to extend the lifetime of
the parent.
Solutions
References
- CVE-2022-49223
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-49223
- CWE-416
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/linus/74be98774dfbc5b8b795db726bd772e735d2edd4
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49f2dab77a5e1354f5da6ccdc9346a8212697be2
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/518bb96367123062b48b0a9842f2864249b565f6
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74be98774dfbc5b8b795db726bd772e735d2edd4
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0022ca445d5fc4d0c89d15dcd0f855977b22c1d
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49223
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