Linux KernelOperating system · Linux
CVE-2022-48726
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/ucma: Protect mc during concurrent multicast leaves Partially revert the commit mentioned in the Fixes line to make sure that allocation and erasing multicast struct are locked. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ucma_cleanup_multicast drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c:491 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ucma_destroy_private_ctx+0x914/0xb70 drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c:579 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88801bb74b00 by task syz-executor.1/25529 CPU: 0 PID: 25529 Comm: syz-executor.1 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc7-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0x8d/0x320 mm/kasan/report.c:247 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:433 [inline] kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf mm/kasan/report.c:450 ucma_cleanup_multicast drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c:491 [inline] ucma_destroy_private_ctx+0x914/0xb70 drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c:579 ucma_destroy_id+0x1e6/0x280 drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c:614 ucma_write+0x25c/0x350 drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c:1732 vfs_write+0x28e/0xae0 fs/read_write.c:588 ksys_write+0x1ee/0x250 fs/read_write.c:643 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae Currently the xarray search can touch a concurrently freeing mc as the xa_for_each() is not surrounded by any lock. Rather than hold the lock for a full scan hold it only for the effected items, which is usually an empty list.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysisMemory is used after it has been freed, so its contents — now potentially attacker-controlled — drive the program's behaviour. With careful heap grooming this becomes code execution. The fix requires disciplined ownership of memory and often a targeted rework of the object lifecycle.
General guidance for the use after free class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
>= 5.10, < 5.10.99>= 5.11, < 5.15.22>= 5.16, < 5.16.8= 5.17CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped5.10.995.15.225.16.8
Upgrade to kernel version 5.10.99+, 5.15.22+, 5.16.8+, or 5.17.1+ (or later stable release)
- 1. Identify the current running kernel version using `uname -r`
- 2. Check if the running kernel version falls within the affected range: 5.10.x (<5.10.99), 5.11-5.15.x (<5.15.22), 5.16.x (<5.16.8), or 5.17.x
- 3. If affected, schedule a maintenance window for kernel upgrade
- 4. Update the system kernel package to a fixed version: 5.10.99+, 5.15.22+, 5.16.8+, or 5.17.1+
- 5. Reboot the system to load the new kernel
- 6. Verify the fix is applied by checking `uname -r` shows a patched version and reviewing the kernel config for CONFIG_INFINIBAND=m or CONFIG_INFINIBAND=y
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