Vulnerability Details CVE-2022-48867
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dmaengine: idxd: Prevent use after free on completion memory
On driver unload any pending descriptors are flushed at the
time the interrupt is freed:
idxd_dmaengine_drv_remove() ->
drv_disable_wq() ->
idxd_wq_free_irq() ->
idxd_flush_pending_descs().
If there are any descriptors present that need to be flushed this
flow triggers a "not present" page fault as below:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ff391c97c70c9040
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
The address that triggers the fault is the address of the
descriptor that was freed moments earlier via:
drv_disable_wq()->idxd_wq_free_resources()
Fix the use after free by freeing the descriptors after any possible
usage. This is done after idxd_wq_reset() to ensure that the memory
remains accessible during possible completion writes by the device.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 2.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
Products affected by CVE-2022-48867
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.12
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.14
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.15
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.16
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.17
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.12
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.14
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.15
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.16
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.17
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.18
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.19
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1.7