Vulnerability Details CVE-2022-49406
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
block: Fix potential deadlock in blk_ia_range_sysfs_show()
When being read, a sysfs attribute is already protected against removal
with the kobject node active reference counter. As a result, in
blk_ia_range_sysfs_show(), there is no need to take the queue sysfs
lock when reading the value of a range attribute. Using the queue sysfs
lock in this function creates a potential deadlock situation with the
disk removal, something that a lockdep signals with a splat when the
device is removed:
[ 760.703551] Possible unsafe locking scenario:
[ 760.703551]
[ 760.703554] CPU0 CPU1
[ 760.703556] ---- ----
[ 760.703558] lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
[ 760.703565] lock(kn->active#385);
[ 760.703573] lock(&q->sysfs_lock);
[ 760.703579] lock(kn->active#385);
[ 760.703587]
[ 760.703587] *** DEADLOCK ***
Solve this by removing the mutex_lock()/mutex_unlock() calls from
blk_ia_range_sysfs_show().
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 5.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
Products affected by CVE-2022-49406
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.0
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.12
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.14
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.15
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.16
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.17
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.18
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.19
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.20
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.62
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17.12
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18.2