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CVE-2022-48801

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2022
Source publication
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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iio: buffer: Fix file related error handling in IIO_BUFFER_GET_FD_IOCTL

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: buffer: Fix file related error handling in IIO_BUFFER_GET_FD_IOCTL If we fail to copy the just created file descriptor to userland, we try to clean up by putting back 'fd' and freeing 'ib'. The code uses put_unused_fd() for the former which is wrong, as the file descriptor was already published by fd_install() which gets called internally by anon_inode_getfd(). This makes the error handling code leaving a half cleaned up file descriptor table around and a partially destructed 'file' object, allowing userland to play use-after-free tricks on us, by abusing the still usable fd and making the code operate on a dangling 'file->private_data' pointer. Instead of leaving the kernel in a partially corrupted state, don't attempt to explicitly clean up and leave this to the process exit path that'll release any still valid fds, including the one created by the previous call to anon_inode_getfd(). Simply return -EFAULT to indicate the error.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
f73f7f4da581875f9b1f2fb8ebd1ab15ed634488affectedgitb7f54894aa7517d2b6c797a499b9f491e9db9083UnavailableNone listed
f73f7f4da581875f9b1f2fb8ebd1ab15ed634488affectedgit202071d2518537866d291aa7cf26af54e674f4d4UnavailableNone listed
f73f7f4da581875f9b1f2fb8ebd1ab15ed634488affectedgitc72ea20503610a4a7ba26c769357d31602769c01UnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
5.13affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver5.13UnavailableNone listed
5.15.24unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.15.*None listed
5.16.10unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.16.*None listed
5.17unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed