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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2022-48931" idYear: 2022 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-08-22T03:31:24.823Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T18:49:55.167Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:45.230Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-48931" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-48931.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48931" title: "configfs: fix a race in configfs_{,un}register_subsystem()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nconfigfs: fix a race in configfs_{,un}register_subsystem()\n\nWhen configfs_register_subsystem() or configfs_unregister_subsystem()\nis executing link_group() or unlink_group(),\nit is possible that two processes add or delete list concurrently.\nSome unfortunate interleavings of them can cause kernel panic.\n\nOne of cases is:\nA --\u003e B --\u003e C --\u003e D\nA \u003c-- B \u003c-- C \u003c-- D\n\n delete list_head *B | delete list_head *C\n--------------------------------|-----------------------------------\nconfigfs_unregister_subsystem | configfs_unregister_subsystem\n unlink_group | unlink_group\n unlink_obj | unlink_obj\n list_del_init | list_del_init\n __list_del_entry | __list_del_entry\n __list_del | __list_del\n // next == C |\n next-\u003eprev = prev |\n | next-\u003eprev = prev\n prev-\u003enext = next |\n | // prev == B\n | prev-\u003enext = next\n\nFix this by adding mutex when calling link_group() or unlink_group(),\nbut parent configfs_subsystem is NULL when config_item is root.\nSo I create a mutex configfs_subsystem_mutex." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"40805099af11f68c5ca7dbcfacf455da8f99f622"},{"version":"7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d1654de19d42f513b6cfe955cc77e7f427e05a77"},{"version":"7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a37024f7757c25550accdebf49e497ad6ae239fe"},{"version":"7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b7e2b91fcb5c78c414e33dc8d50642e307ca0c5a"},{"version":"7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a7ab53d3c27dfe83bb594456b9f38a37796ec39b"},{"version":"7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e7a66dd2687758718eddd79b542a95cf3aa488cc"},{"version":"7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3aadfd46858b1f64d4d6a0654b863e21aabff975"},{"version":"7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"84ec758fb2daa236026506868c8796b0500c047d"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.16"},{"version":"4.9.304","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.9.*"},{"version":"4.14.269","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.14.*"},{"version":"4.19.232","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.19.*"},{"version":"5.4.182","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.103","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.26","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"5.16.12","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.16.*"},{"version":"5.17","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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