CVE-2022-48988
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2022
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
memcg: fix possible use-after-free in memcg_write_event_control()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memcg: fix possible use-after-free in memcg_write_event_control() memcg_write_event_control() accesses the dentry->d_name of the specified control fd to route the write call. As a cgroup interface file can't be renamed, it's safe to access d_name as long as the specified file is a regular cgroup file. Also, as these cgroup interface files can't be removed before the directory, it's safe to access the parent too. Prior to 347c4a874710 ("memcg: remove cgroup_event->cft"), there was a call to __file_cft() which verified that the specified file is a regular cgroupfs file before further accesses. The cftype pointer returned from __file_cft() was no longer necessary and the commit inadvertently dropped the file type check with it allowing any file to slip through. With the invarients broken, the d_name and parent accesses can now race against renames and removals of arbitrary files and cause use-after-free's. Fix the bug by resurrecting the file type check in __file_cft(). Now that cgroupfs is implemented through kernfs, checking the file operations needs to go through a layer of indirection. Instead, let's check the superblock and dentry type.
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
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 | affected | git | b77600e26fd48727a95ffd50ba1e937efb548125 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 | affected | git | e1ae97624ecf400ea56c238bff23e5cd139df0b8 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 | affected | git | 35963b31821920908e397146502066f6b032c917 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 | affected | git | f1f7f36cf682fa59db15e2089039a2eeb58ff2ad | Unavailable | None listed |
| 347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 | affected | git | aad8bbd17a1d586005feb9226c2e9cfce1432e13 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 | affected | git | 0ed074317b835caa6c03bcfa8f133365324673dc | Unavailable | None listed |
| 347c4a8747104a945ecced358944e42879176ca5 | affected | git | 4a7ba45b1a435e7097ca0f79a847d0949d0eb088 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.14 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 3.14 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.14.302 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.14.* | None listed |
| 4.19.269 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.19.* | None listed |
| 5.4.227 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.4.* | None listed |
| 5.10.159 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.83 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.0.13 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.0.* | None listed |
| 6.1 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |