CVE-2022-50563
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)
dm thin: Fix UAF in run_timer_softirq()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm thin: Fix UAF in run_timer_softirq() When dm_resume() and dm_destroy() are concurrent, it will lead to UAF, as follows: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __run_timers+0x173/0x710 Write of size 8 at addr ffff88816d9490f0 by task swapper/0/0 <snip> Call Trace: <IRQ> dump_stack_lvl+0x73/0x9f print_report.cold+0x132/0xaa2 _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xcd/0x160 __run_timers+0x173/0x710 kasan_report+0xad/0x110 __run_timers+0x173/0x710 __asan_store8+0x9c/0x140 __run_timers+0x173/0x710 call_timer_fn+0x310/0x310 pvclock_clocksource_read+0xfa/0x250 kvm_clock_read+0x2c/0x70 kvm_clock_get_cycles+0xd/0x20 ktime_get+0x5c/0x110 lapic_next_event+0x38/0x50 clockevents_program_event+0xf1/0x1e0 run_timer_softirq+0x49/0x90 __do_softirq+0x16e/0x62c __irq_exit_rcu+0x1fa/0x270 irq_exit_rcu+0x12/0x20 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x8e/0xc0 One of the concurrency UAF can be shown as below: use free do_resume | __find_device_hash_cell | dm_get | atomic_inc(&md->holders) | | dm_destroy | __dm_destroy | if (!dm_suspended_md(md)) | atomic_read(&md->holders) | msleep(1) dm_resume | __dm_resume | dm_table_resume_targets | pool_resume | do_waker #add delay work | dm_put | atomic_dec(&md->holders) | | dm_table_destroy | pool_dtr | __pool_dec | __pool_destroy | destroy_workqueue | kfree(pool) # free pool time out __do_softirq run_timer_softirq # pool has already been freed This can be easily reproduced using: 1. create thin-pool 2. dmsetup suspend pool 3. dmsetup resume pool 4. dmsetup remove_all # Concurrent with 3 The root cause of this UAF bug is that dm_resume() adds timer after dm_destroy() skips cancelling the timer because of suspend status. After timeout, it will call run_timer_softirq(), however pool has already been freed. The concurrency UAF bug will happen. Therefore, cancelling timer again in __pool_destroy().
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 991d9fa02da0dd1f843dc011376965e0c8c6c9b5 | affected | git | 7ee059d06a5d3c15465959e0472993e80fbe4e81 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 991d9fa02da0dd1f843dc011376965e0c8c6c9b5 | affected | git | 550a4fac7ecfee5bac6a0dd772456ca62fb72f46 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 991d9fa02da0dd1f843dc011376965e0c8c6c9b5 | affected | git | e8b8e0d2bbf7d1172c4f435621418e29ee408d46 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 991d9fa02da0dd1f843dc011376965e0c8c6c9b5 | affected | git | 7ae6aa649394e1e7f6dafb55ce0d578c0572a280 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 991d9fa02da0dd1f843dc011376965e0c8c6c9b5 | affected | git | 34fe9c2251f19786a6689149a6212c6c0de1d63b | Unavailable | None listed |
| 991d9fa02da0dd1f843dc011376965e0c8c6c9b5 | affected | git | 34cd15d83b7206188d440b29b68084fcafde9395 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 991d9fa02da0dd1f843dc011376965e0c8c6c9b5 | affected | git | 94e231c9d6f2648d2f1f68e7f476e050ee0a6159 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 991d9fa02da0dd1f843dc011376965e0c8c6c9b5 | affected | git | d9971fa4d8bde63d49c743c1b32d12fbbd3a30bd | Unavailable | None listed |
| 991d9fa02da0dd1f843dc011376965e0c8c6c9b5 | affected | git | 88430ebcbc0ec637b710b947738839848c20feff | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 3.2 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.9.337 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.9.* | None listed |
| 4.14.303 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.14.* | None listed |
| 4.19.270 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.19.* | None listed |
| 5.4.229 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.4.* | None listed |
| 5.10.163 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.87 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.0.18 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.0.* | None listed |
| 6.1.4 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.2 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |