CVE-2022-49995CWE-416

CVE-2022-49995

High · published June 18, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

writeback: avoid use-after-free after removing device

When a disk is removed, bdi_unregister gets called to stop further

writeback and wait for associated delayed work to complete. However,

wb_inode_writeback_end() may schedule bandwidth estimation dwork after

this has completed, which can result in the timer attempting to access the

just freed bdi_writeback.

Fix this by checking if the bdi_writeback is alive, similar to when

scheduling writeback work.

Since this requires wb->work_lock, and wb_inode_writeback_end() may get

called from interrupt, switch wb->work_lock to an irqsafe lock.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00256 · 16.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2025-06-18T15:15Z
Affected products (4)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.15, < 5.15.645.15.64
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 5.19.65.19.6
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 JUN 11:00Z
    writeback: avoid use-after-free after removing device
    cvelistv5