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CVE-2022-49220
published 2025-02-26

CVE-2022-49220: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dax: make sure inodes are flushed before destroy cache A bug can be triggered by following…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.26%
18.2th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dax: make sure inodes are flushed before destroy cache A bug can be triggered by following command $ modprobe nd_pmem && modprobe -r nd_pmem [ 10.060014] BUG dax_cache (Not tainted): Objects remaining in dax_cache on __kmem_cache_shutdown() [ 10.060938] Slab 0x0000000085b729ac objects=9 used=1 fp=0x000000004f5ae469 flags=0x200000000010200(slab|head|node) [ 10.062433] Call Trace: [ 10.062673] dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44 [ 10.062865] slab_err+0x90/0xd0 [ 10.063619] __kmem_cache_shutdown+0x13b/0x2f0 [ 10.063848] kmem_cache_destroy+0x4a/0x110 [ 10.064058] __x64_sys_delete_module+0x265/0x300 This is caused by dax_fs_exit() not flushing inodes before destroy cache. To fix this issue, call rcu_barrier() before destroy cache.

Affected

17 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 5.17.3-1 (bookworm)linux 5.17.3-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux——
linuxlinux>= 7b6be8444e0f0dd675b54d059793423d3c9b4c03 < 770d42fff12d8595adda9025a0b92091f543e775770d42fff12d8595adda9025a0b92091f543e775
linuxlinux>= 7b6be8444e0f0dd675b54d059793423d3c9b4c03 < ec376f5c11c88c0215d173599db8449cd4196759ec376f5c11c88c0215d173599db8449cd4196759
linuxlinux>= 7b6be8444e0f0dd675b54d059793423d3c9b4c03 < e2951eaa9398415ac054b7bd80b8163b6838ead4e2951eaa9398415ac054b7bd80b8163b6838ead4
linuxlinux>= 7b6be8444e0f0dd675b54d059793423d3c9b4c03 < f2a1e0eb70c2d954176c07d75d28742bde30e9f3f2a1e0eb70c2d954176c07d75d28742bde30e9f3
linuxlinux>= 7b6be8444e0f0dd675b54d059793423d3c9b4c03 < b786abe7c67c6ef71410c8e23292b3091d616ad1b786abe7c67c6ef71410c8e23292b3091d616ad1
linuxlinux>= 7b6be8444e0f0dd675b54d059793423d3c9b4c03 < a7e8de822e0b1979f08767c751f6c8a9c1d4ad86a7e8de822e0b1979f08767c751f6c8a9c1d4ad86
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.113-15.10.113-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.17.3-15.17.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.17.3-15.17.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.17.3-15.17.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.12 < 5.4.1895.4.189
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.335.15.33
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 5.16.195.16.19
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.17 < 5.17.25.17.2
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5 < 5.10.1105.10.110

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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