Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49465blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled 1.In current process, all bio will set the BIO_THROTTLED flag after __blk_throtl_bio(). 2.If bio needs to be throttled, it will start the timer and stop submit bio directly. Bio will submit in blk_throtl_dispatch_work_fn() when the timer expires.But in the current process, if bio is throttled. The BIO_THROTTLED will be set to bio after timer start. If the bio has been completed, it may cause use-after-free blow. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in blk_throtl_bio+0x12f0/0x2c70 Read of size 2 at addr ffff88801b8902d4 by task fio/26380 dump_stack+0x9b/0xce print_address_description.constprop.6+0x3e/0x60 kasan_report.cold.9+0x22/0x3a blk_throtl_bio+0x12f0/0x2c70 submit_bio_checks+0x701/0x1550 submit_bio_noacct+0x83/0xc80 submit_bio+0xa7/0x330 mpage_readahead+0x380/0x500 read_pages+0x1c1/0xbf0 page_cache_ra_unbounded+0x471/0x6f0 do_page_cache_ra+0xda/0x110 ondemand_readahead+0x442/0xae0 page_cache_async_ra+0x210/0x300 generic_file_buffered_read+0x4d9/0x2130 generic_file_read_iter+0x315/0x490 blkdev_read_iter+0x113/0x1b0 aio_read+0x2ad/0x450 io_submit_one+0xc8e/0x1d60 __se_sys_io_submit+0x125/0x350 do_syscall_64+0x2d/0x40 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 Allocated by task 26380: kasan_save_stack+0x19/0x40 __kasan_kmalloc.constprop.2+0xc1/0xd0 kmem_cache_alloc+0x146/0x440 mempool_alloc+0x125/0x2f0 bio_alloc_bioset+0x353/0x590 mpage_alloc+0x3b/0x240 do_mpage_readpage+0xddf/0x1ef0 mpage_readahead+0x264/0x500 read_pages+0x1c1/0xbf0 page_cache_ra_unbounded+0x471/0x6f0 do_page_cache_ra+0xda/0x110 ondemand_readahead+0x442/0xae0 page_cache_async_ra+0x210/0x300 generic_file_buffered_read+0x4d9/0x2130 generic_file_read_iter+0x315/0x490 blkdev_read_iter+0x113/0x1b0 aio_read+0x2ad/0x450 io_submit_one+0xc8e/0x1d60 __se_sys_io_submit+0x125/0x350 do_syscall_64+0x2d/0x40 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 Freed by task 0: kasan_save_stack+0x19/0x40 kasan_set_track+0x1c/0x30 kasan_set_free_info+0x1b/0x30 __kasan_slab_free+0x111/0x160 kmem_cache_free+0x94/0x460 mempool_free+0xd6/0x320 bio_free+0xe0/0x130 bio_put+0xab/0xe0 bio_endio+0x3a6/0x5d0 blk_update_request+0x590/0x1370 scsi_end_request+0x7d/0x400 scsi_io_completion+0x1aa/0xe50 scsi_softirq_done+0x11b/0x240 blk_mq_complete_request+0xd4/0x120 scsi_mq_done+0xf0/0x200 virtscsi_vq_done+0xbc/0x150 vring_interrupt+0x179/0x390 __handle_irq_event_percpu+0xf7/0x490 handle_irq_event_percpu+0x7b/0x160 handle_irq_event+0xcc/0x170 handle_edge_irq+0x215/0xb20 common_interrupt+0x60/0x120 asm_common_interrupt+0x1e/0x40 Fix this by move BIO_THROTTLED set into the queue_lock.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49465
Debian:13linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49465
Debian:14linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-173.183UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-173.183USN-8096-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1103.110UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1103.110USN-8096-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1109.118UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1109.118USN-8163-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1109.118.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1103.112UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1103.112USN-8096-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1099.105USN-8096-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1099.105UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1086.94USN-8096-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1086.94UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1097.100USN-8096-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1097.100UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1098.104USN-8096-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1098.104UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1095.100UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1095.100USN-8096-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-173.183UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-173.183USN-8096-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1098.99USN-8096-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1098.99UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1055.55USN-8096-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1055.55UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1044.44UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1044.44USN-8096-5
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1100.106UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1100.106USN-8096-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1097.100UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1097.100USN-8141-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1067.71UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49465
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1067.71USN-8096-1

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 2a0f61e6ecd08d260054bde4b096ff207ce5350f – before 24ba80efaf6e772f6132465fad08e20fb4767da72a0f61e6ecd08d260054bde4b096ff207ce5350f – before 047ea38d41d90d748bca812a43339632f52ba7152a0f61e6ecd08d260054bde4b096ff207ce5350f – before 0cfc8a0fb07cde61915e4a77c4794c47de3114a42a0f61e6ecd08d260054bde4b096ff207ce5350f – before 935fa666534d7b7185e8c6b0191cd06281be42902a0f61e6ecd08d260054bde4b096ff207ce5350f – before 5a011f889b4832aa80c2a872a5aade5c48d2756f
Linux Linux 3.11

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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