Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2025 · Assigned by Linux
CVE-2022-49223cxl/port: Hold port reference until decoder release
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 19% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/port: Hold port reference until decoder release KASAN + DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE reports a potential use-after-free in cxl_decoder_release() where it goes to reference its parent, a cxl_port, to free its id back to port->decoder_ida. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in to_cxl_port+0x18/0x90 [cxl_core] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888119270908 by task kworker/35:2/379 CPU: 35 PID: 379 Comm: kworker/35:2 Tainted: G OE 5.17.0-rc2+ #198 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015 Workqueue: events kobject_delayed_cleanup Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x59/0x73 print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1f/0x150 ? to_cxl_port+0x18/0x90 [cxl_core] kasan_report.cold+0x83/0xdf ? to_cxl_port+0x18/0x90 [cxl_core] to_cxl_port+0x18/0x90 [cxl_core] cxl_decoder_release+0x2a/0x60 [cxl_core] device_release+0x5f/0x100 kobject_cleanup+0x80/0x1c0 The device core only guarantees parent lifetime until all children are unregistered. If a child needs a parent to complete its ->release() callback that child needs to hold a reference to extend the lifetime of the parent.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.17.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.17.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.17.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-50.56 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1021.25 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1021.26 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1024.30.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1019.25 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1017.20 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1004.6 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1015.17 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1017.22 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1019.23 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-50.56 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1015.15 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1019.24 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1016.18 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49223 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 40ba17afdfabb01688c61565dbe02a916241bc05 – before 518bb96367123062b48b0a9842f2864249b565f640ba17afdfabb01688c61565dbe02a916241bc05 – before b0022ca445d5fc4d0c89d15dcd0f855977b22c1d40ba17afdfabb01688c61565dbe02a916241bc05 – before 49f2dab77a5e1354f5da6ccdc9346a8212697be240ba17afdfabb01688c61565dbe02a916241bc05 – before 74be98774dfbc5b8b795db726bd772e735d2edd4 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.14 |
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H