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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2022-49179 json

block, bfq: don't move oom_bfqq

published 2025-02-26 20 mo ago modified 2026-08-13 2 mo ago also EUVD-2022-55046

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

block, bfq: don't move oom_bfqq

Our test report a UAF:

[ 2073.019181] ================================================================== [ 2073.019188] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __bfq_put_async_bfqq+0xa0/0x168 [ 2073.019191] Write of size 8 at addr ffff8000ccf64128 by task rmmod/72584 [ 2073.019192] [ 2073.019196] CPU: 0 PID: 72584 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.19.90-yk #5 [ 2073.019198] Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015 [ 2073.019200] Call trace: [ 2073.019203] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x310 [ 2073.019206] show_stack+0x28/0x38 [ 2073.019210] dump_stack+0xec/0x15c [ 2073.019216] print_address_description+0x68/0x2d0 [ 2073.019220] kasan_report+0x238/0x2f0 [ 2073.019224] __asan_store8+0x88/0xb0 [ 2073.019229] __bfq_put_async_bfqq+0xa0/0x168 [ 2073.019233] bfq_put_async_queues+0xbc/0x208 [ 2073.019236] bfq_pd_offline+0x178/0x238 [ 2073.019240] blkcg_deactivate_policy+0x1f0/0x420 [ 2073.019244] bfq_exit_queue+0x128/0x178 [ 2073.019249] blk_mq_exit_sched+0x12c/0x160 [ 2073.019252] elevator_exit+0xc8/0xd0 [ 2073.019256] blk_exit_queue+0x50/0x88 [ 2073.019259] blk_cleanup_queue+0x228/0x3d8 [ 2073.019267] null_del_dev+0xfc/0x1e0 [null_blk] [ 2073.019274] null_exit+0x90/0x114 [null_blk] [ 2073.019278] __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x358/0x5a0 [ 2073.019282] el0_svc_common+0xc8/0x320 [ 2073.019287] el0_svc_handler+0xf8/0x160 [ 2073.019290] el0_svc+0x10/0x218 [ 2073.019291] [ 2073.019294] Allocated by task 14163: [ 2073.019301] kasan_kmalloc+0xe0/0x190 [ 2073.019305] kmem_cache_alloc_node_trace+0x1cc/0x418 [ 2073.019308] bfq_pd_alloc+0x54/0x118 [ 2073.019313] blkcg_activate_policy+0x250/0x460 [ 2073.019317] bfq_create_group_hierarchy+0x38/0x110 [ 2073.019321] bfq_init_queue+0x6d0/0x948 [ 2073.019325] blk_mq_init_sched+0x1d8/0x390 [ 2073.019330] elevator_switch_mq+0x88/0x170 [ 2073.019334] elevator_switch+0x140/0x270 [ 2073.019338] elv_iosched_store+0x1a4/0x2a0 [ 2073.019342] queue_attr_store+0x90/0xe0 [ 2073.019348] sysfs_kf_write+0xa8/0xe8 [ 2073.019351] kernfs_fop_write+0x1f8/0x378 [ 2073.019359] __vfs_write+0xe0/0x360 [ 2073.019363] vfs_write+0xf0/0x270 [ 2073.019367] ksys_write+0xdc/0x1b8 [ 2073.019371] __arm64_sys_write+0x50/0x60 [ 2073.019375] el0_svc_common+0xc8/0x320 [ 2073.019380] el0_svc_handler+0xf8/0x160 [ 2073.019383] el0_svc+0x10/0x218 [ 2073.019385] [ 2073.019387] Freed by task 72584: [ 2073.019391] __kasan_slab_free+0x120/0x228 [ 2073.019394] kasan_slab_free+0x10/0x18 [ 2073.019397] kfree+0x94/0x368 [ 2073.019400] bfqg_put+0x64/0xb0 [ 2073.019404] bfqg_and_blkg_put+0x90/0xb0 [ 2073.019408] bfq_put_queue+0x220/0x228 [ 2073.019413] __bfq_put_async_bfqq+0x98/0x168 [ 2073.019416] bfq_put_async_queues+0xbc/0x208 [ 2073.019420] bfq_pd_offline+0x178/0x238 [ 2073.019424] blkcg_deactivate_policy+0x1f0/0x420 [ 2073.019429] bfq_exit_queue+0x128/0x178 [ 2073.019433] blk_mq_exit_sched+0x12c/0x160 [ 2073.019437] elevator_exit+0xc8/0xd0 [ 2073.019440] blk_exit_queue+0x50/0x88 [ 2073.019443] blk_cleanup_queue+0x228/0x3d8 [ 2073.019451] null_del_dev+0xfc/0x1e0 [null_blk] [ 2073.019459] null_exit+0x90/0x114 [null_blk] [ 2073.019462] __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x358/0x5a0 [ 2073.019467] el0_svc_common+0xc8/0x320 [ 2073.019471] el0_svc_handler+0xf8/0x160 [ 2073.019474] el0_svc+0x10/0x218 [ 2073.019475] [ 2073.019479] The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8000ccf63f00 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-1024 of size 1024 [ 2073.019484] The buggy address is located 552 bytes inside of 1024-byte region [ffff8000ccf63f00, ffff8000ccf64300) [ 2073.019486] The buggy address belongs to the page: [ 2073.019492] page:ffff7e000333d800 count:1 mapcount:0 mapping:ffff8000c0003a00 index:0x0 compound_mapcount: 0 [ 2073.020123] flags: 0x7ffff0000008100(slab|head) [ 2073.020403] raw: 07ffff0000008100 ffff7e0003334c08 ffff7e00001f5a08 ffff8000c0003a00 [ 2073.020409] ra ---truncated---

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2, 5.18
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.17.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49179

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-117.132
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-37.39
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1078.84
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1011.14
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1078.84
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1008.12
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1008.10
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1026.29

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49179

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  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
  • bpftool RHEL 9 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
  • kernel-core RHEL 9 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
  • kernel-tools RHEL 9 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
  • python3-perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
  • kernel-modules RHEL 9 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
  • kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 9 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:8267

  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.5 +2 more 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.5 +3 more 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
  • kernel-default-base SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.5 +2 more 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1
  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:4123-1SUSE-SU-2025:02137-1SUSE-SU-2025:02135-1SUSE-SU-2025:02132-1SUSE-SU-2025:02131-1SUSE-SU-2025:02101-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-49179 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: block, bfq: don't move oom_bfqq

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) perf 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, bpftool 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-core 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-tools 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, python3-perf 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-modules 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:8267
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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