ghsa-cw67-vp4w-w46p
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-06-18 12:30
Modified
2025-06-18 12:30
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-49995"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-18T11:15:27Z",
    "severity": null
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwriteback: avoid use-after-free after removing device\n\nWhen a disk is removed, bdi_unregister gets called to stop further\nwriteback and wait for associated delayed work to complete.  However,\nwb_inode_writeback_end() may schedule bandwidth estimation dwork after\nthis has completed, which can result in the timer attempting to access the\njust freed bdi_writeback.\n\nFix this by checking if the bdi_writeback is alive, similar to when\nscheduling writeback work.\n\nSince this requires wb-\u003ework_lock, and wb_inode_writeback_end() may get\ncalled from interrupt, switch wb-\u003ework_lock to an irqsafe lock.",
  "id": "GHSA-cw67-vp4w-w46p",
  "modified": "2025-06-18T12:30:40Z",
  "published": "2025-06-18T12:30:40Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49995"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a6c710f3bc10bc9cc23e1c080b53245b7f9d5b7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f87904c075515f3e1d8f4a7115869d3b914674fd"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f96b9f7c1676923bce871e728bb49c0dfa5013cc"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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