ghsa-x5q7-34x7-hr6p
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iomap: iomap: fix memory corruption when recording errors during writeback
Every now and then I see this crash on arm64:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000f8 Buffer I/O error on dev dm-0, logical block 8733687, async page read Mem abort info: ESR = 0x0000000096000006 EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits SET = 0, FnV = 0 EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault Data abort info: ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006 CM = 0, WnR = 0 user pgtable: 64k pages, 42-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000139750000 [00000000000000f8] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000, pud=0000000000000000, pmd=0000000000000000 Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Buffer I/O error on dev dm-0, logical block 8733688, async page read Dumping ftrace buffer: Buffer I/O error on dev dm-0, logical block 8733689, async page read (ftrace buffer empty) XFS (dm-0): log I/O error -5 Modules linked in: dm_thin_pool dm_persistent_data XFS (dm-0): Metadata I/O Error (0x1) detected at xfs_trans_read_buf_map+0x1ec/0x590 [xfs] (fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c:296). dm_bio_prison XFS (dm-0): Please unmount the filesystem and rectify the problem(s) XFS (dm-0): xfs_imap_lookup: xfs_ialloc_read_agi() returned error -5, agno 0 dm_bufio dm_log_writes xfs nft_chain_nat xt_REDIRECT nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip6t_REJECT potentially unexpected fatal signal 6. nf_reject_ipv6 potentially unexpected fatal signal 6. ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 CPU: 1 PID: 122166 Comm: fsstress Tainted: G W 6.0.0-rc5-djwa #rc5 3004c9f1de887ebae86015f2677638ce51ee7 rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss xt_tcpudp ip_set_hash_ip ip_set_hash_net xt_set nft_compat ip_set_hash_mac ip_set nf_tables Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS 1.5.1 06/16/2021 pstate: 60001000 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT +SSBS BTYPE=--) ip_tables pc : 000003fd6d7df200 x_tables lr : 000003fd6d7df1ec overlay nfsv4 CPU: 0 PID: 54031 Comm: u4:3 Tainted: G W 6.0.0-rc5-djwa #rc5 3004c9f1de887ebae86015f2677638ce51ee7405 Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS 1.5.1 06/16/2021 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn sp : 000003ffd9522fd0 (flush-253:0) pstate: 60401005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT +SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : errseq_set+0x1c/0x100 x29: 000003ffd9522fd0 x28: 0000000000000023 x27: 000002acefeb6780 x26: 0000000000000005 x25: 0000000000000001 x24: 0000000000000000 x23: 00000000ffffffff x22: 0000000000000005 lr : __filemap_set_wb_err+0x24/0xe0 x21: 0000000000000006 sp : fffffe000f80f760 x29: fffffe000f80f760 x28: 0000000000000003 x27: fffffe000f80f9f8 x26: 0000000002523000 x25: 00000000fffffffb x24: fffffe000f80f868 x23: fffffe000f80fbb0 x22: fffffc0180c26a78 x21: 0000000002530000 x20: 0000000000000000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 0000000000470af3 x12: fffffc0058f70000 x11: 0000000000000040 x10: 0000000000001b20 x9 : fffffe000836b288 x8 : fffffc00eb9fd480 x7 : 0000000000f83659 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : 0000000000000869 x4 : 0000000000000005 x3 : 00000000000000f8 x20: 000003fd6d740020 x19: 000000000001dd36 x18: 0000000000000001 x17: 000003fd6d78704c x16: 0000000000000001 x15: 000002acfac87668 x2 : 0000000000000ffa x1 : 00000000fffffffb x0 : 00000000000000f8 Call trace: errseq_set+0x1c/0x100 __filemap_set_wb_err+0x24/0xe0 iomap_do_writepage+0x5e4/0xd5c write_cache_pages+0x208/0x674 iomap_writepages+0x34/0x60 xfs_vm_writepages+0x8c/0xcc [xfs 7a861f39c43631f15d3a5884246ba5035d4ca78b] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 2064656e72757465 x12: 0000000000002180 x11: 000003fd6d8a82d0 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 000003fd6d8ae288 x8 : 0000000000000083 x7 : 00000000ffffffff x6 : 00000000ffffffee x5 : 00000000fbad2887 x4 : 000003fd6d9abb58 x3 : 000003fd6d740020 x2 : 0000000000000006 x1 : 000000000001dd36 x0 : 0000000000000000 CPU: ---truncated---
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-50406"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-09-18T16:15:43Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\niomap: iomap: fix memory corruption when recording errors during writeback\n\nEvery now and then I see this crash on arm64:\n\nUnable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000f8\nBuffer I/O error on dev dm-0, logical block 8733687, async page read\nMem abort info:\n ESR = 0x0000000096000006\n EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits\n SET = 0, FnV = 0\n EA = 0, S1PTW = 0\n FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault\nData abort info:\n ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006\n CM = 0, WnR = 0\nuser pgtable: 64k pages, 42-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000139750000\n[00000000000000f8] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000, pud=0000000000000000, pmd=0000000000000000\nInternal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP\nBuffer I/O error on dev dm-0, logical block 8733688, async page read\nDumping ftrace buffer:\nBuffer I/O error on dev dm-0, logical block 8733689, async page read\n (ftrace buffer empty)\nXFS (dm-0): log I/O error -5\nModules linked in: dm_thin_pool dm_persistent_data\nXFS (dm-0): Metadata I/O Error (0x1) detected at xfs_trans_read_buf_map+0x1ec/0x590 [xfs] (fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c:296).\n dm_bio_prison\nXFS (dm-0): Please unmount the filesystem and rectify the problem(s)\nXFS (dm-0): xfs_imap_lookup: xfs_ialloc_read_agi() returned error -5, agno 0\n dm_bufio dm_log_writes xfs nft_chain_nat xt_REDIRECT nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip6t_REJECT\npotentially unexpected fatal signal 6.\n nf_reject_ipv6\npotentially unexpected fatal signal 6.\n ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4\nCPU: 1 PID: 122166 Comm: fsstress Tainted: G W 6.0.0-rc5-djwa #rc5 3004c9f1de887ebae86015f2677638ce51ee7\n rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss xt_tcpudp ip_set_hash_ip ip_set_hash_net xt_set nft_compat ip_set_hash_mac ip_set nf_tables\nHardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS 1.5.1 06/16/2021\npstate: 60001000 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT +SSBS BTYPE=--)\n ip_tables\npc : 000003fd6d7df200\n x_tables\nlr : 000003fd6d7df1ec\n overlay nfsv4\nCPU: 0 PID: 54031 Comm: u4:3 Tainted: G W 6.0.0-rc5-djwa #rc5 3004c9f1de887ebae86015f2677638ce51ee7405\nHardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS 1.5.1 06/16/2021\nWorkqueue: writeback wb_workfn\nsp : 000003ffd9522fd0\n (flush-253:0)\npstate: 60401005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT +SSBS BTYPE=--)\npc : errseq_set+0x1c/0x100\nx29: 000003ffd9522fd0 x28: 0000000000000023 x27: 000002acefeb6780\nx26: 0000000000000005 x25: 0000000000000001 x24: 0000000000000000\nx23: 00000000ffffffff x22: 0000000000000005\nlr : __filemap_set_wb_err+0x24/0xe0\n x21: 0000000000000006\nsp : fffffe000f80f760\nx29: fffffe000f80f760 x28: 0000000000000003 x27: fffffe000f80f9f8\nx26: 0000000002523000 x25: 00000000fffffffb x24: fffffe000f80f868\nx23: fffffe000f80fbb0 x22: fffffc0180c26a78 x21: 0000000002530000\nx20: 0000000000000000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000\n\nx17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000\nx14: 0000000000000001 x13: 0000000000470af3 x12: fffffc0058f70000\nx11: 0000000000000040 x10: 0000000000001b20 x9 : fffffe000836b288\nx8 : fffffc00eb9fd480 x7 : 0000000000f83659 x6 : 0000000000000000\nx5 : 0000000000000869 x4 : 0000000000000005 x3 : 00000000000000f8\nx20: 000003fd6d740020 x19: 000000000001dd36 x18: 0000000000000001\nx17: 000003fd6d78704c x16: 0000000000000001 x15: 000002acfac87668\nx2 : 0000000000000ffa x1 : 00000000fffffffb x0 : 00000000000000f8\nCall trace:\n errseq_set+0x1c/0x100\n __filemap_set_wb_err+0x24/0xe0\n iomap_do_writepage+0x5e4/0xd5c\n write_cache_pages+0x208/0x674\n iomap_writepages+0x34/0x60\n xfs_vm_writepages+0x8c/0xcc [xfs 7a861f39c43631f15d3a5884246ba5035d4ca78b]\nx14: 0000000000000000 x13: 2064656e72757465 x12: 0000000000002180\nx11: 000003fd6d8a82d0 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 000003fd6d8ae288\nx8 : 0000000000000083 x7 : 00000000ffffffff x6 : 00000000ffffffee\nx5 : 00000000fbad2887 x4 : 000003fd6d9abb58 x3 : 000003fd6d740020\nx2 : 0000000000000006 x1 : 000000000001dd36 x0 : 0000000000000000\nCPU: \n---truncated---",
"id": "GHSA-x5q7-34x7-hr6p",
"modified": "2025-09-18T18:30:26Z",
"published": "2025-09-18T18:30:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50406"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d5f3ba1ac28059bdf7000cae2403e4e984308d2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7308591d9c7787aec58f6a01a7823f14e90db7a2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82c66c46f73b88be74c869e2cbfef45281adf3c6"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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