CVE-2022-48846

MEDIUM EPSS 12.3%
Published Jul 16, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Jul 16, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: release rq qos structures for queue without disk blkcg_init_queue() may add rq qos structures to request queue, previously blk_cleanup_queue() calls rq_qos_exit() to release them, but commit 8e141f9eb803 ("block: drain file system I/O on del_gendisk") moves rq_qos_exit() into del_gendisk(), so memory leak is caused because queues may not have disk, such as un-present scsi luns, nvme admin queue, ... Fixes the issue by adding rq_qos_exit() to blk_cleanup_queue() back. BTW, v5.18 won't need this patch any more since we move blkcg_init_queue()/blkcg_exit_queue() into disk allocation/release handler, and patches have been in for-5.18/block.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
12.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.15  –  <5.15.31
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <5.16.17

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60c2c8e2ef3a3ec79de8cbc80a06ca0c21df8c29
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4ad8736ac982111bb0be8306bf19c8207f6600e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daaca3522a8e67c46e39ef09c1d542e866f85f3b
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60c2c8e2ef3a3ec79de8cbc80a06ca0c21df8c29
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4ad8736ac982111bb0be8306bf19c8207f6600e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daaca3522a8e67c46e39ef09c1d542e866f85f3b
    Patch