CVE-2022-50552

HIGH EPSS 9.0%
Published Oct 7, 20258mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Oct 7, 2025 8mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-mq: use quiesced elevator switch when reinitializing queues The hctx's run_work may be racing with the elevator switch when reinitializing hardware queues. The queue is merely frozen in this context, but that only prevents requests from allocating and doesn't stop the hctx work from running. The work may get an elevator pointer that's being torn down, and can result in use-after-free errors and kernel panics (example below). Use the quiesced elevator switch instead, and make the previous one static since it is now only used locally. nvme nvme0: resetting controller nvme nvme0: 32/0/0 default/read/poll queues BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 80000020c8861067 P4D 80000020c8861067 PUD 250f8c8067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI Workqueue: kblockd blk_mq_run_work_fn RIP: 0010:kyber_has_work+0x29/0x70 ... Call Trace: __blk_mq_do_dispatch_sched+0x83/0x2b0 __blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0x12e/0x170 blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0x30/0x60 __blk_mq_run_hw_queue+0x2b/0x50 process_one_work+0x1ef/0x380 worker_thread+0x2d/0x3e0

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
9.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-416 Use After Free Memory Safety

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.19  –  <5.19.17
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.0  –  <6.0.3

References 5

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f90015383cd3f1128bebfbe7a97122d97808046
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63a681bcc32a43528ce0f690569f7f48e59c3963
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8237c01f1696bc53c470493bf1fe092a107648a6
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9646443f28f33ec545ae303e613c3f476fad4dc1
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c478b3b2900f1834cf9eda5bfef0d5696099505d
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63a681bcc32a43528ce0f690569f7f48e59c3963
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8237c01f1696bc53c470493bf1fe092a107648a6
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c478b3b2900f1834cf9eda5bfef0d5696099505d
    Patch