Use After Free in Linux

CVE-2022-49464

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: fix buffer copy overflow of ztailpacking feature I got some KASAN report as below: [ 46.959738] ================================================================== [ 46.960430] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in z_erofs_shifted_transform+0x2bd/0x370 [ 46.960430] Read of size 4074 at addr ffff8880300c2f8e by task fssum/188 ... [ 46.960430] Call Trace: [ 46.960430] <TASK> [ 46.960430] dump_stack_lvl+0x41/0x5e [ 46.960430] print_report.cold+0xb2/0x6b7 [ 46.960430] ? z_erofs_shifted_transform+0x2bd/0x370 [ 46.960430] kasan_report+0x8a/0x140 [ 46.960430] ? z_erofs_shifted_transform+0x2bd/0x370 [ 46.960430] kasan_check_range+0x14d/0x1d0 [ 46.960430] memcpy+0x20/0x60 [ 46.960430] z_erofs_shifted_transform+0x2bd/0x370 [ 46.960430] z_erofs_decompress_pcluster+0xaae/0x1080 The root cause is that the tail pcluster won't be a complete filesystem block anymore. So if ztailpacking is used, the second part of an uncompressed tail pcluster may not be ``rq->pageofs_out``.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (16.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 16.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-49464: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49464?
CVE-2022-49464 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-02-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-49464?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.