Use After Free in Linux
CVE-2022-49694
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: disable the elevator int del_gendisk The elevator is only used for file system requests, which are stopped in del_gendisk. Move disabling the elevator and freeing the scheduler tags to the end of del_gendisk instead of doing that work in disk_release and blk_cleanup_queue to avoid a use after free on q->tag_set from disk_release as the tag_set might not be alive at that point. Move the blk_qos_exit call as well, as it just depends on the elevator exit and would be the only reason to keep the not exactly cheap queue freeze in disk_release.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
EPSS: 0.002 (15.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Linux — versions e155b0c238b20f0a866f4334d292656665836c8a, 5.16, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 5.19
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-49694?
- CVE-2022-49694 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-2022-49694?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.