CVE-2022-49220
Published: Feb 26, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dax: make sure inodes are flushed before destroy cache A bug can be triggered by following command $ modprobe nd_pmem && modprobe -r nd_pmem [ 10.060014] BUG dax_cache (Not tainted): Objects remaining in dax_cache on __kmem_cache_shutdown() [ 10.060938] Slab 0x0000000085b729ac objects=9 used=1 fp=0x000000004f5ae469 flags=0x200000000010200(slab|head|node) [ 10.062433] Call Trace: [ 10.062673] dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44 [ 10.062865] slab_err+0x90/0xd0 [ 10.063619] __kmem_cache_shutdown+0x13b/0x2f0 [ 10.063848] kmem_cache_destroy+0x4a/0x110 [ 10.064058] __x64_sys_delete_module+0x265/0x300 This is caused by dax_fs_exit() not flushing inodes before destroy cache. To fix this issue, call rcu_barrier() before destroy cache.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 7b6be8444e0f0dd675b54d059793423d3c9b4c03 - < 770d42fff12d8595adda9025a0b92091f543e775affected 7b6be8444e0f0dd675b54d059793423d3c9b4c03 - < ec376f5c11c88c0215d173599db8449cd4196759affected 7b6be8444e0f0dd675b54d059793423d3c9b4c03 - < e2951eaa9398415ac054b7bd80b8163b6838ead4affected 7b6be8444e0f0dd675b54d059793423d3c9b4c03 - < f2a1e0eb70c2d954176c07d75d28742bde30e9f3affected 7b6be8444e0f0dd675b54d059793423d3c9b4c03 - < b786abe7c67c6ef71410c8e23292b3091d616ad1+1 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.12unaffected 0 - < 4.12unaffected 5.4.189 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.110 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.33 - <= 5.15.*+3 more versions |
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