CVE-2022-49995
Published: Jun 18, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: writeback: avoid use-after-free after removing device When a disk is removed, bdi_unregister gets called to stop further writeback and wait for associated delayed work to complete. However, wb_inode_writeback_end() may schedule bandwidth estimation dwork after this has completed, which can result in the timer attempting to access the just freed bdi_writeback. Fix this by checking if the bdi_writeback is alive, similar to when scheduling writeback work. Since this requires wb->work_lock, and wb_inode_writeback_end() may get called from interrupt, switch wb->work_lock to an irqsafe lock.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 45a2966fd64147518dc5bca25f447bd0fb5359ac - < f96b9f7c1676923bce871e728bb49c0dfa5013ccaffected 45a2966fd64147518dc5bca25f447bd0fb5359ac - < 9a6c710f3bc10bc9cc23e1c080b53245b7f9d5b7affected 45a2966fd64147518dc5bca25f447bd0fb5359ac - < f87904c075515f3e1d8f4a7115869d3b914674fd |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.15unaffected 0 - < 5.15unaffected 5.15.64 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 5.19.6 - <= 5.19.*unaffected 6.0 - <= * |
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