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CVE-2022-48937

io_uring: add a schedule point in io_add_buffers()

Severity Score

3.3
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: add a schedule point in io_add_buffers() Looping ~65535 times doing kmalloc() calls can trigger soft lockups,
especially with DEBUG features (like KASAN). [ 253.536212] watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#64 stuck for 26s! [b219417889:12575]
[ 253.544433] Modules linked in: vfat fat i2c_mux_pca954x i2c_mux spidev cdc_acm xhci_pci xhci_hcd sha3_generic gq(O)
[ 253.544451] CPU: 64 PID: 12575 Comm: b219417889 Tainted: G S O 5.17.0-smp-DEV #801
[ 253.544457] RIP: 0010:kernel_text_address (./include/asm-generic/sections.h:192 ./include/linux/kallsyms.h:29 kernel/extable.c:67 kernel/extable.c:98)
[ 253.544464] Code: 0f 93 c0 48 c7 c1 e0 63 d7 a4 48 39 cb 0f 92 c1 20 c1 0f b6 c1 5b 5d c3 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 57 41 56 53 48 89 fb <48> c7 c0 00 00 80 a0 41 be 01 00 00 00 48 39 c7 72 0c 48 c7 c0 40
[ 253.544468] RSP: 0018:ffff8882d8baf4c0 EFLAGS: 00000246
[ 253.544471] RAX: 1ffff1105b175e00 RBX: ffffffffa13ef09a RCX: 00000000a13ef001
[ 253.544474] RDX: ffffffffa13ef09a RSI: ffff8882d8baf558 RDI: ffffffffa13ef09a
[ 253.544476] RBP: ffff8882d8baf4d8 R08: ffff8882d8baf5e0 R09: 0000000000000004
[ 253.544479] R10: ffff8882d8baf5e8 R11: ffffffffa0d59a50 R12: ffff8882eab20380
[ 253.544481] R13: ffffffffa0d59a50 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff1105b175eb0
[ 253.544483] FS: 00000000016d3380(0000) GS:ffff88af48c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 253.544486] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 253.544488] CR2: 00000000004af0f0 CR3: 00000002eabfa004 CR4: 00000000003706e0
[ 253.544491] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 253.544492] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 253.544494] Call Trace:
[ 253.544496] <TASK>
[ 253.544498] ? io_queue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:7143)
[ 253.544505] __kernel_text_address (kernel/extable.c:78)
[ 253.544508] unwind_get_return_address (arch/x86/kernel/unwind_frame.c:19)
[ 253.544514] arch_stack_walk (arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:27)
[ 253.544517] ? io_queue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:7143)
[ 253.544521] stack_trace_save (kernel/stacktrace.c:123)
[ 253.544527] ____kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:39 mm/kasan/common.c:45 mm/kasan/common.c:436 mm/kasan/common.c:515)
[ 253.544531] ? ____kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:39 mm/kasan/common.c:45 mm/kasan/common.c:436 mm/kasan/common.c:515)
[ 253.544533] ? __kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:524)
[ 253.544535] ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace (./include/linux/kasan.h:270 mm/slab.c:3567)
[ 253.544541] ? io_issue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:4556 fs/io_uring.c:4589 fs/io_uring.c:6828)
[ 253.544544] ? __io_queue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:?)
[ 253.544551] __kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:524)
[ 253.544553] kmem_cache_alloc_trace (./include/linux/kasan.h:270 mm/slab.c:3567)
[ 253.544556] ? io_issue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:4556 fs/io_uring.c:4589 fs/io_uring.c:6828)
[ 253.544560] io_issue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:4556 fs/io_uring.c:4589 fs/io_uring.c:6828)
[ 253.544564] ? __kasan_slab_alloc (mm/kasan/common.c:45 mm/kasan/common.c:436 mm/kasan/common.c:469)
[ 253.544567] ? __kasan_slab_alloc (mm/kasan/common.c:39 mm/kasan/common.c:45 mm/kasan/common.c:436 mm/kasan/common.c:469)
[ 253.544569] ? kmem_cache_alloc_bulk (mm/slab.h:732 mm/slab.c:3546)
[ 253.544573] ? __io_alloc_req_refill (fs/io_uring.c:2078)
[ 253.544578] ? io_submit_sqes (fs/io_uring.c:7441)
[ 253.544581] ? __se_sys_io_uring_enter (fs/io_uring.c:10154 fs/io_uring.c:10096)
[ 253.544584] ? __x64_sys_io_uring_enter (fs/io_uring.c:10096)
[ 253.544587] ? do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80)
[ 253.544590] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (??:?)
[ 253.544596] __io_queue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:?)
[ 253.544600] io_queue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:7143)
[ 253.544603] io_submit_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:?)
[ 253.544608] io_submit_sqes (fs/io_uring.c:?)
[ 253.544612] __se_sys_io_uring_enter (fs/io_uring.c:10154 fs/io_uri
---truncated---

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: add a schedule point in io_add_buffers() Looping ~65535 times doing kmalloc() calls can trigger soft lockups, especially with DEBUG features (like KASAN). [ 253.536212] watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#64 stuck for 26s! [b219417889:12575] [ 253.544433] Modules linked in: vfat fat i2c_mux_pca954x i2c_mux spidev cdc_acm xhci_pci xhci_hcd sha3_generic gq(O) [ 253.544451] CPU: 64 PID: 12575 Comm: b219417889 Tainted: G S O 5.17.0-smp-DEV #801 [ 253.544457] RIP: 0010:kernel_text_address (./include/asm-generic/sections.h:192 ./include/linux/kallsyms.h:29 kernel/extable.c:67 kernel/extable.c:98) [ 253.544464] Code: 0f 93 c0 48 c7 c1 e0 63 d7 a4 48 39 cb 0f 92 c1 20 c1 0f b6 c1 5b 5d c3 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 57 41 56 53 48 89 fb <48> c7 c0 00 00 80 a0 41 be 01 00 00 00 48 39 c7 72 0c 48 c7 c0 40 [ 253.544468] RSP: 0018:ffff8882d8baf4c0 EFLAGS: 00000246 [ 253.544471] RAX: 1ffff1105b175e00 RBX: ffffffffa13ef09a RCX: 00000000a13ef001 [ 253.544474] RDX: ffffffffa13ef09a RSI: ffff8882d8baf558 RDI: ffffffffa13ef09a [ 253.544476] RBP: ffff8882d8baf4d8 R08: ffff8882d8baf5e0 R09: 0000000000000004 [ 253.544479] R10: ffff8882d8baf5e8 R11: ffffffffa0d59a50 R12: ffff8882eab20380 [ 253.544481] R13: ffffffffa0d59a50 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff1105b175eb0 [ 253.544483] FS: 00000000016d3380(0000) GS:ffff88af48c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 253.544486] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 253.544488] CR2: 00000000004af0f0 CR3: 00000002eabfa004 CR4: 00000000003706e0 [ 253.544491] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 253.544492] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 253.544494] Call Trace: [ 253.544496] <TASK> [ 253.544498] ? io_queue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:7143) [ 253.544505] __kernel_text_address (kernel/extable.c:78) [ 253.544508] unwind_get_return_address (arch/x86/kernel/unwind_frame.c:19) [ 253.544514] arch_stack_walk (arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:27) [ 253.544517] ? io_queue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:7143) [ 253.544521] stack_trace_save (kernel/stacktrace.c:123) [ 253.544527] ____kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:39 mm/kasan/common.c:45 mm/kasan/common.c:436 mm/kasan/common.c:515) [ 253.544531] ? ____kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:39 mm/kasan/common.c:45 mm/kasan/common.c:436 mm/kasan/common.c:515) [ 253.544533] ? __kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:524) [ 253.544535] ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace (./include/linux/kasan.h:270 mm/slab.c:3567) [ 253.544541] ? io_issue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:4556 fs/io_uring.c:4589 fs/io_uring.c:6828) [ 253.544544] ? __io_queue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:?) [ 253.544551] __kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:524) [ 253.544553] kmem_cache_alloc_trace (./include/linux/kasan.h:270 mm/slab.c:3567) [ 253.544556] ? io_issue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:4556 fs/io_uring.c:4589 fs/io_uring.c:6828) [ 253.544560] io_issue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:4556 fs/io_uring.c:4589 fs/io_uring.c:6828) [ 253.544564] ? __kasan_slab_alloc (mm/kasan/common.c:45 mm/kasan/common.c:436 mm/kasan/common.c:469) [ 253.544567] ? __kasan_slab_alloc (mm/kasan/common.c:39 mm/kasan/common.c:45 mm/kasan/common.c:436 mm/kasan/common.c:469) [ 253.544569] ? kmem_cache_alloc_bulk (mm/slab.h:732 mm/slab.c:3546) [ 253.544573] ? __io_alloc_req_refill (fs/io_uring.c:2078) [ 253.544578] ? io_submit_sqes (fs/io_uring.c:7441) [ 253.544581] ? __se_sys_io_uring_enter (fs/io_uring.c:10154 fs/io_uring.c:10096) [ 253.544584] ? __x64_sys_io_uring_enter (fs/io_uring.c:10096) [ 253.544587] ? do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80) [ 253.544590] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (??:?) [ 253.544596] __io_queue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:?) [ 253.544600] io_queue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:7143) [ 253.544603] io_submit_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:?) [ 253.544608] io_submit_sqes (fs/io_uring.c:?) [ 253.544612] __se_sys_io_uring_enter (fs/io_uring.c:10154 fs/io_uri ---truncated---

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-08-22 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-08-22 CVE Published
  • 2024-12-19 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-18 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.7 < 5.10.103
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en
Affected
Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.7 < 5.15.26
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.7 < 5.16.12
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.7 < 5.17
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