CVE-2022-50488

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50488
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50488.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-50488
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-10-04T15:43:42.352Z
Modified
2026-04-11T12:44:57.474064Z
Summary
block, bfq: fix possible uaf for 'bfqq->bic'
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

block, bfq: fix possible uaf for 'bfqq->bic'

Our test report a uaf for 'bfqq->bic' in 5.10:

================================================================== BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in bfqselectqueue+0x378/0xa30

CPU: 6 PID: 2318352 Comm: fsstress Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.10.0-60.18.0.50.h602.kasan.eulerosv2r11.x8664 #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58-20220320160524-szxrtosci10000 04/01/2014 Call Trace: bfqselectqueue+0x378/0xa30 bfqdispatchrequest+0xe8/0x130 blkmqdodispatchsched+0x62/0xb0 __blkmqscheddispatchrequests+0x215/0x2a0 blkmqscheddispatchrequests+0x8f/0xd0 __blkmqrunhwqueue+0x98/0x180 __blkmqdelay_runhwqueue+0x22b/0x240 blkmqrunhwqueue+0xe3/0x190 blkmqschedinsertrequests+0x107/0x200 blkmqflushpluglist+0x26e/0x3c0 blkfinishplug+0x63/0x90 __iomapdiorw+0x7b5/0x910 iomapdiorw+0x36/0x80 ext4dioreaditer+0x146/0x190 [ext4] ext4filereaditer+0x1e2/0x230 [ext4] newsyncread+0x29f/0x400 vfsread+0x24e/0x2d0 ksysread+0xd5/0x1b0 dosyscall64+0x33/0x40 entrySYSCALL64afterhwframe+0x61/0xc6

Commit 3bc5e683c67d ("bfq: Split shared queues on move between cgroups") changes that move process to a new cgroup will allocate a new bfqq to use, however, the old bfqq and new bfqq can point to the same bic:

1) Initial state, two process with io in the same cgroup.

Process 1 Process 2 (BIC1) (BIC2) | Λ | Λ | | | | V | V | bfqq1 bfqq2

2) bfqq1 is merged to bfqq2.

Process 1 Process 2 (BIC1) (BIC2) | | -------------\| V bfqq1 bfqq2(coop)

3) Process 1 exit, then issue new io(denoce IOA) from Process 2.

(BIC2) | Λ | | V | bfqq2(coop)

4) Before IOA is completed, move Process 2 to another cgroup and issue io.

Process 2 (BIC2) Λ |--------------\ | V bfqq2 bfqq3

Now that BIC2 points to bfqq3, while bfqq2 and bfqq3 both point to BIC2. If all the requests are completed, and Process 2 exit, BIC2 will be freed while there is no guarantee that bfqq2 will be freed before BIC2.

Fix the problem by clearing bfqq->bic while bfqq is detached from bic.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50488.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
4dfc12f8c94c8052e975060f595938f75e8b7165
Fixed
5533742c7cb1bc9b1f0bf401cc397d44a3a9e07a
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
81b7d0c717a487ec50e2924a773ff501ee40f0d5
Fixed
094f3d9314d67691cb21ba091c1b528f6e3c4893
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
3bc5e683c67d94bd839a1da2e796c15847b51b69
Fixed
b22fd72bfebda3956efc4431b60ddfc0a51e03e0
Fixed
761564d93c8265f65543acf0a576b32d66bfa26a
Fixed
64dc8c732f5c2b406cc752e6aaa1bd5471159cab
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
31326bf551269fb9bafa84ca99172b8340e5d8f8
Last affected
43c51b86dbe551cff5d39b88aa2f41d29479f9c4
Last affected
8615f6c0c9e7cf0ca90b6b5408784d797cbe5621

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50488.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.10.175
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.86
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.0.16
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.19.0
Fixed
6.1.2

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50488.json"