In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nilfs2: fix use-after-free bug of ns_writer on remount
If a nilfs2 filesystem is downgraded to read-only due to metadata
corruption on disk and is remounted read/write, or if emergency read-only
remount is performed, detaching a log writer and synchronizing the
filesystem can be done at the same time.
In these cases, use-after-free of the log writer (hereinafter
nilfs->ns_writer) can happen as shown in the scenario below:
Task1 Task2
-------------------------------- ------------------------------
nilfs_construct_segment
nilfs_segctor_sync
init_wait
init_waitqueue_entry
add_wait_queue
schedule
nilfs_remount (R/W remount case)
nilfs_attach_log_writer
nilfs_detach_log_writer
nilfs_segctor_destroy
kfree
finish_wait
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave
__raw_spin_lock_irqsave
do_raw_spin_lock
debug_spin_lock_before <-- use-after-free
While Task1 is sleeping, nilfs->ns_writer is freed by Task2. After Task1
waked up, Task1 accesses nilfs->ns_writer which is already freed. This
scenario diagram is based on the Shigeru Yoshida's post [1].
This patch fixes the issue by not detaching nilfs->ns_writer on remount so
that this UAF race doesn't happen. Along with this change, this patch
also inserts a few necessary read-only checks with superblock instance
where only the ns_writer pointer was used to check if the filesystem is
read-only.
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
10 Nov 2025, 21:12
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39a3ed68270b079c6b874d4e4727a512b9b4882c - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4feedde5486c07ea79787839153a71ca71329c7d - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cccf05fe857a18ee26e20d11a8455a73ffd4efd - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b162e81045266a2d5b44df9dffdf05c54de9cca - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afbd1188382a75f6cfe22c0b68533f7f9664f182 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b152300d5a1ba4258dacf9916bff20e6a8c7603b - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2fbf10040216ef5ee270773755fc2f5da65b749 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4736ab5542112fe0a40f140a0a0b072954f34da - Patch | |
| First Time |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8 |
| CWE | CWE-416 | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
02 May 2025, 13:53
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| Summary |
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01 May 2025, 15:16
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-05-01 15:16
Updated : 2025-11-10 21:12
NVD link : CVE-2022-49834
Mitre link : CVE-2022-49834
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-49834
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-416
Use After Free
