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Linux Linux — fscache: Fix oops due to race with cookie_lru and use_cookie
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L H L N U N N H 4.7 .0015 5.2 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 12bb21a29c19aae50cfad4e2bb5c943108f34a7d – —
Linux 5.17 – 6.0.13
TIMELINE
Aug 22 Reserved by Linux
Oct 21 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2022-48989 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 4.7 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fscache: Fix oops due to race with cookie_lru and use_cookie
If a cookie expires from the LRU and the LRU_DISCARD flag is set, but
the state machine has not run yet, it's possible another thread can call
fscache_use_cookie and begin to use it.
When the cookie_worker finally runs, it will see the LRU_DISCARD flag
set, transition the cookie->state to LRU_DISCARDING, which will then
withdraw the cookie. Once the cookie is withdrawn the object is removed
the below oops will occur because the object associated with the cookie
is now NULL.
Fix the oops by clearing the LRU_DISCARD bit if another thread uses the
cookie before the cookie_worker runs.
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
...
CPU: 31 PID: 44773 Comm: kworker/u130:1 Tainted: G E 6.0.0-5.dneg.x86_64 #1
Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/26/2022
Workqueue: events_unbound netfs_rreq_write_to_cache_work [netfs]
RIP: 0010:cachefiles_prepare_write+0x28/0x90 [cachefiles]
...
Call Trace:
netfs_rreq_write_to_cache_work+0x11c/0x320 [netfs]
process_one_work+0x217/0x3e0
worker_thread+0x4a/0x3b0
kthread+0xd6/0x100
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| August 22, 2024 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| October 21, 2024 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2022-48989 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 4.7 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 12bb21a29c19aae50cfad4e2bb5c943108f34a7d | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.17 | 6.0.13 |
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