Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49270

high Nessus Plugin ID 225622

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: fix use-after-free in dm_cleanup_zoned_dev() dm_cleanup_zoned_dev() uses queue, so it must be called before blk_cleanup_disk() starts its killing: blk_cleanup_disk->blk_cleanup_queue()->kobject_put()->blk_release_queue()->
->...RCU...->blk_free_queue_rcu()->kmem_cache_free() Otherwise, RCU callback may be executed first and dm_cleanup_zoned_dev() will touch free'd memory: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in dm_cleanup_zoned_dev+0x33/0xd0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88805ac6e430 by task dmsetup/681 CPU: 4 PID: 681 Comm: dmsetup Not tainted 5.17.0-rc2+ #6 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x7d print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1f/0x150 ? dm_cleanup_zoned_dev+0x33/0xd0 kasan_report.cold+0x7f/0x11b ? dm_cleanup_zoned_dev+0x33/0xd0 dm_cleanup_zoned_dev+0x33/0xd0
__dm_destroy+0x26a/0x400 ? dm_blk_ioctl+0x230/0x230 ? up_write+0xd8/0x270 dev_remove+0x156/0x1d0 ctl_ioctl+0x269/0x530 ? table_clear+0x140/0x140 ? lock_release+0xb2/0x750 ? remove_all+0x40/0x40 ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x12/0x70 ? lock_downgrade+0x3c0/0x3c0 ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x12/0x70 dm_ctl_ioctl+0xa/0x10 __x64_sys_ioctl+0xb9/0xf0 do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae RIP: 0033:0x7fb6dfa95c27 (CVE-2022-49270)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 225622

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_49270.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 3/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-49270

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49270

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