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CVE-2022-47946

kernel: use-after-free in io_sqpoll_wait_sq

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

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CVSS

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Published · December 22, 2022

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel 5.10.x before 5.10.155. A use-after-free in io_sqpoll_wait_sq in fs/io_uring.c allows an attacker to crash the kernel, resulting in denial of service. finish_wait can be skipped. An attack can occur in some situations by forking a process and then quickly terminating it. NOTE: later kernel versions, such as the 5.15 longterm series, substantially changed the implementation of io_sqpoll_wait_sq.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CWE not specified