CVE-2022-48869

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel in the gadgetfs driver involving the concurrent mounting and unmounting of the gadgetfs filesystem, where a race condition between the functions gadgetfs_fill_super() and gadget_kill_sb() can cause the latter to deallocate the obejct the_device while the former is using it. This can lead to a use-after-free flaw which can result in data corruption.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not impacted by this CVE, as the vulnerability in question does not affect the specific versions or configurations of the Linux kernel used in its distributions. This ensures that users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are not exposed to the potential risks associated with this issue, and no further action or mitigation is necessary for systems running this operating system.

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