CVE-2022-49685
kernel: iio: trigger: sysfs: fix use-after-free on remove
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · February 26, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: trigger: sysfs: fix use-after-free on remove
Ensure that the irq_work has completed before the trigger is freed.
================================================================== BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in irq_work_run_list Read of size 8 at addr 0000000064702248 by task python3/25
Call Trace: irq_work_run_list irq_work_tick update_process_times tick_sched_handle tick_sched_timer __hrtimer_run_queues hrtimer_interrupt
Allocated by task 25: kmem_cache_alloc_trace iio_sysfs_trig_add dev_attr_store sysfs_kf_write kernfs_fop_write_iter new_sync_write vfs_write ksys_write sys_write
Freed by task 25: kfree iio_sysfs_trig_remove dev_attr_store sysfs_kf_write kernfs_fop_write_iter new_sync_write vfs_write ksys_write sys_write
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-416 · Use After Free