CVE-2022-49696

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) subsystem, allowing a use-after-free condition during the cleanup process. This issue arises when the kernel's work queue mechanism does not properly synchronize the destruction of TIPC namespaces with the completion of pending work items.

Specifically, the function responsible for canceling pending work (cancel_work_sync()) ensures that a particular work item (tipc_net_finalize_work) is completed before the namespace is destroyed. However, it does not guarantee that this work item is the last one queued, leading to the possibility of accessing freed memory if additional work is enqueued afterward.

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