# CVE-2022-48847: watch_queue: Fix filter limit check

> A flaw in the Linux kernel watch_queue allows out-of-bounds writes, potentially causing system crashes or privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48847, GHSA-wgcq-m83r-f344, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48847

## What is CVE-2022-48847?

CVE-2022-48847 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

watch_queue: Fix filter limit check

In watch_queue_set_filter(), there are a couple of places where we check
that the filter type value does not exceed what the type_filter bitmap
can hold.  One place calculates the number of bits by:

   if (tf[i].type >= sizeof(wfilter->type_filter) * 8)

which is fine, but the second does:

   if (tf[i].type >= sizeof(wfilter->type_filter) * BITS_PER_LONG)

which is not.  This can lead to a couple of out-of-bounds writes due to
a too-large type:

 (1) __set_bit() on wfilter->type_filter
 (2) Writing more elements in wfilter->filters[] than we allocated.

Fix this by just using the proper WATCH_TYPE__NR instead, which is the
number of types we actually know about.

The bug may cause an oops looking something like:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in watch_queue_set_filter+0x659/0x740
  Write of size 4 at addr ffff88800d2c66bc by task watch_queue_oob/611
  ...
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   dump_stack_lvl+0x45/0x59
   print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1f/0x150
   ...
   kasan_report.cold+0x7f/0x11b
   ...
   watch_queue_set_filter+0x659/0x740
   ...
   __x64_sys_ioctl+0x127/0x190
   do_syscall_64+0x43/0x90
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

  Allocated by task 611:
   kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
   __kasan_kmalloc+0x81/0xa0
   watch_queue_set_filter+0x23a/0x740
   __x64_sys_ioctl+0x127/0x190
   do_syscall_64+0x43/0x90
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

  The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88800d2c66a0
   which belongs to the cache kmalloc-32 of size 32
  The buggy address is located 28 bytes inside of
   32-byte region [ffff88800d2c66a0, ffff88800d2c66c0)

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48847?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48847?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-48847 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48847 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48847 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48847 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48847 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48847/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48847/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48847
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48847
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48847

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