# CVE-2022-49168: btrfs: do not clean up repair bio if submit fails

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's btrfs filesystem allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code via race conditions.

- **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:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-59135, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49168, GHSA-54fp-2qhf-47h6, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-49168, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-49168, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49168

## What is CVE-2022-49168?

CVE-2022-49168 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. 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:

btrfs: do not clean up repair bio if submit fails

The submit helper will always run bio_endio() on the bio if it fails to
submit, so cleaning up the bio just leads to a variety of use-after-free
and NULL pointer dereference bugs because we race with the endio
function that is cleaning up the bio.  Instead just return BLK_STS_OK as
the repair function has to continue to process the rest of the pages,
and the endio for the repair bio will do the appropriate cleanup for the
page that it was given.

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49168?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49168?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49168 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49168 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-2022-49168 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49168 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. 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-2022-49168 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-2022-49168/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49168/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49168
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49168
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49168

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49168/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.