CVE-2022-49711 bus: fsl-mc-bus: fix KASAN use-after-free in fsl_mc_bus_remove()

What is CVE-2022-49711?

CVE-2022-49711 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:

bus: fsl-mc-bus: fix KASAN use-after-free in fsl_mc_bus_remove()

In fsl_mc_bus_remove(), mc->root_mc_bus_dev->mc_io is passed to fsl_destroy_mc_io(). However, mc->root_mc_bus_dev is already freed in fsl_mc_device_remove(). Then reference to mc->root_mc_bus_dev->mc_io triggers KASAN use-after-free. To avoid the use-after-free, keep the reference to mc->root_mc_bus_dev->mc_io in a local variable and pass to fsl_destroy_mc_io().

This patch needs rework to apply to kernels older than v5.15.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49711?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49711?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2022-49711 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49711 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49711, GHSA-v9wv-g6fx-53c4, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-49711, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49711.