{"cve":"CVE-2022-48869","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-21T07:15:04.080","modified":"2026-06-17T05:16:25.670","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nUSB: gadgetfs: Fix race between mounting and unmounting\n\nThe syzbot fuzzer and Gerald Lee have identified a use-after-free bug\nin the gadgetfs driver, involving processes concurrently mounting and\nunmounting the gadgetfs filesystem.  In particular, gadgetfs_fill_super()\ncan race with gadgetfs_kill_sb(), causing the latter to deallocate\nthe_device while the former is using it.  The output from KASAN says,\nin part:\n\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:102 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in atomic_fetch_sub_release include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:176 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __refcount_sub_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:272 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:315 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:333 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in put_dev drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c:159 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in gadgetfs_kill_sb+0x33/0x100 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c:2086\nWrite of size 4 at addr ffff8880276d7840 by task syz-executor126/18689\n\nCPU: 0 PID: 18689 Comm: syz-executor126 Not tainted 6.1.0-syzkaller #0\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n...\n atomic_fetch_sub_release include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:176 [inline]\n __refcount_sub_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:272 [inline]\n __refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:315 [inline]\n refcount_dec_and_test include/linux/refcount.h:333 [inline]\n put_dev drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c:159 [inline]\n gadgetfs_kill_sb+0x33/0x100 drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/inode.c:2086\n deactivate_locked_super+0xa7/0xf0 fs/super.c:332\n vfs_get_super fs/super.c:1190 [inline]\n get_tree_single+0xd0/0x160 fs/super.c:1207\n vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x270 fs/super.c:1531\n vfs_fsconfig_locked fs/fsopen.c:232 [inline]\n\nThe simplest solution is to ensure that gadgetfs_fill_super() and\ngadgetfs_kill_sb() are serialized by making them both acquire a new\nmutex.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/616fd34d017000ecf9097368b13d8a266f4920b3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/856e4b5e53f21edbd15d275dde62228dd94fb2b4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a39f4626b361ee7aa10fd990401c37ec3b466ae","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2e075f40122d8daf587db126c562a67abd69cf9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d18dcfe9860e842f394e37ba01ca9440ab2178f4"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:16.205165117+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-48869","score":0.00232,"percentile":0.14164,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}