{"cve":"CVE-2022-50092","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-18T11:15:38.383","modified":"2026-06-17T05:22:44.590","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndm thin: fix use-after-free crash in dm_sm_register_threshold_callback\n\nFault inject on pool metadata device reports:\n  BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in dm_pool_register_metadata_threshold+0x40/0x80\n  Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881b9d50068 by task dmsetup/950\n\n  CPU: 7 PID: 950 Comm: dmsetup Tainted: G        W         5.19.0-rc6 #1\n  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-1.fc33 04/01/2014\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44\n   print_address_description.constprop.0.cold+0xeb/0x3f4\n   kasan_report.cold+0xe6/0x147\n   dm_pool_register_metadata_threshold+0x40/0x80\n   pool_ctr+0xa0a/0x1150\n   dm_table_add_target+0x2c8/0x640\n   table_load+0x1fd/0x430\n   ctl_ioctl+0x2c4/0x5a0\n   dm_ctl_ioctl+0xa/0x10\n   __x64_sys_ioctl+0xb3/0xd0\n   do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\n\nThis can be easily reproduced using:\n  echo offline > /sys/block/sda/device/state\n  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mapper/thin bs=4k count=10\n  dmsetup load pool --table \"0 20971520 thin-pool /dev/sda /dev/sdb 128 0 0\"\n\nIf a metadata commit fails, the transaction will be aborted and the\nmetadata space maps will be destroyed. If a DM table reload then\nhappens for this failed thin-pool, a use-after-free will occur in\ndm_sm_register_threshold_callback (called from\ndm_pool_register_metadata_threshold).\n\nFix this by in dm_pool_register_metadata_threshold() by returning the\n-EINVAL error if the thin-pool is in fail mode. Also fail pool_ctr()\nwith a new error message: \"Error registering metadata threshold\".","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05cef0999b3208b5a6ede1bfac855139e4de55ef","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a199fa9217d28511ff88529238fd9980ea64cf3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3534e5a5ed2997ca1b00f44a0378a075bd05e8a3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e2cf705155a1514be3c96ea664a9cd356998ee7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4dbe24f4bfd8377e7ba79fdcdb7c4d6eb1c6790"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:03:23.287444849+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50092","score":0.00246,"percentile":0.15949,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}