CVE-2022-48658

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

mm: slub: fix flush_cpu_slab()/__free_slab() invocations in task context.

Commit 5a836bf6b09f ("mm: slub: move flush_cpu_slab() invocations
__free_slab() invocations out of IRQ context") moved all flush_cpu_slab()
invocations to the global workqueue to avoid a problem related
with deactivate_slab()/__free_slab() being called from an IRQ context
on PREEMPT_RT kernels.

When the flush_all_cpu_locked() function is called from a task context
it may happen that a workqueue with WQ_MEM_RECLAIM bit set ends up
flushing the global workqueue, this will cause a dependency issue.

 workqueue: WQ_MEM_RECLAIM nvme-delete-wq:nvme_delete_ctrl_work [nvme_core]
   is flushing !WQ_MEM_RECLAIM events:flush_cpu_slab
 WARNING: CPU: 37 PID: 410 at kernel/workqueue.c:2637
   check_flush_dependency+0x10a/0x120
 Workqueue: nvme-delete-wq nvme_delete_ctrl_work [nvme_core]
 RIP: 0010:check_flush_dependency+0x10a/0x120[  453.262125] Call Trace:
 __flush_work.isra.0+0xbf/0x220
 ? __queue_work+0x1dc/0x420
 flush_all_cpus_locked+0xfb/0x120
 __kmem_cache_shutdown+0x2b/0x320
 kmem_cache_destroy+0x49/0x100
 bioset_exit+0x143/0x190
 blk_release_queue+0xb9/0x100
 kobject_cleanup+0x37/0x130
 nvme_fc_ctrl_free+0xc6/0x150 [nvme_fc]
 nvme_free_ctrl+0x1ac/0x2b0 [nvme_core]

Fix this bug by creating a workqueue for the flush operation with
the WQ_MEM_RECLAIM bit set.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
LinuxCNA
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 22%
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
5.15 <
𝑥
< 5.15.71
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 <
𝑥
< 5.19.12
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bullseye
5.10.223-1
not-affected
buster
not-affected
bullseye (security)
5.10.226-1
fixed
bookworm
6.1.106-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.112-1
fixed
trixie
6.11.5-1
fixed
sid
6.11.6-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
linux
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
jammy
Fixed 5.15.0-57.63
released
focal
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
linux-allwinner-5.19
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-aws
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
jammy
Fixed 5.15.0-1027.31
released
focal
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
linux-aws-5.0
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
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bionic
ignored
linux-aws-5.11
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linux-aws-5.13
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Fixed 5.15.0-1027.31~20.04.1
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linux-aws-5.19
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ignored
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linux-aws-5.3
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linux-aws-5.4
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Fixed 5.15.0-1030.37
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ignored
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Fixed 5.15.0-1030.37~20.04.1
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linux-azure-5.3
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linux-azure-6.2
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Fixed 5.15.0-1030.37~20.04.1.1
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Fixed 5.15.0-1026.33
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ignored
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noble
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noble
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noble
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Fixed 5.15.0-1024.29
released
focal
ignored
linux-gke-4.15
noble
dne
mantic
dne
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ignored
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Fixed 5.15.0-1012.16
released
focal
not-affected
linux-gkeop-5.15
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
Fixed 5.15.0-1012.16~20.04.1
released
linux-gkeop-5.4
noble
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bionic
ignored
linux-hwe
noble
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ignored
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noble
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noble
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ignored
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noble
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Fixed 5.15.0-57.63~20.04.1
released
linux-hwe-5.19
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-hwe-5.4
noble
dne
mantic
dne
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not-affected
linux-hwe-5.8
noble
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ignored
linux-hwe-6.2
noble
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linux-hwe-6.5
noble
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focal
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linux-hwe-6.8
noble
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
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dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-hwe-edge
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
bionic
ignored
xenial
ignored
linux-ibm
noble
not-affected
mantic
ignored
jammy
Fixed 5.15.0-1022.25
released
focal
not-affected
linux-ibm-5.15
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
not-affected
linux-ibm-5.4
noble
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linux-intel
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linux-intel-5.13
noble
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ignored
linux-intel-iot-realtime
noble
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focal
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bionic
dne
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Fixed 5.15.0-1023.28
released
focal
dne
linux-intel-iotg-5.15
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
Fixed 5.15.0-1023.28~20.04.1
released
linux-iot
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
not-affected
linux-kvm
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
Fixed 5.15.0-1025.30
released
focal
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
linux-laptop
noble
dne
mantic
not-affected
jammy
dne
focal
dne
linux-lowlatency
noble
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mantic
not-affected
jammy
Fixed 5.15.0-57.63
released
focal
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
Fixed 5.15.0-58.64~20.04.1
released
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8
noble
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
linux-lts-xenial
noble
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mantic
dne
jammy
dne
focal
dne
trusty
not-affected
linux-nvidia
noble
not-affected
mantic
dne
jammy
Fixed 5.15.0-1015.15
released
focal
dne
linux-nvidia-6.2
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
ignored
focal
dne
linux-nvidia-6.5
noble
dne
mantic
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
dne
linux-nvidia-6.8
noble
dne
jammy
not-affected
focal
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bionic
dne
xenial
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trusty
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linux-nvidia-lowlatency
noble
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focal
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
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linux-oem
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ignored
linux-oem-5.10
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linux-oem-5.13
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linux-oem-5.17
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linux-oem-6.8
noble
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mantic
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focal
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bionic
dne
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trusty
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linux-oracle
noble
not-affected
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not-affected
jammy
Fixed 5.15.0-1026.32
released
focal
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bionic
not-affected
xenial
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linux-oracle-5.0
noble
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ignored
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Fixed 5.15.0-1027.33~20.04.1
released
linux-oracle-5.3
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bionic
ignored
linux-oracle-5.4
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linux-raspi
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Fixed 5.15.0-1022.24
released
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linux-raspi-5.4
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linux-raspi2
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linux-realtime
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jammy
ignored
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Fixed 5.15.0-1027.31~20.04.1
released
linux-riscv-5.19
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linux-riscv-6.8
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linux-starfive
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