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

cachefiles: Fix KASAN slab-out-of-bounds in cachefiles_set_volume_xattr

Use the actual length of volume coherency data when setting the
xattr to avoid the following KASAN report.

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in cachefiles_set_volume_xattr+0xa0/0x350 [cachefiles]
Write of size 4 at addr ffff888101e02af4 by task kworker/6:0/1347

CPU: 6 PID: 1347 Comm: kworker/6:0 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.18.0-rc1-nfs-fscache-netfs+ #13
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.14.0-4.fc34 04/01/2014
Workqueue: events fscache_create_volume_work [fscache]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x45/0x5a
print_report.cold+0x5e/0x5db
? __lock_text_start+0x8/0x8
? cachefiles_set_volume_xattr+0xa0/0x350 [cachefiles]
kasan_report+0xab/0x120
? cachefiles_set_volume_xattr+0xa0/0x350 [cachefiles]
kasan_check_range+0xf5/0x1d0
memcpy+0x39/0x60
cachefiles_set_volume_xattr+0xa0/0x350 [cachefiles]
cachefiles_acquire_volume+0x2be/0x500 [cachefiles]
? __cachefiles_free_volume+0x90/0x90 [cachefiles]
fscache_create_volume_work+0x68/0x160 [fscache]
process_one_work+0x3b7/0x6a0
worker_thread+0x2c4/0x650
? process_one_work+0x6a0/0x6a0
kthread+0x16c/0x1a0
? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
</TASK>

Allocated by task 1347:
kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
__kasan_kmalloc+0x81/0xa0
cachefiles_set_volume_xattr+0x76/0x350 [cachefiles]
cachefiles_acquire_volume+0x2be/0x500 [cachefiles]
fscache_create_volume_work+0x68/0x160 [fscache]
process_one_work+0x3b7/0x6a0
worker_thread+0x2c4/0x650
kthread+0x16c/0x1a0
ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888101e02af0
which belongs to the cache kmalloc-8 of size 8
The buggy address is located 4 bytes inside of
8-byte region [ffff888101e02af0, ffff888101e02af8)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page:00000000a2292d70 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x101e02
flags: 0x17ffffc0000200(slab|node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1fffff)
raw: 0017ffffc0000200 0000000000000000 dead000000000001 ffff888100042280
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080660066 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected

Memory state around the buggy address:
ffff888101e02980: fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc
ffff888101e02a00: 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00
>ffff888101e02a80: fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 04 fc
^
ffff888101e02b00: fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc
ffff888101e02b80: fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc
==================================================================
Published: 2025-02-26
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-55142 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix KASAN slab-out-of-bounds in cachefiles_set_volume_xattr Use the actual length of volume coherency data when setting the xattr to avoid the following KASAN report. BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in cachefiles_set_volume_xattr+0xa0/0x350 [cachefiles] Write of size 4 at addr ffff888101e02af4 by task kworker/6:0/1347 CPU: 6 PID: 1347 Comm: kworker/6:0 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.18.0-rc1-nfs-fscache-netfs+ #13 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.14.0-4.fc34 04/01/2014 Workqueue: events fscache_create_volume_work [fscache] Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x45/0x5a print_report.cold+0x5e/0x5db ? __lock_text_start+0x8/0x8 ? cachefiles_set_volume_xattr+0xa0/0x350 [cachefiles] kasan_report+0xab/0x120 ? cachefiles_set_volume_xattr+0xa0/0x350 [cachefiles] kasan_check_range+0xf5/0x1d0 memcpy+0x39/0x60 cachefiles_set_volume_xattr+0xa0/0x350 [cachefiles] cachefiles_acquire_volume+0x2be/0x500 [cachefiles] ? __cachefiles_free_volume+0x90/0x90 [cachefiles] fscache_create_volume_work+0x68/0x160 [fscache] process_one_work+0x3b7/0x6a0 worker_thread+0x2c4/0x650 ? process_one_work+0x6a0/0x6a0 kthread+0x16c/0x1a0 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 </TASK> Allocated by task 1347: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 __kasan_kmalloc+0x81/0xa0 cachefiles_set_volume_xattr+0x76/0x350 [cachefiles] cachefiles_acquire_volume+0x2be/0x500 [cachefiles] fscache_create_volume_work+0x68/0x160 [fscache] process_one_work+0x3b7/0x6a0 worker_thread+0x2c4/0x650 kthread+0x16c/0x1a0 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888101e02af0 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-8 of size 8 The buggy address is located 4 bytes inside of 8-byte region [ffff888101e02af0, ffff888101e02af8) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page:00000000a2292d70 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x101e02 flags: 0x17ffffc0000200(slab|node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) raw: 0017ffffc0000200 0000000000000000 dead000000000001 ffff888100042280 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080660066 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected Memory state around the buggy address: ffff888101e02980: fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc ffff888101e02a00: 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 >ffff888101e02a80: fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 04 fc ^ ffff888101e02b00: fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc ffff888101e02b80: fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc ==================================================================
History

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-787
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Thu, 27 Feb 2025 01:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 26 Feb 2025 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix KASAN slab-out-of-bounds in cachefiles_set_volume_xattr Use the actual length of volume coherency data when setting the xattr to avoid the following KASAN report. BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in cachefiles_set_volume_xattr+0xa0/0x350 [cachefiles] Write of size 4 at addr ffff888101e02af4 by task kworker/6:0/1347 CPU: 6 PID: 1347 Comm: kworker/6:0 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.18.0-rc1-nfs-fscache-netfs+ #13 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.14.0-4.fc34 04/01/2014 Workqueue: events fscache_create_volume_work [fscache] Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x45/0x5a print_report.cold+0x5e/0x5db ? __lock_text_start+0x8/0x8 ? cachefiles_set_volume_xattr+0xa0/0x350 [cachefiles] kasan_report+0xab/0x120 ? cachefiles_set_volume_xattr+0xa0/0x350 [cachefiles] kasan_check_range+0xf5/0x1d0 memcpy+0x39/0x60 cachefiles_set_volume_xattr+0xa0/0x350 [cachefiles] cachefiles_acquire_volume+0x2be/0x500 [cachefiles] ? __cachefiles_free_volume+0x90/0x90 [cachefiles] fscache_create_volume_work+0x68/0x160 [fscache] process_one_work+0x3b7/0x6a0 worker_thread+0x2c4/0x650 ? process_one_work+0x6a0/0x6a0 kthread+0x16c/0x1a0 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 </TASK> Allocated by task 1347: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 __kasan_kmalloc+0x81/0xa0 cachefiles_set_volume_xattr+0x76/0x350 [cachefiles] cachefiles_acquire_volume+0x2be/0x500 [cachefiles] fscache_create_volume_work+0x68/0x160 [fscache] process_one_work+0x3b7/0x6a0 worker_thread+0x2c4/0x650 kthread+0x16c/0x1a0 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888101e02af0 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-8 of size 8 The buggy address is located 4 bytes inside of 8-byte region [ffff888101e02af0, ffff888101e02af8) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page:00000000a2292d70 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x101e02 flags: 0x17ffffc0000200(slab|node=0|zone=2|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) raw: 0017ffffc0000200 0000000000000000 dead000000000001 ffff888100042280 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080660066 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected Memory state around the buggy address: ffff888101e02980: fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc ffff888101e02a00: 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 >ffff888101e02a80: fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 04 fc ^ ffff888101e02b00: fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc ffff888101e02b80: fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc 00 fc fc fc ==================================================================
Title cachefiles: Fix KASAN slab-out-of-bounds in cachefiles_set_volume_xattr
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T18:52:17.522Z

Reserved: 2025-02-26T01:49:39.243Z

Link: CVE-2022-49062

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-01T16:03:53.291Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-02-26T07:00:43.450

Modified: 2025-10-01T20:15:45.117

Link: CVE-2022-49062

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-02-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-49062 - Bugzilla

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