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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 1, 2025· Updated Jan 14, 2026

scsi: libsas: Fix use-after-free bug in smp_execute_task_sg()

CVE-2022-50422

Description

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

scsi: libsas: Fix use-after-free bug in smp_execute_task_sg()

When executing SMP task failed, the smp_execute_task_sg() calls del_timer() to delete "slow_task->timer". However, if the timer handler sas_task_internal_timedout() is running, the del_timer() in smp_execute_task_sg() will not stop it and a UAF will happen. The process is shown below:

(thread 1) | (thread 2) smp_execute_task_sg() | sas_task_internal_timedout() ... | del_timer() | ... | ... sas_free_task(task) | kfree(task->slow_task) //FREE| | task->slow_task->... //USE

Fix by calling del_timer_sync() in smp_execute_task_sg(), which makes sure the timer handler have finished before the "task->slow_task" is deallocated.

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