# CVE-2022-48695: scsi: mpt3sas: Fix use-after-free warning

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-03 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: mpt3sas: Fix use-after-free warning Fix the following use-after-free warning which is observed during controller reset: refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 23 PID: 5399 at lib/refcount.c:28 refcount_warn_saturate+0xa6/0xf0

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8fc9e91b931215110ba824d1a2983c5f60b6f82
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4959d09b76eb7a4146f5133962b88d3bddb63d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82efb917eeb27454dc4c6fe26432fc8f6c75bc16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5682c94644fde72f72bded6580c38189ffc856b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea10a652ad2ae2cf3eced6f632a5c98f26727057
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6229fa494a5949be209bc73afbc5d0a749c2e3c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41acb064c4e013808bc7d5fc1b506fa449425b0b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/991df3dd5144f2e6b1c38b8d20ed3d4d21e20b34

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