# CVE-2022-48697: nvmet: fix a use-after-free

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 4.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet: fix a use-after-free Fix the following use-after-free complaint triggered by blktests nvme/004: BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in blk_mq_complete_request_remote+0xac/0x350 Read of size 4 at addr 0000607bd1835943 by task kworker/13:1/460 Workqueue: nvmet-wq nvme_loop_execute_work [nvme_loop] Call Trace: show_stack+0x52/0x58 dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x5e print_report.cold+0x36/0x1e2 kasan_report+0xb9/0xf0 __asan_load4+0x6b/0x80 blk_mq_complete_request_remote+0xac/0x350 nvme_loop_queue_response+0x1df/0x275 [nvme_loop] __nvmet_req_complete+0x132/0x4f0 [nvmet] nvmet_req_complete+0x15/0x40 [nvmet] nvmet_execute_io_connect+0x18a/0x1f0 [nvmet] nvme_loop_execute_work+0x20/0x30 [nvme_loop] process_one_work+0x56e/0xa70 worker_thread+0x2d1/0x640 kthread+0x183/0x1c0 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17f121ca3ec6be0fb32d77c7f65362934a38cc8e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d66989b5f7bb28bba2f8e1e2ffc8bfef4a10717
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be01f1c988757b95f11f090a9f491365670a522b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebf46da50beb78066674354ad650606a467e33fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4484ce97a78171668c402e0c45db7f760aea8060
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a02a61e81c231cc5c680c5dbf8665275147ac52

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