# CVE-2022-48791: scsi: pm8001: Fix use-after-free for aborted TMF sas\_task

- 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
- Fixed in: 5.10.102, 5.14
- Published: 2024-07-16 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.10.61, fixed in 5.10.102; from 5.13.13, fixed in 5.14
- Linux: 5.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: pm8001: Fix use-after-free for aborted TMF sas_task Currently a use-after-free may occur if a TMF sas_task is aborted before we handle the IO completion in mpi_ssp_completion(). The abort occurs due to timeout. When the timeout occurs, the SAS_TASK_STATE_ABORTED flag is set and the sas_task is freed in pm8001_exec_internal_tmf_task(). However, if the I/O completion occurs later, the I/O completion still thinks that the sas_task is available. Fix this by clearing the ccb->task if the TMF times out - the I/O completion handler does nothing if this pointer is cleared.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d872e7b5fe38f325f5206b6872746fa02c2b4819
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c334cdfd94945b8edb94022a0371a8665b17366
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/510b21442c3a2e3ecc071ba3e666b320e7acdd61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61f162aa4381845acbdc7f2be4dfb694d027c018

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