# CVE-2022-48872: misc: fastrpc: Fix use-after-free race condition for maps

- 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: 2024-08-21 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: fastrpc: Fix use-after-free race condition for maps It is possible that in between calling fastrpc_map_get() until map->fl->lock is taken in fastrpc_free_map(), another thread can call fastrpc_map_lookup() and get a reference to a map that is about to be deleted. Rewrite fastrpc_map_get() to only increase the reference count of a map if it's non-zero. Propagate this to callers so they can know if a map is about to be deleted. Fixes this warning: refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 10100 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate ... Call trace: refcount_warn_saturate [fastrpc_map_get inlined] [fastrpc_map_lookup inlined] fastrpc_map_create fastrpc_internal_invoke fastrpc_device_ioctl __arm64_sys_ioctl invoke_syscall

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/556dfdb226ce1e5231d8836159b23f8bb0395bf4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b171d0d2cf1b8387c72c8d325c5d5746fa271e39
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61a0890cb95afec5c8a2f4a879de2b6220984ef1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/079c78c68714f7d8d58e66c477b0243b31806907
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96b328d119eca7563c1edcc4e1039a62e6370ecb

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