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TI-2022-24778 Aliases CVE-2022-49266GHSA-3j4q-r565-vcj9

block: fix rq-qos breakage from skipping rq_qos_done_bio()

Priority LOW 25Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: fix rq-qos breakage from skipping rq_qos_done_bio() a647a524a467 ("block: don't call rq_qos_ops->done_bio if the bio isn't tracked") made bio_endio() skip rq_qos_done_bio() if BIO_TRACKED is not set. While this fixed a potential oops, it also broke blk-iocost by skipping the done_bio callback for merged bios. Before, whether a bio goes through rq_qos_throttle() or rq_qos_merge(), rq_qos_done_bio() would be called on the bio on completion with BIO_TRACKED distinguishing the former from the latter. rq_qos_done_bio() is not called for bios which wenth through rq_qos_merge(). This royally confuses blk-iocost as the merged bios never finish and are considered perpetually in-flight. One reliably reproducible failure mode is an intermediate cgroup geting stuck active preventing its children from being activated due to the leaf-only rule, leading to loss of control. The following is from resctl-bench protection scenario which emulates isolating a web server like workload from a memory bomb run on an iocost configuration which should yield a reasonable level of protection. # cat /sys/block/nvme2n1/device/model Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB # cat /sys/fs/cgroup/io.cost.model 259:0 ctrl=user model=linear rbps=834913556 rseqiops=93622 rrandiops=102913 wbps=618985353 wseqiops=72325 wrandiops=71025 # cat /sys/fs/cgroup/io.cost.qos 259:0 enable=1 ctrl=user rpct=95.00 rlat=18776 wpct=95.00 wlat=8897 min=60.00 max=100.00 # resctl-bench -m 29.6G -r out.json run protection::scenario=mem-hog,loops=1 ... Memory Hog Summary ================== IO Latency: R p50=242u:336u/2.5m p90=794u:1.4m/7.5m p99=2.7m:8.0m/62.5m max=8.0m:36.4m/350m W p50=221u:323u/1.5m p90=709u:1.2m/5.5m p99=1.5m:2.5m/9.5m max=6.9m:35.9m/350m Isolation and Request Latency Impact Distributions: min p01 p05 p10 p25 p50 p75 p90 p95 p99 max mean stdev isol% 15.90 15.90 15.90 40.05 57.24 59.07 60.01 74.63 74.63 90.35 90.35 58.12 15.82 lat-imp% 0 0 0 0 0 4.55 14.68 15.54 233.5 548.1 548.1 53.88 143.6 Result: isol=58.12:15.82% lat_imp=53.88%:143.6 work_csv=100.0% missing=3.96% The isolation result of 58.12% is close to what this device would show without any IO control. Fix it by introducing a new flag BIO_QOS_MERGED to mark merged bios and calling rq_qos_done_bio() on them too. For consistency and clarity, rename BIO_TRACKED to BIO_QOS_THROTTLED. The flag checks are moved into rq_qos_done_bio() so that it's next to the code paths that set the flags. With the patch applied, the above same benchmark shows: # resctl-bench -m 29.6G -r out.json run protection::scenario=mem-hog,loops=1 ... Memory Hog Summary ================== IO Latency: R p50=123u:84.4u/985u p90=322u:256u/2.5m p99=1.6m:1.4m/9.5m max=11.1m:36.0m/350m W p50=429u:274u/995u p90=1.7m:1.3m/4.5m p99=3.4m:2.7m/11.5m max=7.9m:5.9m/26.5m Isolation and Request Latency Impact Distributions: min p01 p05 p10 p25 p50 p75 p90 p95 p99 max mean stdev isol% 84.91 84.91 89.51 90.73 92.31 94.49 96.36 98.04 98.71 100.0 100.0 94.42 2.81 lat-imp% 0 0 0 0 0 2.81 5.73 11.11 13.92 17.53 22.61 4.10 4.68 Result: isol=94.42:2.81% lat_imp=4.10%:4.68 work_csv=58.34% missing=0%

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00281 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.11, 5.15, 5.15.54 +3Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux5.10.241 to before 5.11; 5.14.11 to before 5.155.11, 5.15Patch availableCNA
LinuxLinux5.15 and later5.15.54, 5.16.19, 5.17.2, 5.18Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.10.241 to before 5.11; 5.14.11 to before 5.15 Fixed in 5.11, 5.15 Patch available CNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.15 and later Fixed in 5.15.54, 5.16.19, 5.17.2, 5.18 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 7

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.10.241 to before 5.11; 5.14.11 to before 5.15; 5.15.1 to before 5.15.54; 5.16 to before 5.16.19; 5.17 to before 5.17.2VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:-:*:*:*:*:*:*5.15VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*5.15 rc3VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*5.15 rc4VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*5.15 rc5VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*5.15 rc6VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*5.15 rc7VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.10.241 to before 5.11; 5.14.11 to before 5.15; 5.15.1 to before 5.15.54; 5.16 to before 5.16.19; 5.17 to before 5.17.2 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.15 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.15 rc3 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.15 rc4 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.15 rc5 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.15 rc6 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.15 rc7 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.11, 5.15
  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.54, 5.16.19, 5.17.2, 5.18

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-49266
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3j4q-r565-vcj9
  3. 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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