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        "cveId": "CVE-2022-50329",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2025-09-15T14:18:36.815Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-09-15T14:49:32.123Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T08:58:13.157Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nblock, bfq: fix uaf for bfqq in bfq_exit_icq_bfqq\n\nCommit 64dc8c732f5c (\"block, bfq: fix possible uaf for 'bfqq->bic'\")\nwill access 'bic->bfqq' in bic_set_bfqq(), however, bfq_exit_icq_bfqq()\ncan free bfqq first, and then call bic_set_bfqq(), which will cause uaf.\n\nFix the problem by moving bfq_exit_bfqq() behind bic_set_bfqq()."
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                        "baseScore": 7.8,
                        "baseSeverity": "HIGH"
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                            "value": "AV:L - The vulnerable path runs in bfq_exit_icq during exit_io_context after local block I/O on a BFQ-managed device; it is reached via process exit/syscalls, not network or physical input.\nAC:L - An unprivileged attacker fully controls triggering by performing I/O then exiting so the process ref drops and bfq_put_queue frees bfqq before bic_set_bfqq; BFQ is commonly enabled (e.g. Android/desktops), so success does not depend on conditions outside attacker control.\nPR:L - Any unprivileged local user can open/write files on a BFQ-backed filesystem and exit; no capabilities or root are required along the exit_io_context → bfq_exit_icq path.\nUI:N - Exploitation needs only the attacker's own I/O and process exit; no victim action is required.\nS:U - This is a standard in-kernel heap UAF enabling privilege escalation within the same kernel security authority, not a VM/IOMMU/sandbox boundary cross.\nC:H - Use-after-free of struct bfq_queue lets an attacker reclaim and control the freed object, enabling arbitrary kernel memory disclosure primitives.\nI:H - bic_set_bfqq writes old_bfqq->bic on the freed object; with heap spray this yields a write primitive suitable for control-flow hijacking or arbitrary kernel modification.\nA:H - The UAF can oops/panic the kernel on access to freed bfqq memory even without full exploitation, so availability impact is high."
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