Linux · Linux Kernel · CVE-2022-48791
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
**Description**
The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the pm8001 component of the Linux kernel. This occurs when a TMF sas task is aborted before handling the IO completion in mpi ssp completion(), which happens due to a timeout. As a result, 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, it still thinks the sas task is available. The fix involves clearing the ccb->task if the TMF times out, ensuring the I/O completion handler does nothing if this pointer is cleared. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information.
**Recommendations**
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.