CVE-2022-49803

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: Fix memory leak of nsim_dev->fa_cookie kmemleak reports this issue: unreferenced object 0xffff8881bac872d0 (size 8): comm "sh", pid 58603, jiffies 4481524462 (age 68.065s) hex dump (first 8 bytes): 04 00 00 00 de ad be ef ........ backtrace: [<00000000c80b8577>] __kmalloc+0x49/0x150 [<000000005292b8c6>] nsim_dev_trap_fa_cookie_write+0xc1/0x210 [netdevsim] [<0000000093d78e77>] full_proxy_write+0xf3/0x180 [<000000005a662c16>] vfs_write+0x1c5/0xaf0 [<000000007aabf84a>] ksys_write+0xed/0x1c0 [<000000005f1d2e47>] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [<000000006001c6ec>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd The issue occurs in the following scenarios: nsim_dev_trap_fa_cookie_write() kmalloc() fa_cookie nsim_dev->fa_cookie = fa_cookie .. nsim_drv_remove() The fa_cookie allocked in nsim_dev_trap_fa_cookie_write() is not freed. To fix, add kfree(nsim_dev->fa_cookie) to nsim_drv_remove().
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2025, 19:20

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-401
First Time Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/064bc7312bd09a48798418663090be0c776183db - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/064bc7312bd09a48798418663090be0c776183db - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/207edad5717e0a5709ce8467f0eff41c607835c9 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/207edad5717e0a5709ce8467f0eff41c607835c9 - Patch
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5

02 May 2025, 13:53

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Summary
  • (es) En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: netdevsim: Se corrige la pérdida de memoria de nsim_dev-&gt;fa_cookie. kmemleak informa de este problema: objeto sin referencia 0xffff8881bac872d0 (tamaño 8): comm "sh", pid 58603, jiffies 4481524462 (edad 68,065 s) volcado hexadecimal (primeros 8 bytes): 04 00 00 00 de ad be ef ........ backtrace: [&lt;00000000c80b8577&gt;] __kmalloc+0x49/0x150 [&lt;000000005292b8c6&gt;] nsim_dev_trap_fa_cookie_write+0xc1/0x210 [netdevsim] [&lt;0000000093d78e77&gt;] escritura de proxy completo+0xf3/0x180 [&lt;000000005a662c16&gt;] escritura de vfs+0x1c5/0xaf0 [&lt;000000007aabf84a&gt;] escritura de ksys+0xed/0x1c0 [&lt;000000005f1d2e47&gt;] llamada al sistema_64+0x3b/0x90 [&lt;000000006001c6ec&gt;] entrada_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd El problema ocurre en los siguientes escenarios: nsim_dev_trap_fa_cookie_write() kmalloc() fa_cookie nsim_dev-&gt;fa_cookie = fa_cookie .. nsim_drv_remove(): La fa_cookie bloqueada en nsim_dev_trap_fa_cookie_write() no se libera. Para solucionarlo, añada kfree(nsim_dev-&gt;fa_cookie) a nsim_drv_remove().

01 May 2025, 15:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-01 15:16

Updated : 2025-11-07 19:20


NVD link : CVE-2022-49803

Mitre link : CVE-2022-49803

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-49803


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime