CVE-2022-49148

5.5 MEDIUM
Published: February 26, 2025 Modified: October 01, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watch_queue: Free the page array when watch_queue is dismantled Commit 7ea1a0124b6d ("watch_queue: Free the alloc bitmap when the watch_queue is torn down") took care of the bitmap, but not the page array. BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff88810d9bc140 (size 32): comm "syz-executor335", pid 3603, jiffies 4294946994 (age 12.840s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 40 a7 40 04 00 ea ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 @.@............. 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: kmalloc_array include/linux/slab.h:621 [inline] kcalloc include/linux/slab.h:652 [inline] watch_queue_set_size+0x12f/0x2e0 kernel/watch_queue.c:251 pipe_ioctl+0x82/0x140 fs/pipe.c:632 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:860 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x140 fs/ioctl.c:860 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/375cd2536494cfbcdda84ae8b3e35bf19d0250b9
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3963a5d1ff75585bddf0c3a918566a6be09d7520
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4913daecd04addb41bc96a9175a885e1c19862a8
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7169f60110915c8b53bffd43741fa020a75eb87a
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b490207017ba237d97b735b2aa66dc241ccd18f5
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Patch

5 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
10th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

linux