CVE-2022-49256— watch_queue: Actually free the watch
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Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
watch_queue: Actually free the watch
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watch_queue: Actually free the watch free_watch() does everything barring actually freeing the watch object. Fix this by adding the missing kfree. kmemleak produces a report something like the following. Note that as an address can be seen in the first word, the watch would appear to have gone through call_rcu(). BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff88810ce4a200 (size 96): comm "syz-executor352", pid 3605, jiffies 4294947473 (age 13.720s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): e0 82 48 0d 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..H............. 80 a2 e4 0c 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff8214e6cc>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:581 [inline] [<ffffffff8214e6cc>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:714 [inline] [<ffffffff8214e6cc>] keyctl_watch_key+0xec/0x2e0 security/keys/keyctl.c:1800 [<ffffffff8214ec84>] __do_sys_keyctl+0x3c4/0x490 security/keys/keyctl.c:2016 [<ffffffff84493a25>] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] [<ffffffff84493a25>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 [<ffffffff84600068>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于watch_queue未释放watch对象。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
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Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Affected Products
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Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-02-26 · 706 CVEs total
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| CVE-2022-49488 | drm/msm/mdp5: Return error code in mdp5_mixer_release when deadlock is detected | |
| CVE-2022-49489 | drm/msm/disp/dpu1: set vbif hw config to NULL to avoid use after memory free during pm run | |
| CVE-2022-49490 | drm/msm/mdp5: Return error code in mdp5_pipe_release when deadlock is detected | |
| CVE-2022-49491 | drm/rockchip: vop: fix possible null-ptr-deref in vop_bind() | |
| CVE-2022-49492 | nvme-pci: fix a NULL pointer dereference in nvme_alloc_admin_tags | |
| CVE-2022-49493 | ASoC: rt5645: Fix errorenous cleanup order | |
| CVE-2022-49494 | mtd: rawnand: cadence: fix possible null-ptr-deref in cadence_nand_dt_probe() | |
| CVE-2022-49495 | drm/msm/hdmi: check return value after calling platform_get_resource_byname() | |
| CVE-2022-49497 | net: remove two BUG() from skb_checksum_help() | |
| CVE-2022-49496 | media: mediatek: vcodec: prevent kernel crash when rmmod mtk-vcodec-dec.ko | |
| CVE-2022-49502 | media: rga: fix possible memory leak in rga_probe | |
| CVE-2022-49507 | regulator: da9121: Fix uninit-value in da9121_assign_chip_model() | |
| CVE-2022-49508 | HID: elan: Fix potential double free in elan_input_configured | |
| CVE-2022-49506 | drm/mediatek: Add vblank register/unregister callback functions | |
| CVE-2022-49504 | scsi: lpfc: Inhibit aborts if external loopback plug is inserted | |
| CVE-2022-49505 | NFC: NULL out the dev->rfkill to prevent UAF | |
| CVE-2022-49501 | usbnet: Run unregister_netdev() before unbind() again | |
| CVE-2022-49500 | wl1251: dynamically allocate memory used for DMA |
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