Name: CVE-2022-49178: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-49178, CWE-401, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.00277

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

memstick/mspro_block: fix handling of read-only devices

Use set_disk_ro to propagate the read-only state to the block layer instead of checking for it in ->open and leaking a reference in case of a read-only device.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade linux	Feb 27, 2025	Feb 27, 2025
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Feb 26, 2025
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Feb 26, 2025

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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