vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2022-49148: linux -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Feb 27, 2025 | Feb 27, 2025 | Mar 17, 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]
Solution
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