CVE-2022-48669 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime17 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+4 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 1
Latest updateJul 4

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/pseries: Fix potential memleak in papr_get_attr() `buf` is allocated in papr_get_attr(), and krealloc() of `buf` could fail. We need to free the original `buf` in the case of failure.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages9 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.18 — 6.1.83+3
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.85-1+2
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-35.35
▶CVEListV5linux/linux3c14b73454cf9f6e2146443fdfbdfb912c0efed3 — a3f22feb2220a945d1c3282e34199e8bcdc5afc4+5
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.85-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
linux-oracle vulnerabilities↗2024-07-04
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OSV
linux-azure, linux-gke vulnerabilities↗2024-06-14
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OSV
linux-oem-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2024-06-11
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OSV
linux, linux-ibm, linux-lowlatency, linux-raspi vulnerabilities↗2024-06-07
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OSV
linux-aws, linux-gcp vulnerabilities↗2024-06-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities↗2024-07-04
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-06-14
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities↗2024-06-11
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-06-07
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-06-07
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2022-48669 kernel: powerpc/pseries: Fix potential memleak in papr_get_attr()↗2024-05-01
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