CVE-2022-48699

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.15.68 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/debug: fix dentry leak in update_sched_domain_debugfs Kuyo reports that the pattern of using debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup()) leaks a dentry and with a hotplug stress test, the machine eventually runs out of memory. Fix this up by using the newly created debugfs_lookup_and_remove() call instead which properly handles the dentry reference counting logic.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401
Status published

Affected Products (7)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.15.68
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/Kernel < 5.15.68linux
linux/Kernel < 5.19.9linux

Timeline

Published May 03, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026