CVE-2022-48775

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel Use-After-Free in vmbus_add_channel_kobj

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbus_add_channel_kobj kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. According to the doc of kobject_init_and_add(): If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Fix memory leak by calling kobject_put().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (20)
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.231linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.181linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.25linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.16.11linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.102linux
Linux/Linux < 4.15
Linux/Linux 4.15
Linux/Linux 4.19.231 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.102 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.25 - 5.15.*
... and 10 more
Published Jul 16, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026