CVE-2022-49403

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.17-5.17.13, 5.18-5.18.2 - Use-After-Free in String Array Resource Handling

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/string_helpers: fix not adding strarray to device's resource list Add allocated strarray to device's resource list. This is a must to automatically release strarray when the device disappears. Without this fix we have a memory leak in the few drivers which use devm_kasprintf_strarray().

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a152eb42fcecfe41239c3c6695342f3a128593e7

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf29edab0c9ff3d2633b8306a67d04c357e2a385

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd290a9839cee2f6641558877e707bd373c8f6f1

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0024

EPSS Percentile 14.4%

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 (11)

linux/Kernel 5.17.0 - 5.17.14linux

linux/Kernel 5.18.0 - 5.18.3linux

Linux/Linux < 5.17

Linux/Linux 5.17

Linux/Linux 5.17.14 - 5.17.*

Linux/Linux 5.18.3 - 5.18.*

Linux/Linux 5.19

Linux/Linux acdb89b6c87a2d7b5c48a82756e6f5c6f599f60a - a152eb42fcecfe41239c3c6695342f3a128593e7

Linux/Linux acdb89b6c87a2d7b5c48a82756e6f5c6f599f60a - bf29edab0c9ff3d2633b8306a67d04c357e2a385

Linux/Linux acdb89b6c87a2d7b5c48a82756e6f5c6f599f60a - cd290a9839cee2f6641558877e707bd373c8f6f1

... and 1 more

Published Feb 26, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026