CVE-2022-49408

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.17-5.18.3 - Use-After-Free in ext4 Mount Options Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix memory leak in parse_apply_sb_mount_options() If processing the on-disk mount options fails after any memory was allocated in the ext4_fs_context, e.g. s_qf_names, then this memory is leaked. Fix this by calling ext4_fc_free() instead of kfree() directly. Reproducer: mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/vdc tune2fs /dev/vdc -E mount_opts=usrjquota=file echo clear > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak mount /dev/vdc /vdc echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak sleep 5 echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak

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 7edfd85b1ffd36593011dec96ab395912a340418 - 9ea3e6168948189cec31d0678d2b55b395f88491
Linux/Linux 7edfd85b1ffd36593011dec96ab395912a340418 - c069db76ed7b681c69159f44be96d2137e9ca989
Linux/Linux 7edfd85b1ffd36593011dec96ab395912a340418 - f92ded66e9d0aa20b883a2a5183973abc8f41815
... and 1 more
Published Feb 26, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026