CVE-2022-49866

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.15-5.15.78 and 5.16-6.0.8 - Use-After-Free in MHI MBIM Network Device Unregistration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: wwan: mhi: fix memory leak in mhi_mbim_dellink MHI driver registers network device without setting the needs_free_netdev flag, and does NOT call free_netdev() when unregisters network device, which causes a memory leak. This patch sets needs_free_netdev to true when registers network device, which makes netdev subsystem call free_netdev() automatically after unregister_netdevice().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.2%
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 (12)
linux/Kernel 5.15.0 - 5.15.79linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.9linux
Linux/Linux < 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.15.79 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.0.9 - 6.0.*
Linux/Linux 6.1
Linux/Linux aa730a9905b7b079ef2fffdab7f15dbb842f5c7c - 2845bc9070cef0c651987487d84d4813d64675dd
Linux/Linux aa730a9905b7b079ef2fffdab7f15dbb842f5c7c - 3cd3ffe952f78ec5dadf300cb58d4b38a0c0106d
Linux/Linux aa730a9905b7b079ef2fffdab7f15dbb842f5c7c - 668205b9c9f94d5ed6ab00cce9a46a654c2b5d16
... and 2 more
Published May 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026