CVE-2022-49906

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.14-5.14.78 5.15-5.15.78 5.16-6.0.8 - Use-After-Free in ibmvnic Reset Handler

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ibmvnic: Free rwi on reset success Free the rwi structure in the event that the last rwi in the list processed successfully. The logic in commit 4f408e1fa6e1 ("ibmvnic: retry reset if there are no other resets") introduces an issue that results in a 32 byte memory leak whenever the last rwi in the list gets processed.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/535b78739ae75f257c894a05b1afa86ad9a3669e

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3543a287cfba9105dcc4bb41eb817f51266caaf

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6dd2fe71153f0ff748bf188bd4af076fe09a0a6

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 5.14.0 - 5.15.78linux

linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.8linux

Linux/Linux < 5.14

Linux/Linux 4f408e1fa6e10b6da72691233369172bac7d9e9b - 535b78739ae75f257c894a05b1afa86ad9a3669e

Linux/Linux 4f408e1fa6e10b6da72691233369172bac7d9e9b - c3543a287cfba9105dcc4bb41eb817f51266caaf

Linux/Linux 4f408e1fa6e10b6da72691233369172bac7d9e9b - d6dd2fe71153f0ff748bf188bd4af076fe09a0a6

Linux/Linux 5.14

Linux/Linux 5.15.78 - 5.15.*

Linux/Linux 6.0.8 - 6.0.*

Linux/Linux 6.1

... and 2 more

Published May 01, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026