CVE-2022-49890
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2022
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
capabilities: fix potential memleak on error path from vfs_getxattr_alloc()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: capabilities: fix potential memleak on error path from vfs_getxattr_alloc() In cap_inode_getsecurity(), we will use vfs_getxattr_alloc() to complete the memory allocation of tmpbuf, if we have completed the memory allocation of tmpbuf, but failed to call handler->get(...), there will be a memleak in below logic: |-- ret = (int)vfs_getxattr_alloc(mnt_userns, ...) | /* ^^^ alloc for tmpbuf */ |-- value = krealloc(*xattr_value, error + 1, flags) | /* ^^^ alloc memory */ |-- error = handler->get(handler, ...) | /* error! */ |-- *xattr_value = value | /* xattr_value is &tmpbuf (memory leak!) */ So we will try to free(tmpbuf) after vfs_getxattr_alloc() fails to fix it. [PM: subject line and backtrace tweaks]
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8db6c34f1dbc8e06aa016a9b829b06902c3e1340 | affected | git | 6bb00eb21c0fbf18e5d3538c9ff0cf63fd0ace85 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8db6c34f1dbc8e06aa016a9b829b06902c3e1340 | affected | git | 90577bcc01c4188416a47269f8433f70502abe98 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8db6c34f1dbc8e06aa016a9b829b06902c3e1340 | affected | git | 0c3e6288da650d1ec911a259c77bc2d88e498603 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8db6c34f1dbc8e06aa016a9b829b06902c3e1340 | affected | git | cdf01c807e974048c43c7fd3ca574f6086a57906 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8db6c34f1dbc8e06aa016a9b829b06902c3e1340 | affected | git | 2de8eec8afb75792440b8900a01d52b8f6742fd1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8db6c34f1dbc8e06aa016a9b829b06902c3e1340 | affected | git | 7480aeff0093d8c54377553ec6b31110bea37b4d | Unavailable | None listed |
| 8db6c34f1dbc8e06aa016a9b829b06902c3e1340 | affected | git | 8cf0a1bc12870d148ae830a4ba88cfdf0e879cee | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.14 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 4.14 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.14.299 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.14.* | None listed |
| 4.19.265 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.19.* | None listed |
| 5.4.224 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.4.* | None listed |
| 5.10.154 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.78 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.0.8 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.0.* | None listed |
| 6.1 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |