CVE-2022-49926
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)
net: dsa: Fix possible memory leaks in dsa_loop_init()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: Fix possible memory leaks in dsa_loop_init() kmemleak reported memory leaks in dsa_loop_init(): kmemleak: 12 new suspected memory leaks unreferenced object 0xffff8880138ce000 (size 2048): comm "modprobe", pid 390, jiffies 4295040478 (age 238.976s) backtrace: [<000000006a94f1d5>] kmalloc_trace+0x26/0x60 [<00000000a9c44622>] phy_device_create+0x5d/0x970 [<00000000d0ee2afc>] get_phy_device+0xf3/0x2b0 [<00000000dca0c71f>] __fixed_phy_register.part.0+0x92/0x4e0 [<000000008a834798>] fixed_phy_register+0x84/0xb0 [<0000000055223fcb>] dsa_loop_init+0xa9/0x116 [dsa_loop] ... There are two reasons for memleak in dsa_loop_init(). First, fixed_phy_register() create and register phy_device: fixed_phy_register() get_phy_device() phy_device_create() # freed by phy_device_free() phy_device_register() # freed by phy_device_remove() But fixed_phy_unregister() only calls phy_device_remove(). So the memory allocated in phy_device_create() is leaked. Second, when mdio_driver_register() fail in dsa_loop_init(), it just returns and there is no cleanup for phydevs. Fix the problems by catching the error of mdio_driver_register() in dsa_loop_init(), then calling both fixed_phy_unregister() and phy_device_free() to release phydevs. Also add a function for phydevs cleanup to avoid duplacate.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98cd1552ea27e512c7e99e2aa76042a26e4fb25c | affected | git | 935b4beb724946a37cebf97191592d4879d3a3a3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 98cd1552ea27e512c7e99e2aa76042a26e4fb25c | affected | git | d593e1ede655b74c42e4e4fe285ea64aee96fb5c | Unavailable | None listed |
| 98cd1552ea27e512c7e99e2aa76042a26e4fb25c | affected | git | bbc5d7b46a729bfcbb5544f6612b7a67dd4f4d6f | Unavailable | None listed |
| 98cd1552ea27e512c7e99e2aa76042a26e4fb25c | affected | git | 37a098fc9b42bd7fce66764866aa514639667b6e | Unavailable | None listed |
| 98cd1552ea27e512c7e99e2aa76042a26e4fb25c | affected | git | 9f555b1584fc2d5d16ee3c4d9438e93ac7c502c7 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 98cd1552ea27e512c7e99e2aa76042a26e4fb25c | affected | git | 4d2024b138d9f7b02ae13ee997fd3a71e9e46254 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 98cd1552ea27e512c7e99e2aa76042a26e4fb25c | affected | git | 633efc8b3dc96f56f5a57f2a49764853a2fa3f50 | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.12 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 4.12 | 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 |