CVE-2022-49403

MEDIUM EPSS 14.6%
Published Feb 26, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Feb 26, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/string_helpers: fix not adding strarray to device's resource list Add allocated strarray to device's resource list. This is a must to automatically release strarray when the device disappears. Without this fix we have a memory leak in the few drivers which use devm_kasprintf_strarray().

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
14.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.17  –  <5.17.14
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.18  –  <5.18.3

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a152eb42fcecfe41239c3c6695342f3a128593e7
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf29edab0c9ff3d2633b8306a67d04c357e2a385
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd290a9839cee2f6641558877e707bd373c8f6f1
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a152eb42fcecfe41239c3c6695342f3a128593e7
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf29edab0c9ff3d2633b8306a67d04c357e2a385
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd290a9839cee2f6641558877e707bd373c8f6f1
    Patch