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CVE-2022-49837

MEDIUM 5.5

bpf: Fix memory leaks in __check_func_call

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix memory leaks in __check_func_call kmemleak reports this issue: unreferenced object 0xffff88817139d000 (size 2048): comm "test_progs", pid 33246, jiffies 4307381979 (age 45851.820s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000045f075f0>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0 [<0000000098b7c90a>] __check_func_call+0x316/0x1230 [<00000000b4c3c403>] check_helper_call+0x172e/0x4700 [<00000000aa3875b7>] do_check+0x21d8/0x45e0 [<000000001147357b>] do_check_common+0x767/0xaf0 [<00000000b5a595b4>] bpf_check+0x43e3/0x5bc0 [<0000000011e391b1>] bpf_prog_load+0xf26/0x1940 [<0000000007f765c0>] __sys_bpf+0xd2c/0x3650 [<00000000839815d6>] __x64_sys_bpf+0x75/0xc0 [<00000000946ee250>] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [<0000000000506b7f>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd The root case here is: In function prepare_func_exit(), the callee is not released in the abnormal scenario after "state->curframe--;". To fix, move "state->curframe--;" to the very bottom of the function, right when we free callee and reset frame[] pointer to NULL, as Andrii suggested. In addition, function __check_func_call() has a similar problem. In the abnormal scenario before "state->curframe++;", the callee also should be released by free_func_state().

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Published May 1, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
fd978bf7fd312581a7ca454a991f0ffb34c4204b < d4944497827a3d14bc5a26dbcfb7433eb5a956c0 fd978bf7fd312581a7ca454a991f0ffb34c4204b < 83946d772e756734a900ef99dbe0aeda506adf37 fd978bf7fd312581a7ca454a991f0ffb34c4204b < eb86559a691cea5fa63e57a03ec3dc9c31e97955
Linux / Linux
4.20

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4944497827a3d14bc5a26dbcfb7433eb5a956c0 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83946d772e756734a900ef99dbe0aeda506adf37 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb86559a691cea5fa63e57a03ec3dc9c31e97955