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CVE-2022-49891

MEDIUM 5.5

tracing: kprobe: Fix memory leak in test_gen_kprobe/kretprobe_cmd()

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: kprobe: Fix memory leak in test_gen_kprobe/kretprobe_cmd() test_gen_kprobe_cmd() only free buf in fail path, hence buf will leak when there is no failure. Move kfree(buf) from fail path to common path to prevent the memleak. The same reason and solution in test_gen_kretprobe_cmd(). unreferenced object 0xffff888143b14000 (size 2048): comm "insmod", pid 52490, jiffies 4301890980 (age 40.553s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 70 3a 6b 70 72 6f 62 65 73 2f 67 65 6e 5f 6b 70 p:kprobes/gen_kp 72 6f 62 65 5f 74 65 73 74 20 64 6f 5f 73 79 73 robe_test do_sys backtrace: [<000000006d7b836b>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0 [<0000000009528b5b>] 0xffffffffa059006f [<000000008408b580>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0 [<00000000c4980a7e>] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320 [<00000000d775aad0>] load_module+0x3006/0x3390 [<00000000e9a74b80>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0 [<000000003726480d>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<000000003441e93b>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

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

Linux / Linux
64836248dda20c8e7427b493f7e06d9bf8f58850 < bef08acbe560a926b4cee9cc46404cc98ae5703b 64836248dda20c8e7427b493f7e06d9bf8f58850 < d1b6a8e3414aeaa0985139180c145d2d0fbd2a49 64836248dda20c8e7427b493f7e06d9bf8f58850 < 71aeb8d01a8c7ab5cf7da3f81b35206f56ce6bca 64836248dda20c8e7427b493f7e06d9bf8f58850 < 66f0919c953ef7b55e5ab94389a013da2ce80a2c
Linux / Linux
5.6

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bef08acbe560a926b4cee9cc46404cc98ae5703b git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1b6a8e3414aeaa0985139180c145d2d0fbd2a49 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71aeb8d01a8c7ab5cf7da3f81b35206f56ce6bca git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66f0919c953ef7b55e5ab94389a013da2ce80a2c