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CVE-2022-49958

UNKNOWN 0.0

net/sched: fix netdevice reference leaks in attach_default_qdiscs()

CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: fix netdevice reference leaks in attach_default_qdiscs() In attach_default_qdiscs(), if a dev has multiple queues and queue 0 fails to attach qdisc because there is no memory in attach_one_default_qdisc(). Then dev->qdisc will be noop_qdisc by default. But the other queues may be able to successfully attach to default qdisc. In this case, the fallback to noqueue process will be triggered. If the original attached qdisc is not released and a new one is directly attached, this will cause netdevice reference leaks. The following is the bug log: veth0: default qdisc (fq_codel) fail, fallback to noqueue unregister_netdevice: waiting for veth0 to become free. Usage count = 32 leaked reference. qdisc_alloc+0x12e/0x210 qdisc_create_dflt+0x62/0x140 attach_one_default_qdisc.constprop.41+0x44/0x70 dev_activate+0x128/0x290 __dev_open+0x12a/0x190 __dev_change_flags+0x1a2/0x1f0 dev_change_flags+0x23/0x60 do_setlink+0x332/0x1150 __rtnl_newlink+0x52f/0x8e0 rtnl_newlink+0x43/0x70 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x140/0x3b0 netlink_rcv_skb+0x50/0x100 netlink_unicast+0x1bb/0x290 netlink_sendmsg+0x37c/0x4e0 sock_sendmsg+0x5f/0x70 ____sys_sendmsg+0x208/0x280 Fix this bug by clearing any non-noop qdiscs that may have been assigned before trying to re-attach.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Jun 18, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
bf6dba76d278d296b385b436d3ac7de56c190d44 < 44dfa645895a56f65461249deb5b81cd16560e2a bf6dba76d278d296b385b436d3ac7de56c190d44 < a420d587260185407eda9c5766cfa9bdd5c39a56 bf6dba76d278d296b385b436d3ac7de56c190d44 < 0c6c522857151ac00150fd01baeebf231fb7d142 bf6dba76d278d296b385b436d3ac7de56c190d44 < f612466ebecb12a00d9152344ddda6f6345f04dc
Linux / Linux
5.8

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44dfa645895a56f65461249deb5b81cd16560e2a git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a420d587260185407eda9c5766cfa9bdd5c39a56 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c6c522857151ac00150fd01baeebf231fb7d142 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f612466ebecb12a00d9152344ddda6f6345f04dc