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CVE-2022-49381

jffs2: fix memory leak in jffs2_do_fill_super

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jffs2: fix memory leak in jffs2_do_fill_super If jffs2_iget() or d_make_root() in jffs2_do_fill_super() returns
an error, we can observe the following kmemleak report: --------------------------------------------
unreferenced object 0xffff888105a65340 (size 64): comm "mount", pid 710, jiffies 4302851558 (age 58.239s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 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 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff859c45e5>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x475/0x8a0 [<ffffffff86160146>] jffs2_sum_init+0x96/0x1a0 [<ffffffff86140e25>] jffs2_do_mount_fs+0x745/0x2120 [<ffffffff86149fec>] jffs2_do_fill_super+0x35c/0x810 [<ffffffff8614aae9>] jffs2_fill_super+0x2b9/0x3b0 [...]
unreferenced object 0xffff8881bd7f0000 (size 65536): comm "mount", pid 710, jiffies 4302851558 (age 58.239s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ................ bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff858579ba>] kmalloc_order+0xda/0x110 [<ffffffff85857a11>] kmalloc_order_trace+0x21/0x130 [<ffffffff859c2ed1>] __kmalloc+0x711/0x8a0 [<ffffffff86160189>] jffs2_sum_init+0xd9/0x1a0 [<ffffffff86140e25>] jffs2_do_mount_fs+0x745/0x2120 [<ffffffff86149fec>] jffs2_do_fill_super+0x35c/0x810 [<ffffffff8614aae9>] jffs2_fill_super+0x2b9/0x3b0 [...]
-------------------------------------------- This is because the resources allocated in jffs2_sum_init() are not
released. Call jffs2_sum_exit() to release these resources to solve
the problem.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jffs2: fix memory leak in jffs2_do_fill_super If jffs2_iget() or d_make_root() in jffs2_do_fill_super() returns an error, we can observe the following kmemleak report: -------------------------------------------- unreferenced object 0xffff888105a65340 (size 64): comm "mount", pid 710, jiffies 4302851558 (age 58.239s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 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 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff859c45e5>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x475/0x8a0 [<ffffffff86160146>] jffs2_sum_init+0x96/0x1a0 [<ffffffff86140e25>] jffs2_do_mount_fs+0x745/0x2120 [<ffffffff86149fec>] jffs2_do_fill_super+0x35c/0x810 [<ffffffff8614aae9>] jffs2_fill_super+0x2b9/0x3b0 [...] unreferenced object 0xffff8881bd7f0000 (size 65536): comm "mount", pid 710, jiffies 4302851558 (age 58.239s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ................ bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff858579ba>] kmalloc_order+0xda/0x110 [<ffffffff85857a11>] kmalloc_order_trace+0x21/0x130 [<ffffffff859c2ed1>] __kmalloc+0x711/0x8a0 [<ffffffff86160189>] jffs2_sum_init+0xd9/0x1a0 [<ffffffff86140e25>] jffs2_do_mount_fs+0x745/0x2120 [<ffffffff86149fec>] jffs2_do_fill_super+0x35c/0x810 [<ffffffff8614aae9>] jffs2_fill_super+0x2b9/0x3b0 [...] -------------------------------------------- This is because the resources allocated in jffs2_sum_init() are not released. Call jffs2_sum_exit() to release these resources to solve the problem.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None
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  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
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Tech. Impact
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-02-26 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-02-26 CVE Published
  • 2025-02-26 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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>= 2.6.15 < 4.9.318
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 2.6.15 < 4.14.283
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 2.6.15 < 4.19.247
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Linux
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>= 2.6.15 < 5.4.198
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en
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Linux
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>= 2.6.15 < 5.10.122
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 2.6.15 < 5.15.47
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 2.6.15 < 5.17.15
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 2.6.15 < 5.18.4
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Linux
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>= 2.6.15 < 5.19
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