CVE-2022-50772
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Memory Leak in Linux Kernel netdevsim Device Registration
Publication date: 2025-12-24
Last updated on: 2025-12-24
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netdevsim: fix memory leak in nsim_bus_dev_new()
If device_register() failed in nsim_bus_dev_new(), the value of reference
in nsim_bus_dev->dev is 1. obj->name in nsim_bus_dev->dev will not be
released.
unreferenced object 0xffff88810352c480 (size 16):
comm "echo", pid 5691, jiffies 4294945921 (age 133.270s)
hex dump (first 16 bytes):
6e 65 74 64 65 76 73 69 6d 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 netdevsim1......
backtrace:
[<000000005e2e5e26>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x3a/0xb0
[<0000000094ca4fc8>] kvasprintf+0xc3/0x160
[<00000000aad09bcc>] kvasprintf_const+0x55/0x180
[<000000009bac868d>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x56/0x150
[<000000007c1a5d70>] dev_set_name+0xbb/0xf0
[<00000000ad0d126b>] device_add+0x1f8/0x1cb0
[<00000000c222ae24>] new_device_store+0x3b6/0x5e0
[<0000000043593421>] bus_attr_store+0x72/0xa0
[<00000000cbb1833a>] sysfs_kf_write+0x106/0x160
[<00000000d0dedb8a>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a8/0x5a0
[<00000000770b66e2>] vfs_write+0x8f0/0xc80
[<0000000078bb39be>] ksys_write+0x106/0x210
[<00000000005e55a4>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
[<00000000eaa40bbc>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-UNKNOWN |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a memory leak in the Linux kernel's netdevsim component, specifically in the function nsim_bus_dev_new(). If the device_register() call fails within this function, a reference count remains at 1 and the associated device name is not released, causing a memory leak.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The impact of this vulnerability is a memory leak in the kernel, which could lead to increased memory usage over time and potentially degrade system performance or stability if the leak is triggered repeatedly.
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