CVE-2022-49277

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

jffs2: fix memory leak in jffs2_do_mount_fs

If jffs2_build_filesystem() in jffs2_do_mount_fs() returns an error,
we can observe the following kmemleak report:

--------------------------------------------
unreferenced object 0xffff88811b25a640 (size 64):
  comm "mount", pid 691, jiffies 4294957728 (age 71.952s)
  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:
    [<ffffffffa493be24>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x584/0x880
    [<ffffffffa5423a06>] jffs2_sum_init+0x86/0x130
    [<ffffffffa5400e58>] jffs2_do_mount_fs+0x798/0xac0
    [<ffffffffa540acf3>] jffs2_do_fill_super+0x383/0xc30
    [<ffffffffa540c00a>] jffs2_fill_super+0x2ea/0x4c0
    [...]
unreferenced object 0xffff88812c760000 (size 65536):
  comm "mount", pid 691, jiffies 4294957728 (age 71.952s)
  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:
    [<ffffffffa493a449>] __kmalloc+0x6b9/0x910
    [<ffffffffa5423a57>] jffs2_sum_init+0xd7/0x130
    [<ffffffffa5400e58>] jffs2_do_mount_fs+0x798/0xac0
    [<ffffffffa540acf3>] jffs2_do_fill_super+0x383/0xc30
    [<ffffffffa540c00a>] jffs2_fill_super+0x2ea/0x4c0
    [...]
--------------------------------------------

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
LinuxCNA
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 3%
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.15 ≤
𝑥
< 4.9.311
linuxlinux_kernel
4.10 ≤
𝑥
< 4.14.276
linuxlinux_kernel
4.15 ≤
𝑥
< 4.19.238
linuxlinux_kernel
4.20 ≤
𝑥
< 5.4.189
linuxlinux_kernel
5.5 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.110
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.33
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 5.16.19
linuxlinux_kernel
5.17 ≤
𝑥
< 5.17.2
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.234-1
fixed
bookworm
6.1.123-1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.128-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.12-1
fixed
sid
6.12.16-1
fixed