CVE-2022-49853

EUVD-2025-12904
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: macvlan: fix memory leaks of macvlan_common_newlink

kmemleak reports memory leaks in macvlan_common_newlink, as follows:

 ip link add link eth0 name .. type macvlan mode source macaddr add
 <MAC-ADDR>

kmemleak reports:

unreferenced object 0xffff8880109bb140 (size 64):
  comm "ip", pid 284, jiffies 4294986150 (age 430.108s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b8 aa 5a 12 80 88 ff ff  ..........Z.....
    80 1b fa 0d 80 88 ff ff 1e ff ac af c7 c1 6b 6b  ..............kk
  backtrace:
    [<ffffffff813e06a7>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x1c7/0x300
    [<ffffffff81b66025>] macvlan_hash_add_source+0x45/0xc0
    [<ffffffff81b66a67>] macvlan_changelink_sources+0xd7/0x170
    [<ffffffff81b6775c>] macvlan_common_newlink+0x38c/0x5a0
    [<ffffffff81b6797e>] macvlan_newlink+0xe/0x20
    [<ffffffff81d97f8f>] __rtnl_newlink+0x7af/0xa50
    [<ffffffff81d98278>] rtnl_newlink+0x48/0x70
    ...

In the scenario where the macvlan mode is configured as 'source',
macvlan_changelink_sources() will be execured to reconfigure list of
remote source mac addresses, at the same time, if register_netdevice()
return an error, the resource generated by macvlan_changelink_sources()
is not cleaned up.

Using this patch, in the case of an error, it will execute
macvlan_flush_sources() to ensure that the resource is cleaned up.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
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
CISA-ADPADP
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
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 15%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
4.9 ≤
𝑥
< 4.9.334
linuxlinux_kernel
4.10 ≤
𝑥
< 4.14.300
linuxlinux_kernel
4.15 ≤
𝑥
< 4.19.267
linuxlinux_kernel
4.20 ≤
𝑥
< 5.4.225
linuxlinux_kernel
5.5 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.155
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.79
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 6.0.9
linuxlinux_kernel
6.1:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
6.1:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
6.1:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
6.1:rc4
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.129-1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.135-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.234-1
fixed
sid
6.12.25-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.22-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
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linux
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oracular
dne
plucky
dne
linux-xilinx-zynqmp
focal
needs-triage
jammy
needs-triage
noble
dne
oracular
dne
plucky
dne