Linux kernel Heap Buffer Overflow DoS

The vulnerability of the freewatch function in the kernel/watchqueue.c module of the Linux operating system is related to improper memory release memory leak. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

SUSE CVE-2022-49256

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watchqueue: Actually free the watch freewatch does everything barring actually freeing the watch object. Fix this by adding the missing kfree. kmemleak produces a report something like the following. Note that as an address can b...

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49256

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watchqueue: Actually free the watch freewatch does everything barring actually freeing the watch object. Fix this by adding the missing kfree. kmemleak produces a report something like the following. Note that as an address can b...

PT-2025-8184

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description A memory leak issue has been identified in the Linux kernel, specifically in the watch queue functionality. The free watch function fails to properly free the watch object, leading to a...