CVE-2022-49891

CVE-2022-49891 concerns a Linux kernel memory-leak in tracing/kprobe handling. The root cause is that test_gen_kprobe_cmd() frees buf only on the fail path, causing a leak when no failure occurs; the patch moves kfree(buf) from the fail path to the common path, and applies the same fix to test_ge...

PT-2022-36231 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux Kernel versions prior to v5.15.78 Description: A memory leak issue was discovered in the Linux Kernel. The issue is related to the test gen kprobe/kretprobe cmd function. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been prove...