ghsa-6mpc-qpfh-2q9r
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netdevsim: fix memory leak in nsim_drv_probe() when nsim_dev_resources_register() failed
If some items in nsim_dev_resources_register() fail, memory leak will occur. The following is the memory leak information.
unreferenced object 0xffff888074c02600 (size 128): comm "echo", pid 8159, jiffies 4294945184 (age 493.530s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 40 47 ea 89 ff ff ff ff 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 @G.............. ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ backtrace: [<0000000011a31c98>] kmalloc_trace+0x22/0x60 [<0000000027384c69>] devl_resource_register+0x144/0x4e0 [<00000000a16db248>] nsim_drv_probe+0x37a/0x1260 [<000000007d1f448c>] really_probe+0x20b/0xb10 [<00000000c416848a>] __driver_probe_device+0x1b3/0x4a0 [<00000000077e0351>] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x140 [<0000000054f2465a>] __device_attach_driver+0x18c/0x2a0 [<000000008538f359>] bus_for_each_drv+0x151/0x1d0 [<0000000038e09747>] __device_attach+0x1c9/0x4e0 [<00000000dd86e533>] bus_probe_device+0x1d5/0x280 [<00000000839bea35>] device_add+0xae0/0x1cb0 [<000000009c2abf46>] new_device_store+0x3b6/0x5f0 [<00000000fb823d7f>] bus_attr_store+0x72/0xa0 [<000000007acc4295>] sysfs_kf_write+0x106/0x160 [<000000005f50cb4d>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a8/0x5a0 [<0000000075eb41bf>] vfs_write+0x8f0/0xc80
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-50500"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-10-04T16:15:47Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetdevsim: fix memory leak in nsim_drv_probe() when nsim_dev_resources_register() failed\n\nIf some items in nsim_dev_resources_register() fail, memory leak will\noccur. The following is the memory leak information.\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff888074c02600 (size 128):\n comm \"echo\", pid 8159, jiffies 4294945184 (age 493.530s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 40 47 ea 89 ff ff ff ff 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 @G..............\n ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................\n backtrace:\n [\u003c0000000011a31c98\u003e] kmalloc_trace+0x22/0x60\n [\u003c0000000027384c69\u003e] devl_resource_register+0x144/0x4e0\n [\u003c00000000a16db248\u003e] nsim_drv_probe+0x37a/0x1260\n [\u003c000000007d1f448c\u003e] really_probe+0x20b/0xb10\n [\u003c00000000c416848a\u003e] __driver_probe_device+0x1b3/0x4a0\n [\u003c00000000077e0351\u003e] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x140\n [\u003c0000000054f2465a\u003e] __device_attach_driver+0x18c/0x2a0\n [\u003c000000008538f359\u003e] bus_for_each_drv+0x151/0x1d0\n [\u003c0000000038e09747\u003e] __device_attach+0x1c9/0x4e0\n [\u003c00000000dd86e533\u003e] bus_probe_device+0x1d5/0x280\n [\u003c00000000839bea35\u003e] device_add+0xae0/0x1cb0\n [\u003c000000009c2abf46\u003e] new_device_store+0x3b6/0x5f0\n [\u003c00000000fb823d7f\u003e] bus_attr_store+0x72/0xa0\n [\u003c000000007acc4295\u003e] sysfs_kf_write+0x106/0x160\n [\u003c000000005f50cb4d\u003e] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a8/0x5a0\n [\u003c0000000075eb41bf\u003e] vfs_write+0x8f0/0xc80",
"id": "GHSA-6mpc-qpfh-2q9r",
"modified": "2025-10-04T18:31:14Z",
"published": "2025-10-04T18:31:14Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50500"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b1da9f7126f05e857da6db24c6a04aa7974d644"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c4957fe40e2a628b7cceaf4c9bfb5b701774d05"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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