PT-2025-18577 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Published 2024-11-12 · Updated 2025-07-10 · CVE-2022-49860

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory leak issue has been resolved in the Linux kernel. The problem occurs when the device register() function fails, and it does not properly release the reference by calling put device(). As a result, the name allocated in dev set name() cannot be freed in the kobject cleanup() callback function.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-49860

RHSA-2024:9315

RHSA-2024_9315

SUSE-SU-2025:01918-1

SUSE-SU-2025:01966-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02262-1

SUSE-SU-2025:2173-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02173-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02262-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 445

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49860.json · Exploit
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/025eab5189fc7ee223ae9b4bc49d7df196543e53 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02262-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49860 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:01918-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dd27541aa2b95bde71bddd43d73f9c16d73272c · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49860 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:01966-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac2b9f34f02052709aea7b34bb2a165e1853eb41 · Patch