PT-2025-8337 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2025-02-26 · Updated 2025-03-01 · CVE-2022-49403

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CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

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 identified in the Linux kernel, specifically in the lib/string helpers module. The problem occurs because the allocated strarray is not added to the device's resource list, which is necessary for automatic release when the device disappears. This issue affects drivers that use the devm kasprintf strarray() 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-2022-49403

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

References · 16

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49403.json · Exploit
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd290a9839cee2f6641558877e707bd373c8f6f1 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49403 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49403 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49403 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49403 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf29edab0c9ff3d2633b8306a67d04c357e2a385 · Patch
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=158612043 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49403 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49403 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49403 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a152eb42fcecfe41239c3c6695342f3a128593e7 · Patch
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-49403 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/cd290a9839cee2f6641558877e707bd373c8f6f1 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git · Note