PT-2025-8651 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2025-02-26 · Updated 2025-03-07 · CVE-2022-49718

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 refcount leak issue has been identified in the Linux kernel, specifically in the irqchip/apple-aic component. The of get child by name() function returns a node pointer with an incremented refcount, which should be decremented using of node put() when no longer needed to prevent a refcount leak.

Recommendations To resolve this issue, apply the fix by adding the missing of node put() call to avoid the refcount leak. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-49718

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

References · 14

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49718.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49718 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49718 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49718 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49718 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49718 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49718 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49718 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d45670fab3c25a7452721e4588cc95c51cda134 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c0010d1dc67c89bcc857c46f542efe318f84ddc · Patch
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1894592796708790661 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/113929 · Telegram Post
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/3d45670fab3c25a7452721e4588cc95c51cda134 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git · Note