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CVE-2022-49403

lib/string_helpers: fix not adding strarray to device's resource list

Medium5.5EPSS 0.26%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
Linux

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/string_helpers: fix not adding strarray to device's resource list Add allocated strarray to device's resource list. This is a must to automatically release strarray when the device disappears. Without this fix we have a memory leak in the few drivers which use devm_kasprintf_strarray().

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2022-49403, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
CISA-ADPADP (enrichment)3.1Medium5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.1Medium5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.26% · top 82% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected acdb89b6c87a2d7b5c48a82756e6f5c6f599f60a – < a152eb42fcecfe41239c3c6695342f3a128593e7
    • affected acdb89b6c87a2d7b5c48a82756e6f5c6f599f60a – < bf29edab0c9ff3d2633b8306a67d04c357e2a385
    • affected acdb89b6c87a2d7b5c48a82756e6f5c6f599f60a – < cd290a9839cee2f6641558877e707bd373c8f6f1

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 5.17
    • unaffected < 5.17
    • unaffected 5.17.14 – ≤ 5.17.*
    • unaffected 5.18.3 – ≤ 5.18.*
    • unaffected 5.19 – ≤ *

References (3)

Sources

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