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CVE-2022-49906
ibmvnic: Free rwi on reset success
Medium5.5EPSS 0.20%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ibmvnic: Free rwi on reset success Free the rwi structure in the event that the last rwi in the list processed successfully. The logic in commit 4f408e1fa6e1 ("ibmvnic: retry reset if there are no other resets") introduces an issue that results in a 32 byte memory leak whenever the last rwi in the list gets processed.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.20% · top 90% of all CVEs (7 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
- affected 4f408e1fa6e10b6da72691233369172bac7d9e9b – < 535b78739ae75f257c894a05b1afa86ad9a3669e
- affected 4f408e1fa6e10b6da72691233369172bac7d9e9b – < c3543a287cfba9105dcc4bb41eb817f51266caaf
- affected 4f408e1fa6e10b6da72691233369172bac7d9e9b – < d6dd2fe71153f0ff748bf188bd4af076fe09a0a6
- affected 5.14
- unaffected < 5.14
- unaffected 5.15.78 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.0.8 – ≤ 6.0.*
- unaffected 6.1 – ≤ *
References (3)
Sources
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