Linux Kernel up to 5.18.3 jffs2_iget memory leak

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Linux Kernel up to 5.18.3. The impacted element is the function jffs2_iget. The manipulation results in memory leak. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2022-49381. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.18.3. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function jffs2_iget. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jffs2: fix memory leak in jffs2_do_fill_super If jffs2_iget() or d_make_root() in jffs2_do_fill_super() returns an error, we can observe the following kmemleak report: -------------------------------------------- unreferenced object 0xffff888105a65340 (size 64): comm "mount", pid 710, jiffies 4302851558 (age 58.239s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x475/0x8a0 [] jffs2_sum_init+0x96/0x1a0 [] jffs2_do_mount_fs+0x745/0x2120 [] jffs2_do_fill_super+0x35c/0x810 [] jffs2_fill_super+0x2b9/0x3b0 [...] unreferenced object 0xffff8881bd7f0000 (size 65536): comm "mount", pid 710, jiffies 4302851558 (age 58.239s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ................ bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb ................ backtrace: [] kmalloc_order+0xda/0x110 [] kmalloc_order_trace+0x21/0x130 [] __kmalloc+0x711/0x8a0 [] jffs2_sum_init+0xd9/0x1a0 [] jffs2_do_mount_fs+0x745/0x2120 [] jffs2_do_fill_super+0x35c/0x810 [] jffs2_fill_super+0x2b9/0x3b0 [...] -------------------------------------------- This is because the resources allocated in jffs2_sum_init() are not released. Call jffs2_sum_exit() to release these resources to solve the problem.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-49381 since 02/26/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 4.9.318, 4.14.283, 4.19.247, 5.4.198, 5.10.122, 5.15.47, 5.17.15 or 5.18.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 4ba7bbeab8009faf3a726e565d98816593ddd5b0/4da8763a3d2b684c773b72ed80fad40bc264bc40/28048a4cf3813b7cf5cc8cce629dfdc7951cb1c2/d3a4fff1e7e408c32649030daa7c2c42a7e19a95/3252d327f977b14663a10967f3b0930d6c325687/ecc53e58596542791e82eff00702f8af7a313f70/cf9db013e167bc8fc2ecd7a13ed97a37df0c9dab/69295267c481545f636b69ff341b8db75aa136b9/c14adb1cf70a984ed081c67e9d27bc3caad9537c is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 4.9.317
• 4.14.282
• 4.19.246
• 5.4.197
• 5.10.121
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6
• 5.15.7
• 5.15.8
• 5.15.9
• 5.15.10
• 5.15.11
• 5.15.12
• 5.15.13
• 5.15.14
• 5.15.15
• 5.15.16
• 5.15.17
• 5.15.18
• 5.15.19
• 5.15.20
• 5.15.21
• 5.15.22
• 5.15.23
• 5.15.24
• 5.15.25
• 5.15.26
• 5.15.27
• 5.15.28
• 5.15.29
• 5.15.30
• 5.15.31
• 5.15.32
• 5.15.33
• 5.15.34
• 5.15.35
• 5.15.36
• 5.15.37
• 5.15.38
• 5.15.39
• 5.15.40
• 5.15.41
• 5.15.42
• 5.15.43
• 5.15.44
• 5.15.45
• 5.15.46
• 5.17.0
• 5.17.1
• 5.17.2
• 5.17.3
• 5.17.4
• 5.17.5
• 5.17.6
• 5.17.7
• 5.17.8
• 5.17.9
• 5.17.10
• 5.17.11
• 5.17.12
• 5.17.13
• 5.17.14
• 5.18.0
• 5.18.1
• 5.18.2
• 5.18.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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