Linux Kernel up to 5.17.1 jffs2_build_filesystem memory leak

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.17.1. Affected is the function jffs2_build_filesystem. This manipulation causes memory leak. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-49277. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.17.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function jffs2_build_filesystem. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jffs2: fix memory leak in jffs2_do_mount_fs If jffs2_build_filesystem() in jffs2_do_mount_fs() returns an error, we can observe the following kmemleak report: -------------------------------------------- unreferenced object 0xffff88811b25a640 (size 64): comm "mount", pid 691, jiffies 4294957728 (age 71.952s) 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+0x584/0x880 [] jffs2_sum_init+0x86/0x130 [] jffs2_do_mount_fs+0x798/0xac0 [] jffs2_do_fill_super+0x383/0xc30 [] jffs2_fill_super+0x2ea/0x4c0 [...] unreferenced object 0xffff88812c760000 (size 65536): comm "mount", pid 691, jiffies 4294957728 (age 71.952s) 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+0x6b9/0x910 [] jffs2_sum_init+0xd7/0x130 [] jffs2_do_mount_fs+0x798/0xac0 [] jffs2_do_fill_super+0x383/0xc30 [] jffs2_fill_super+0x2ea/0x4c0 [...] -------------------------------------------- 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.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-49277 since 02/26/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 4.9.311, 4.14.276, 4.19.238, 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33, 5.16.19 or 5.17.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 2a9d8184458562e6bf2f40d0e677fc85e2dd3834/9a0f6610c7daedd2eace430beeb08a8b7ac80699/dbe0d0521eaa6a3d235517319266c539bb5c5112/0978e9af4559a171ac7a74a1b3ef21804b0a0fa9/607d3aab7349f18e0d9dba4100d09d16fe27caca/4392e8aeebc5a4f8073620bccba7de1b1f6d7c88/5f34310d1376ca5b2ed798258def2c2ab3cc6699/c94128470e6fe53d9bd9d16d2d3271813f9d37af/d051cef784de4d54835f6b6836d98a8f6935772c 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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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 4.9.310
• 4.14.275
• 4.19.237
• 5.4.188
• 5.10.109
• 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
• 5.16.0
• 5.16.1
• 5.16.2
• 5.16.3
• 5.16.4
• 5.16.5
• 5.16.6
• 5.16.7
• 5.16.8
• 5.16.9
• 5.16.10
• 5.16.11
• 5.16.12
• 5.16.13
• 5.16.14
• 5.16.15
• 5.16.16
• 5.16.17
• 5.16.18
• 5.17.0
• 5.17.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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