n the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watch_queue: Actually free the watch free_watch() does everything barring actually freeing the watch object. Fix this by adding the missing kfree. kmemleak produces a report something like the following. Note that as an address can be seen in the first word, the watch would appear to have gone through call_rcu(). BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff88810ce4a200 (size 96): comm "syz-executor352", pid 3605, jiffies 4294947473 (age 13.720s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): e0 82 48 0d 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..H............. 80 a2 e4 0c 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff8214e6cc>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:581 [inline] [<ffffffff8214e6cc>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:714 [inline] [<ffffffff8214e6cc>] keyctl_watch_key+0xec/0x2e0 security/keys/keyctl.c:1800 [<ffffffff8214ec84>] __do_sys_keyctl+0x3c4/0x490 security/keys/keyctl.c:2016 [<ffffffff84493a25>] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] [<ffffffff84493a25>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 [<ffffffff84600068>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
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22 Sep 2025, 20:55
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| CWE | CWE-401 | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CVSS |
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v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31824613a42aacdcbeb325bf07a1c8247a11ebe2 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d8dcf278b1ee1eff1e90be848fa2237db4c07a7 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e8c9b0df07a77f0d072603b8ced2677e30e1893 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d92be1a09fbb3dd65600dbfe7eedb40e7228e4b - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f69aecb49968e14196366bbe896eab0a904229f5 - Patch |
26 Feb 2025, 07:01
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Published : 2025-02-26 07:01
Updated : 2025-09-22 20:55
NVD link : CVE-2022-49256
Mitre link : CVE-2022-49256
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-49256
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Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime