CVE-2022-49890

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: capabilities: fix potential memleak on error path from vfs_getxattr_alloc() In cap_inode_getsecurity(), we will use vfs_getxattr_alloc() to complete the memory allocation of tmpbuf, if we have completed the memory allocation of tmpbuf, but failed to call handler->get(...), there will be a memleak in below logic: |-- ret = (int)vfs_getxattr_alloc(mnt_userns, ...) | /* ^^^ alloc for tmpbuf */ |-- value = krealloc(*xattr_value, error + 1, flags) | /* ^^^ alloc memory */ |-- error = handler->get(handler, ...) | /* error! */ |-- *xattr_value = value | /* xattr_value is &tmpbuf (memory leak!) */ So we will try to free(tmpbuf) after vfs_getxattr_alloc() fails to fix it. [PM: subject line and backtrace tweaks]

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-05-01 | Published 2025-05-01 | Updated 2026-05-11 | Assigner Linux

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References

git.kernel.org/...c/6bb00eb21c0fbf18e5d3538c9ff0cf63fd0ace85

git.kernel.org/...c/90577bcc01c4188416a47269f8433f70502abe98

git.kernel.org/...c/0c3e6288da650d1ec911a259c77bc2d88e498603

git.kernel.org/...c/cdf01c807e974048c43c7fd3ca574f6086a57906

git.kernel.org/...c/2de8eec8afb75792440b8900a01d52b8f6742fd1

git.kernel.org/...c/7480aeff0093d8c54377553ec6b31110bea37b4d

git.kernel.org/...c/8cf0a1bc12870d148ae830a4ba88cfdf0e879cee

cve.org (CVE-2022-49890)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2022-49890)

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