Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-49029 - Use After Free vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (ibmpex) Fix possible UAF when ibmpex_register_bmc() fails Smatch report warning as follows: drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c:509 ibmpex_register_bmc() warn: '&data->list' not removed from list If ibmpex_find_sensors() fails in ibmpex_register_bmc(), data will be freed, but data->list will not be removed from driver_data.bmc_data, then list traversal may cause UAF. Fix by removeing it from driver_data.bmc_data before free().
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2a13196ad41c6c2ab058279dffe6c97292e753a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/798198273bf86673b970b51acdb35e57f42b3fcb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24b9633f7db7f4809be7053df1d2e117e7c2de10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b2b67fe1339389e0bf3c37c7a677a004ac0e4e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90907cd4d11351ff76c9a447bcb5db0e264c47cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45f6e81863747c0d7bc6a95ec51129900e71467a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e65cfd1f9cd27d9c27ee5cb88128a9f79f25d863
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2a87785aab0dac190ac89be6a9ba955e2c634f2