Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-49455 - Double 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: misc: ocxl: fix possible double free in ocxl_file_register_afu info_release() will be called in device_unregister() when info->dev's reference count is 0. So there is no need to call ocxl_afu_put() and kfree() again. Fix this by adding free_minor() and return to err_unregister error path.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/252768d32e92c1214aeebb5fec0844ca479bcf5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fb674216835e1f0c143762696d645facebb4685
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/950cf957fe34d40d63dfa3bf3968210430b6491e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e9087cf34ee69f4e95d146ac29385d6e367a97b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de65c32ace9aa70d51facc61ba986607075e3a25
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee89d8dee55ab4b3b8ad8b70866b2841ba334767