Vulnerability · Published Mar 27, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49741fbdev: smscufx: fix error handling code in ufx_usb_probe

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity memory leak in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: smscufx: fix error handling code in ufx_usb_probe The current error handling code in ufx_usb_probe have many unmatching issues, e.g., missing ufx_free_usb_list, destroy_modedb label should only include framebuffer_release, fb_dealloc_cmap only matches fb_alloc_cmap. My local syzkaller reports a memory leak bug: memory leak in ufx_usb_probe BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff88802f879580 (size 128): comm "kworker/0:7", pid 17416, jiffies 4295067474 (age 46.710s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 80 21 7c 2e 80 88 ff ff 18 d0 d0 0c 80 88 ff ff .!|............. 00 d0 d0 0c 80 88 ff ff e0 ff ff ff 0f 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff814c99a0>] kmalloc_trace+0x20/0x90 mm/slab_common.c:1045 [<ffffffff824d219c>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:553 [inline] [<ffffffff824d219c>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:689 [inline] [<ffffffff824d219c>] ufx_alloc_urb_list drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c:1873 [inline] [<ffffffff824d219c>] ufx_usb_probe+0x11c/0x15a0 drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c:1655 [<ffffffff82d17927>] usb_probe_interface+0x177/0x370 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396 [<ffffffff82712f0d>] call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:560 [inline] [<ffffffff82712f0d>] really_probe+0x12d/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:639 [<ffffffff8271322f>] __driver_probe_device+0xbf/0x140 drivers/base/dd.c:778 [<ffffffff827132da>] driver_probe_device+0x2a/0x120 drivers/base/dd.c:808 [<ffffffff82713c27>] __device_attach_driver+0xf7/0x150 drivers/base/dd.c:936 [<ffffffff82710137>] bus_for_each_drv+0xb7/0x100 drivers/base/bus.c:427 [<ffffffff827136b5>] __device_attach+0x105/0x2d0 drivers/base/dd.c:1008 [<ffffffff82711d36>] bus_probe_device+0xc6/0xe0 drivers/base/bus.c:487 [<ffffffff8270e242>] device_add+0x642/0xdc0 drivers/base/core.c:3517 [<ffffffff82d14d5f>] usb_set_configuration+0x8ef/0xb80 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2170 [<ffffffff82d2576c>] usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8c/0xc0 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238 [<ffffffff82d16ffc>] usb_probe_device+0x5c/0x140 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293 [<ffffffff82712f0d>] call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:560 [inline] [<ffffffff82712f0d>] really_probe+0x12d/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:639 [<ffffffff8271322f>] __driver_probe_device+0xbf/0x140 drivers/base/dd.c:778 Fix this bug by rewriting the error handling code in ufx_usb_probe.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49741
Debian:13linux6.1.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49741
Debian:14linux6.1.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-72.79UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1036.40UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1038.45UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1038.45.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1034.42UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1033.38UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1020.25UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1030.33UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1030.35UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1033.38UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-72.79UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1025.25UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1035.41UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1029.31UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49741

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 5385af2f89bc352fb70753ab41b2bb036190141f – before 3b3d3127f5b4291ae4caaf50f7b66089ad600480d9ddfeb01fb95ffbbc7031d46a5ee2a5e45cbb86 – before 3931014367ef31d26af65386a4ca496f50f0cfdfcc6a7249842fceda7574ceb63275a2d5e99d2862 – before 64fa364ad3245508d393e16ed4886f92d7eb423ccc67482c9e5f2c80d62f623bcc347c29f9f648e1 – before 1b4c08844628dfc8d72d3f51b657f2a5e63b7b4bcc67482c9e5f2c80d62f623bcc347c29f9f648e1 – before b76449ee75e21acfe9fa4c653d8598f191ed7d686f2075ea883e5d7730d0c9ebb1bb8e7a1a7e953f3f40852d671072836fb7ae331a1f28a24223c4e870faf9d9b6cc74418716bbf76fe75bd2da10ad4a
Linux Linux 6.1

Weakness: CWE-401 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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