Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2025 · Assigned by Linux
CVE-2022-49661can: gs_usb: gs_usb_open/close(): fix memory leak
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw 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 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: gs_usb: gs_usb_open/close(): fix memory leak The gs_usb driver appears to suffer from a malady common to many USB CAN adapter drivers in that it performs usb_alloc_coherent() to allocate a number of USB request blocks (URBs) for RX, and then later relies on usb_kill_anchored_urbs() to free them, but this doesn't actually free them. As a result, this may be leaking DMA memory that's been used by the driver. This commit is an adaptation of the techniques found in the esd_usb2 driver where a similar design pattern led to a memory leak. It explicitly frees the RX URBs and their DMA memory via a call to usb_free_coherent(). Since the RX URBs were allocated in the gs_can_open(), we remove them in gs_can_close() rather than in the disconnect function as was done in esd_usb2. For more information, see the 928150fad41b ("can: esd_usb2: fix memory leak").
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.18.14-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.18.14-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.18.14-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-50.56 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1021.25 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1021.26 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1024.30.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1019.25 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1017.20 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1004.6 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1015.17 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1017.22 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1019.23 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-50.56 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1015.15 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1019.24 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1016.18 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49661 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | d08e973a77d128b25e01a08c34d89593fdf222da – before 339fa9f80d3b94177a7a459c6d115d3b56007d5ad08e973a77d128b25e01a08c34d89593fdf222da – before c1d806bc29ff7ffe0e2a023583c8720ed96cb0b0d08e973a77d128b25e01a08c34d89593fdf222da – before d91492638b054f4a359621ef216242be5973ed6bd08e973a77d128b25e01a08c34d89593fdf222da – before 6f655b5e13fa4b27e915b6c209ac0da74fd75963d08e973a77d128b25e01a08c34d89593fdf222da – before d0b8e223998866b3e7b2895927d4e9689b0a80d8d08e973a77d128b25e01a08c34d89593fdf222da – before 0e60230bc64355c80abe993d1719fdb318094e20d08e973a77d128b25e01a08c34d89593fdf222da – before ffb6cc6601ec7c8fa963dcf76025df4a02f2cf5cd08e973a77d128b25e01a08c34d89593fdf222da – before 2bda24ef95c0311ab93bda00db40486acf30bd0a |
| Linux | Linux | 3.16 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/339fa9f80d3b94177a7a459c6d115d3b56007d5a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1d806bc29ff7ffe0e2a023583c8720ed96cb0b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d91492638b054f4a359621ef216242be5973ed6b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f655b5e13fa4b27e915b6c209ac0da74fd75963
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0b8e223998866b3e7b2895927d4e9689b0a80d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e60230bc64355c80abe993d1719fdb318094e20
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffb6cc6601ec7c8fa963dcf76025df4a02f2cf5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bda24ef95c0311ab93bda00db40486acf30bd0a