Vulnerability · Published May 1, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49830drm/drv: Fix potential memory leak in drm_dev_init()

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 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.0% 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: drm/drv: Fix potential memory leak in drm_dev_init() drm_dev_init() will add drm_dev_init_release() as a callback. When drmm_add_action() failed, the release function won't be added. As the result, the ref cnt added by device_get() in drm_dev_init() won't be put by drm_dev_init_release(), which leads to the memleak. Use drmm_add_action_or_reset() instead of drmm_add_action() to prevent memleak. unreferenced object 0xffff88810bc0c800 (size 2048): comm "modprobe", pid 8322, jiffies 4305809845 (age 15.292s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): e8 cc c0 0b 81 88 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 ................ 20 24 3c 0c 81 88 ff ff 18 c8 c0 0b 81 88 ff ff $<............. backtrace: [<000000007251f72d>] __kmalloc+0x4b/0x1c0 [<0000000045f21f26>] platform_device_alloc+0x2d/0xe0 [<000000004452a479>] platform_device_register_full+0x24/0x1c0 [<0000000089f4ea61>] 0xffffffffa0736051 [<00000000235b2441>] do_one_initcall+0x7a/0x380 [<0000000001a4a177>] do_init_module+0x5c/0x230 [<000000002bf8a8e2>] load_module+0x227d/0x2420 [<00000000637d6d0a>] __do_sys_finit_module+0xd5/0x140 [<00000000c99fc324>] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90 [<000000004d85aa77>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.0.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49830
Debian:13linux6.0.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49830
Debian:14linux6.0.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-67.74UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1031.35UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1034.41UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1034.41.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1030.37UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1028.33UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1016.21UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1026.29UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1026.31UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1029.34UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-67.74UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1023.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1030.36UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1025.27UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49830

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 2cbf7fc6718b9443ecd6261308c6348d8ffcccae – before c47a823ea186263ab69cfb665327b7f72cb5e7792cbf7fc6718b9443ecd6261308c6348d8ffcccae – before 07e56de8766fe5be67252596244b84ac0ec0de912cbf7fc6718b9443ecd6261308c6348d8ffcccae – before bd8d1335e6e70a396094ef98913b513140c0b86b2cbf7fc6718b9443ecd6261308c6348d8ffcccae – before ff963634f7b2e0dc011349abb3fb81a0d074f443
Linux Linux 5.8

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