Vulnerability · Published Dec 24, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-50702vdpa_sim: fix possible memory leak in vdpasim_net_init() and vdpasim_blk_init()

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A 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 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vdpa_sim: fix possible memory leak in vdpasim_net_init() and vdpasim_blk_init() Inject fault while probing module, if device_register() fails in vdpasim_net_init() or vdpasim_blk_init(), but the refcount of kobject is not decreased to 0, the name allocated in dev_set_name() is leaked. Fix this by calling put_device(), so that name can be freed in callback function kobject_cleanup(). (vdpa_sim_net) unreferenced object 0xffff88807eebc370 (size 16): comm "modprobe", pid 3848, jiffies 4362982860 (age 18.153s) hex dump (first 16 bytes): 76 64 70 61 73 69 6d 5f 6e 65 74 00 6b 6b 6b a5 vdpasim_net.kkk. backtrace: [<ffffffff8174f19e>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x4e/0x150 [<ffffffff81731d53>] kstrdup+0x33/0x60 [<ffffffff83a5d421>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x41/0x110 [<ffffffff82d87aab>] dev_set_name+0xab/0xe0 [<ffffffff82d91a23>] device_add+0xe3/0x1a80 [<ffffffffa0270013>] 0xffffffffa0270013 [<ffffffff81001c27>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2e0 [<ffffffff813739cb>] do_init_module+0x1ab/0x640 [<ffffffff81379d20>] load_module+0x5d00/0x77f0 [<ffffffff8137bc40>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x110/0x1b0 [<ffffffff83c4d505>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<ffffffff83e0006a>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 (vdpa_sim_blk) unreferenced object 0xffff8881070c1250 (size 16): comm "modprobe", pid 6844, jiffies 4364069319 (age 17.572s) hex dump (first 16 bytes): 76 64 70 61 73 69 6d 5f 62 6c 6b 00 6b 6b 6b a5 vdpasim_blk.kkk. backtrace: [<ffffffff8174f19e>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x4e/0x150 [<ffffffff81731d53>] kstrdup+0x33/0x60 [<ffffffff83a5d421>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x41/0x110 [<ffffffff82d87aab>] dev_set_name+0xab/0xe0 [<ffffffff82d91a23>] device_add+0xe3/0x1a80 [<ffffffffa0220013>] 0xffffffffa0220013 [<ffffffff81001c27>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2e0 [<ffffffff813739cb>] do_init_module+0x1ab/0x640 [<ffffffff81379d20>] load_module+0x5d00/0x77f0 [<ffffffff8137bc40>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x110/0x1b0 [<ffffffff83c4d505>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<ffffffff83e0006a>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50702
Debian:13linux6.1.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50702
Debian:14linux6.1.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-69.76UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1033.37UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1035.42UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1035.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1031.38UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1030.35UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1017.22UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1027.30UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1027.32UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1030.35UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-69.76UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1023.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1032.38UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1026.28UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50702

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux a3c06ae158dd6fa8336157c31d9234689d068d02 – before 586e6fd7d581f987f7d0d2592edf0b26397e783ea3c06ae158dd6fa8336157c31d9234689d068d02 – before 5be953e353fe421f2983e1fd37f07fba97edbffca3c06ae158dd6fa8336157c31d9234689d068d02 – before 337c24d817e28dd454ca22f1063dfad20822426ea3c06ae158dd6fa8336157c31d9234689d068d02 – before aeca7ff254843d49a8739f07f7dab1341450111d
Linux Linux 5.12

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