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medium 5.5

CVE-2022-48659 json

mm/slub: fix to return errno if kmalloc() fails

published 2024-04-28 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-51354

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/slub: fix to return errno if kmalloc() fails

In create_unique_id(), kmalloc(, GFP_KERNEL) can fail due to out-of-memory, if it fails, return errno correctly rather than triggering panic via BUG_ON();

kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:5893! Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP

Call trace: sysfs_slab_add+0x258/0x260 mm/slub.c:5973 __kmem_cache_create+0x60/0x118 mm/slub.c:4899 create_cache mm/slab_common.c:229 [inline] kmem_cache_create_usercopy+0x19c/0x31c mm/slab_common.c:335 kmem_cache_create+0x1c/0x28 mm/slab_common.c:390 f2fs_kmem_cache_create fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2766 [inline] f2fs_init_xattr_caches+0x78/0xb4 fs/f2fs/xattr.c:808 f2fs_fill_super+0x1050/0x1e0c fs/f2fs/super.c:4149 mount_bdev+0x1b8/0x210 fs/super.c:1400 f2fs_mount+0x44/0x58 fs/f2fs/super.c:4512 legacy_get_tree+0x30/0x74 fs/fs_context.c:610 vfs_get_tree+0x40/0x140 fs/super.c:1530 do_new_mount+0x1dc/0x4e4 fs/namespace.c:3040 path_mount+0x358/0x914 fs/namespace.c:3370 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3383 [inline] __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3591 [inline] __se_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3568 [inline] __arm64_sys_mount+0x2f8/0x408 fs/namespace.c:3568

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 4.9.330, 4.14.295, 4.19.260, 5.4.215, 5.10.146, 5.15.71, 5.19.12, 6.0
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.0.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48659

  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-204.215
  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-136.153
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-57.63
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1150.163
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1093.101
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1027.31
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1097.106
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1026.33

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48659

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  • kernel RHEL 8.6 TUS, RHEL 8.6 E4S, RHEL 8.6 AUS 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6
  • perf RHEL 8.6 TUS, RHEL 8.6 E4S, RHEL 8.6 AUS 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6
  • bpftool RHEL 8.6 TUS, RHEL 8.6 E4S, RHEL 8.6 AUS 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6
  • kernel-core RHEL 8.6 TUS, RHEL 8.6 E4S, RHEL 8.6 AUS 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6
  • kernel-tools RHEL 8.6 TUS, RHEL 8.6 E4S, RHEL 8.6 AUS 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6
  • python3-perf RHEL 8.6 TUS, RHEL 8.6 E4S, RHEL 8.6 AUS 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6
  • kernel-modules RHEL 8.6 TUS, RHEL 8.6 E4S, RHEL 8.6 AUS 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6
  • kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 8.6 E4S 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:6297

  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.5, Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
  • kernel-rt_debug Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Micro 5.5, Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:1663-1SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1SUSE-SU-2024:1644-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-48659 updated cvss 4.7

kernel: mm/slub: fix to return errno if kmalloc() fails

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, +15 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:6297
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +82 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6) kernel-doc 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, kernel-headers 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, kernel-cross-headers 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6) kernel-doc 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, kernel-headers 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, kernel-cross-headers 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6) kernel-doc 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, kernel-headers 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6, kernel-cross-headers 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

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References

Sources

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