CVE-2022-49893 json
cxl/region: Fix cxl_region leak, cleanup targets at region delete
published 2025-05-01 18 mo ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also EUVD-2025-12891
- 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 6%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cxl/region: Fix cxl_region leak, cleanup targets at region delete
When a region is deleted any targets that have been previously assigned to that region hold references to it. Trigger those references to drop by detaching all targets at unregister_region() time.
Otherwise that region object will leak as userspace has lost the ability to detach targets once region sysfs is torn down.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.0.8, 6.1
- linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.0.8-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49893
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-2022-49893 updated cvss 4.4
kernel: cxl/region: Fix cxl_region leak, cleanup targets at region delete
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 moreaffected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 3 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% 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
- Weakness
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- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
- Technology feeds
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-49893
- NVD CVE-2022-49893
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